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Choose ONE place that you have a connection to (family who live/lived there, a place you have visited etc). Identify WHICH indigenous people once lived there (or still do). Write a comment that indicates:
a. The modern-day place
b. The indigenous group with claim to that place
c. ONE interesting detail about that indigenous group (you can use the internet to research this).

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Mapping

We strive to map Indigenous territories, treaties, and languages across the world in a way that goes beyond colonial ways of thinking in order to better represent how Indigenous people want to see themselves.

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Native Land is a resource to learn more about Indigenous territories, languages, lands, and ways of life. We welcome you to our site.

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TED Talk: America's Native Prisoners of War

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TED Talk: America's Native Prisoners of War

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Watch the talk once completely. Then, watch it a second time and as you watch note down 3 discussion questions you would like to ask Ms Newington/talk about as a class. These should not be factual questions that you can look up yourself online. Once a student has posted a question you cannot re-use it.

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Aaron Huey: America’s native prisoners of war | TED Talk

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Aaron Huey’s effort to photograph poverty in America led him to the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, where the struggle of the native Lakota people -- appalling, and largely ignored -- compelled him to refocus. Five years of work later, his haunting photos intertwine with a shocking history lesson.

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After you have watched the film, add THREE adjectives to describe the Gathering of Nations powow in the comments below. You cannot use any of the adjectives used by previous posters.

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Experience America’s Largest Powwow | Short Film Showcase

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Q: Add a comment below including ONE THING you already knew about the history of Native Americans and ONE THING that you learnt from watching the video. AVOID REPEATS (i.e. find something different than previous posters).

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One Contemporary Reservation: A Photographic Essay

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One Contemporary Reservation: A Photographic Essay

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Explore the photographic essay (read all the text and look carefully at the images).

Choose ONE piece of information in the text and ONE photograph that you find the most striking (surprising, saddening, thought-provoking).

In the comments below screenshot the text and the photograph. Then write a short paragraph explaining why you find the information and the image particularly evocative, thought-provoking, emotive etc.

You CANNOT use the same image and fact as another student in the class so 'the early bird catches the worm'.

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Like many Indian reservations scattered throughout the United States, Pine Ridge is a place that is forgotten by many people living in South Dakota, and it is virtually unheard of across American society.

The Pine Ridge Indian Reservation is located in the Great Plains on the border of Nebraska, bypassed by those travelling along Interstate 90 as it winds its way towards the Black Hills and Rocky Mountains.

In the late 1800s, Native American reservations were set up throughout much of America, creating arbitrary divisions across tribal boundaries.

In 1890 approximately 350 men, women, and children were brutally murdered at the hands of US soldiers at the Wounded Knee Massacre. Today, Pine Ridge is in one of the poorest counties in the United States.

"A lot of people say [living on the reservation] is like trash - a lot of people leave, you know? But to me it's like living in the ghetto; it ain't no different from the city," explains Rich Lone Elk.

"People are fighting each other, shooting each other, someone's getting beat up every other night."

Over the years, the language and traditions of the Lakota people have become less prevalent among the younger generations, who frequently turn to gang culture in search of identity and belonging.

Throughout the reservation, the diabetes rate is 800 per cent higher than the national average with an average life expectancy of approximately fifty years old.

The unemployment rate of Pine Ridge hovers around eighty per cent, with a majority of the population living under federal poverty standards.

Despite the area's history of oppression, the culture and respect running through the Lakota people's way of life is unmatched. Throughout the reservation, residents show amazing resilience, respect for their culture and a willingness to embrace the future.

Many community elders are involved in ongoing efforts to inspire the youth, involving them in cultural and spiritual activities in the hope that they will reconnect with their cultural heritage and preserve it along the way.

Healthy food is difficult to come by on the reservation and is often more expensive. In addition, the commodity food provided by the federal government is largely inappropriate for the highly diabetic population.

"Parents nowadays aren't really being parents," she explains. "I have always said they need to step up to the plate and start teaching these children about our traditions and culture - showing them how we lived off of Mother Earth and what good lives we lived."

As Rich Lone Elk explains: "There's a lot of fear going on nowadays. Young people, they can't even walk the streets no more."

Many of the tribal elders feel a loss of tradition and respect among the youth, but some of the younger children remain in awe.

Rich Lone Elk (not pictured) explains the role rap music has come to play: "I redeem myself every time I rap. Whenever I rap, I release my demon. It's the way I live, ya know?"

Check out the portfolio of photographer Matthew Williams.

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What life on a Native American reservation really looks like

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For the residents of Pine Ridge, South Dakota, existence is caged by invisible borders.