Sports Mascots
Do Now:
 Read the Upfront Article “Insult or
Honor?”
 Do you think sports teams should be
forced to change their mascots and
names? WHY?
Fight for Rights
Native American Movement &
Chicano Movement
Questions:
Are Native Americans citizens of
the U.S.?
Should they have the same rights
that other Americans have?
Honor or Insult?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UI0inlNffA8&feature=related
Well, What Would You Think of These?
Stereotypes
 http://www.youtube.com
/watch?v=_hJFi7SRH7Q&
feature=related
 Savage
 Uncivilized
 What stereotypes have you
seen or heard about Native
Americans?
In 1999, the crayon was
changed to chestnut.
Was the issue of the name
Indian Red racist?
Is the Use A Civil Rights Issue?
 http://www.youtube.com/
watch?v=RVo0fuspW3M&fea
ture=related
 Do you think the use of these
mascots gives children the
wrong impression?
 http://www.youtube.com/
watch?v=pROGfJ4qcmQ&fe
ature=related
 Native Americans faced
segregation discrimination
and marriage discrimination
like African Americans
Station Activity
 8 minutes at each station
 Read passage
 Discuss with group and answer all
questions on graphic organizer
Native Americans:
Whose Land is It Anyway?
 Under the Northwest
Ordinance land was not
suppose to be taken
 Under President Andrew
Jackson tribes were moved
to reservation
 Indian Removal Act 1830westward expansion forces
Native Americans to move
west
Fair??????
Dawes Act (1871)
 Stopped signing treaties with Native Americans.
 US government to divide up land in allotments.
 Allowed government to purchase Indian land which
opened it up to settlement.
The RESULT Assimilation
Forced Assimilation
 Make natives more like
mainstream America.
 Sent to boarding schools to
learn English
 Must cut their hair
 Converted to Christianity
1924 Indian Citizenship Act
 They are U.S. citizens
 Vote in elections
 Right to due process
Termination Policy (1953-1968)
 Survey on Indian Reservations show horrible conditions
 US government terminates-> Policy that divides property
among tribes which ends federal responsibility and social
services (health, education, welfare)
 Now subject to taxation
 Reduced self-government of tribal communities
 Relocation to cities
 Jurisdiction left up to states
The American Indian Movement (AIM)
 Founded 1968
 Fought for land rights,
against poverty,
harassment, better
conditions on reservations
 The Longest Walk of 1978 3600 mile walk to DC to
protect rights
 NCRSM- Fights racism in
sports and media today
Native American Tribes Today
 Over 500 reservations
 Considered same as an
independent country when
dealing with federal
government
 They have their own court
system and governments on
their reservations
Today:
 High levels of Poverty
 Massive alcoholism, diabetic,
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and obesity rate from
government subsidized foods
High school drop out rate
Many reservations lack
running water and have poor
conditions
Underrepresented in
government
Fighting Environmental rights
Mexican Americans: Chicano Movement
 Minority group pushed for rights and social
change in 20th century.
 Restoration of land grants, farm workers' rights,
enhanced education, voting and political rights,
 Socially, the Chicano Movement addressed what
it perceived to be negative ethnic stereotypes of
Mexicans in mass media and the American
consciousness
Caesar Chavez
 A Mexican American best known as
Latino Civil Rights activist
 Co-founded the National Farm Workers
Association, which later became the
United Farm Workers (UFW)
 Approach:
 Unionism and
 Aggressive but nonviolent tactics
Dolores Fernandez Huerta
 She left teaching when “I realized I
couldn’t do anything for the kids
who came to school hungry and
barefoot.”
 Helped found NFWA with Chavez in
1962 with grape pickers strike.
 Also- Feminist who strove for
women’s rights. Awards with NOW
and NAACP
 Today she continues to work as
activist for farmworkers and women.
Raza Unida Party
 Founded in 1970 by youth group
 Centered on Chicano nationalism
 Influence spread, and in late 1970s focused on seeking
unity with all Chicano, Latino and Native Americans.
 Today: The National Council of La Raza (NCLR) is the
largest national Hispanic civil rights and advocacy
organization in the United States and works to improve
opportunities for Hispanic Americans.