Extra Credit Assignment for Mrs. Perry’s Language Arts—
Date Due: No later than Friday, September 14, 2012
Assignment: Based on our lessons and discussion of Ishi, the last Yahi, choose
one of the following topics below and complete research on the topic. Write a
short report of three paragraphs and no fewer than 15 sentences on the topic
based on your research. Make sure you list your source(s).
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Yahi/Yana Indians
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Three Knolls Massacre
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Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act of 1990
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National Museum of the American Indian Act of 1989
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Effect of the California Spanish Missions on Native Americans
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Smithsonian Museum of Natural History
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National Bureau of Indian Affairs
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Lone Woman of San Nicholas Island (1853)