Melting Pot Essay

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  • Created on: 13-05-13 18:25
Intro
Hollywood & Marlon Brando 1973; different areas; melting pot didn't apply (1930s-1990s)
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Political Signpost
1860s exterminationist view, and 1992 seperate 'nations'
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Political evidence 1860s
Plains Wars - Peace treaties (Fort Laramie 1868)
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Political evidence 1930s
More sympathetic - IRA (1934) - 174 tribes; mass organisations - (NCAI 1944, AIM 1968)
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Political evidence 1960s
LBJ speech; 1975 Indian Self-Determination Act
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Political evaluation 1880s-1920s
Assimilation - Dawes Act 1887 (2/3rd 1920); Indian Citizenship Act 1924; 78 tribes didn't form governments by 1930s
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Political evaluation 1950s
1948 Harrison v. Laveen; termination policy
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Political Judgement
focused on NA political independence
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Economic signpost
1865 obstacles & 1992 special economic case
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Economic evidence 1860s
Economic resources destroyed; took land (50% 1860-1900) - Manifest Destiny
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Economic evidence 1930s
IRA encouraged tribal corporations (Arts and crafts 1935); Indian Claims Council (1946) - $818mill 1978
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Economic evidence 1970s
Alaska Claims Settlement (1971) - 44mill acres to Inuit nation
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Economic Evaluation 1880s-1920s
White farming methods (1930s Navajo tribe won 6 mill. acres) & private property (Dawes Act- allotment)
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Economic Evaluation 1980s
Indian Gaming Act 1988 - native capitalism ($5bill. income by late 1990s)
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Economic counter evaluation
Society of American Indians pioneered pan-Native protest against assimilation (land poor quality); Fed Gov admit economic failure - Merriam report 1928 - 15% of av white income
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Economic Judgement
Emphasis on special NA economic needs
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Social/Cultural Signpost
1865 inferior & 1992 legal protections highlight difference
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Social/Cultural evidence 1860s
Restrict freedom of movement via reservation; 'merciless savages' (Custers defeat 1876); Repressed (1890); decline in population (240,000 to 100,000 1860-1900)
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Social/Cultural evidence 1930s
supported tribal traditions - BIA hired linguists - tribal distinctiveness
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Social/Cultural evidence 1960s
Red militancy (1960s); 1972 Indian Education Act; Religious Freedom Act 1978; Logos and Names in sport
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Social/Cultural evaluation 1880s-1920s
Fed Boarding School (Carlisle 1879) - 114 in 6 years
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Social/Cultural evaluation WW2
25,000 in armed forces
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Social/Cultural evaluation 1950s
Fed Gov sponsored migration - BIA helped 33,000 - by 1992 over 50% lived in cities
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Social/Cultural judgement
emphasis on special social/cultural rights
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Conclusion
didn't apply; Assimilation (1880s-1920s) too short & reformist emphasis on NA distinctions ended it; NA disagreed (5 civilised tribes); used citizenship rights to highlight historic tribal differences
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