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A very union dominated, democratic party leaning regions

Influenced by the impact of multiple industries, most prominently coal mining

New Deal

FDR's support of the working class and unions

Weakening of United Mine Workers of America, an increase of automation

Unions have become less influential

Global rise in social conservatism

Issues pertaining to abortions, marriages, gun rights, etc.

Move away from more libertarian perspective

A perspective about, you do you and I do me. I can make my own decision

Intentional focus on job/economic issues by Republican party

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"Major" Political concerns in Appalachia

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"Major" Political concerns in Appalachia

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Economy

With decline of local industries, focus on where job creation/economic strategies can improve

Environment

Legacy of extractive industry

Challenge of accepting/promoting resource extraction to support the economy versus environment justice perspectives

Social

Social conservatism, perspective on individual liberties

Poverty

Disproportionate poverty, persistent underdevelopment

Substance abuse

Result of a lot of the factors listed above, and historic targeting of Appalachians drug manufacturers

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Elected officials

Represent the community at the local, state and federal levels

They control the passage of laws, allocation of resources, and regulation of industries central to Appalachia's economy (coal, timber, natural gas, tourism.

Lobbyist

Advocate on behalf of industries (especially energy, mining, and healthcare), unions, or advocacy groups

They work to influence elected officials decisions, often amplifying the voices of corporations and powerful interests more than those of grassroots

Organizers

Build grassroots movements that mobilize communities to push for social, economic, and environment justice

Provide a counterweight to lobbyist power by amplifying citizen voices and connecting local struggles to broader regional and national movements

Citizens

Base of the political system, through voting, attending meetings, protests, and holding leaders accountable.

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Lobbyist --> Elected officials

Elected officials -> citizens

Organizers --> Citizens

Citizens --> Elected officials

Elected officials --> Organizers

Lobbyist <--> organizers

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Appalachia: home of many indigenous people, including the Cherokee, Shawnee, and Muscogee

Asian population have increased massively

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looked back on covid

Audience: his listeners- white males, relatively young white people

comparing experiences, something real and close to home to others experiences to relate

Kentucky- local college, to relate

escalation to the not normal scenarios that have happened

The music lyrics, reference past events of violence done on people. The history and tradition recalled, where it might not be accepted in a way that is actually understood- people not really knowing what the lyrics are saying, paying attention to the melody. Singing against people who "support" him but don't actually see what he is trying to convey.

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European contact:

Northern: Cayuga, Erie, Seneca, Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, and Susquehannock

Eastern: Powhatan, Delaware (Leni Lenape), Shawnee

Southern: Southern Iroquoian-speaking Cherokee and Tuscarora, Catawba, and the creek

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Lewis H. Morgan: Anthropologist from up state New York, trying to live imbedded with a Native American Tribe --> which he could do because of his financial resources as a rich dude

"Ancient Society, or Researches in the Lines of Human Progress from Savagery through Barbarisms to Civilization"

Theory of three stages of cultural evolution ("progress")

Savagery to Barbarism to Civilization

Savagery: Hunting and gathering

Barbarism: horticultural farming

Civilization: Essentially, European Society

Underpinned throughout by Eurocentric value judgement

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Encouraged Indigenous peoples to adopt aspects of White cultures

Ex. Christianity, ideas of ownership, English language, monogamy, abandoning acceptance of premarital sex

Forced to fit within ideas of what the United States was

Washington made treaties with tribes as if they were sovereign nations, Jackson believed that was infringing upon state sovereignty

Tribes had to be federally managed

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President Andrew Jackson, signed into law:

Authorized the president to negotiate with Native American tribes for federal territory west of the Mississippi River in exchange for Indian lands within existing state borders

Some accepted the Act, some resisted

The resistance from the Cherokee, led to the trail of tears

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Federal:

Seneca Nation of Indians of New York

Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians of north Carolina

Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians

State:

Cherokee Tribe of Northeast Alabama

Echota

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Self-identifying as having the personal cultural identity of an indigenous person

self identifying as having familial cultural identity of an indigenous person

Tribal nation citizenship status

conferred via the sovereign authority of an American Indian tribe of Alaska native community

Tribal membership

conferred by a state recognized tribe

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The displacement of indigenous residents by settlers coming from the outside

involved large-scale settlement and establishment of a new society "traditional" colonialism is more focused on extracting resources and exploiting labor

Replacement and permanence

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It's reigning Queens in Appalachia, Carol Burch-Brown

Helen Compton said gays and lesbians "can't do what other people does. we've never been able to We never will be able to."

Her life saving were used to start a bar where LGBTQ+ people could feel accepted

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Five Ways to view it:

Colonial Power/Empire

Adaptation/Survival

Resistance/Reform

Nationalism/Identity

Representation/Framing

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M.S. Reid's "On the Study of Religion in Appalachia" (1979)

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M.S. Reid's "On the Study of Religion in Appalachia" (1979)

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Explores how scholars interpret religion's role in Appalachian life

Religion is the most distinctly Appalachian social institution.

replaced the extended family as the core institution post- WWII

Most persistent social institution in the region

provides adaptation to modernization, not resistance to it

Photiadis' Structural-functional view

Argues that:

religion stabilizes Appalachian society

functions as a mechanism of adjustment to modern change

religion = "social glue" holding communities together

Critiques of the prospective

reduced religion to a tool of social stability

ignores religions spiritual and belief

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Earlier sociologist described Appalachia as a "folk culture", defined by:

Puritanism and "frontier faither"

family feuds and divisiveness

religion impeding progress

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Alternative theory: Appalachia as an internal colony of the U.S

outside interest exploit region's people and resources

Labor, coal, etc.

Religion view as either:

Exploitative

resistance

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demography- "America is a nation of Christians

History: "America was established by Christians (or on Christian foundations)."

Essences- "America is essentially (or spiritually) Christian."

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Tennessee:

White supremacists covering their ideologies under the religious lens

Hardworking white people (white men) illustrations (Norman Rockwell?)

Heroes allowed to be more racist than they can be

"God need men to rule- and if your have a problem with that, it is what's gonna be"

Wanting Christian nationalism in one state

Bordering putting Christian principles by law- no matter your religion you'd have to follow it

seen as restoring American heritage

Defining the Black American's legacy on their slave heritage --> they are allowed to stay

They denounce efforts of MLK, wanting to go back before civil rights, and saying they can't have both civil rights and American heritage --> dismissing any criticism

disguise white supremacy in Christian Nationalism

Nashville- Neo-Nazis taking to the streets and yelling to deport Mexicans

Outsider people see it as something that is not American nor Christian --> with their controversial views: God made men to rule over women, it was a mistake to let women votes, democracy is horrible, and the worst thing is college educated women (base threat to America)

Their views are motivated by their love of the country and American history