The Bear Maiden

So I just read The Bear Maiden and I thought the story was very odd but interesting. However, I found the end very confusing. The youngest sister asked to be thrown into a fire, but then jumped out of it. What is the significance of that? I do not understand at all.

Beautiful weather in Aberdeen, SD,

http://www.weather.com/weather/local/USSD0001

-7 feels like -31

Avatar

Did anyone else see the parallel of what white people, who came to the new world, did to the Indians and the storyline of the Movie avatar?

Indian Video Notes

1492

· Colombus came to new world

· New route to India

· Therefore Indians

· Enslaved indians

· Tortured and killed

1539

· Hernando Desoto

· Looking for gold

· Murder torture and terror to find gold

· Brought war dogs to assure cooperation

· Brought small pox to new world

1607

· Jamestown settlement

· People escaping religious prosecution

1620

· Plymouth settlement

· Thanksgiving with Indians and English

· New Americans moved Indians aside

· No matter how much land the english wanted more

1636 – Pequot War (Massachusetts) – Indians could not hold up. 450 slaughtered.

· First war fought with Indians in New England

· Burned in village

· First war of many

Indian Removal Act – 1830

· Government pressure by the whites

· Law: required Indians to give up land and move to less valuable land

· Under Indian removal Act

· Tribes in east moved to Oklahoma

· Convinced Indians it would be better than them

Trail of Tears

· 1848 - Soldiers brought in and forced Indians to march

· 4,000 Cherokees died

· "Exile"

Osceola

· Semiole chief

· Captured and followers surrendered

· Escaped to the everglades

Buffalo

· Migration of buffalo interfered by trains

· Killed for hides and food

· Free guns for hunters of buffalo

· Tourists shot buffalo from trains as went by

Treaties of Fort Laramie - 1851 & 1868

· US met with plains tribes

· Made reservations - land set aside for Indians

· Peace did not last from treaty

· Led to raids of the people

Minnesota Massacre

· James Carrolton ordered to kill ALL apache men

· Apache and others fled to safe zones

· Killed many Indians

Native American Project

I enjoyed doing this project over break. I was unaware of how many things we use today are influenced by the Native Americans. We should do projects like that more often!

70's PSA

I saw this old public service aannouncement on tv, and it's relevent to Native Americans because it features a Native American who is sadden by people littering on his land. The commercial is a really be stereotype because it's the 70's and the Native American is still in native dress, living in the wilderness, and has a canoe on the banks of the city. Its still pretty funny though, so enjoy!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_R-FZsysQNw

Mobile Posting

Did you know you can blog from your phone or via e-mail?
Just send your post to: jessica.deckard.postnow@blogger.com

Maps of culture areas

This glog is from Sam's project and is very easy to understand.
http://smaynard.glogster.com/tribe-and-maps/

Interesting Documentary about Man's Evolution

Over the Christmas holiday, I watched this documentary from the History Channel about human evolution from ape to man, called Ape to Man (go figure). I thought it was really interesting, and the History Channel always knows how to teach in an entertaining manner.

Luckily, I found it on the Tube of You, so if anyone is interested, you can watch it at your leisure. I figured it might help us understand that humans have a long lineage, and that they existed long before ancient civilizations such as Greece.

Click for the playlist, it is separated into eight parts.

It's interesting to watch how the fossils that revolutionized the knowledge we have of our lineage came about almost by chance. Plus, it's kind of funny when every fossil find is narrated with, "But then, something caught his/her eye" or, "But then, s/he had a hunch".

Enjoy, and here's a picture of a reconstruction of A. afarensis, the species Lucy is from.

Just think, a monkey actually is your uncle. Only you're separated by a few million years of evolution.

project

Is our project due tomorrow?