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1. An indigenous confederacy is a group of tribes that band together, most often in order to fight for land or resources.
2. The most famous indigenous confederacy was the Iroquois Confederacy, which was a group of five (later six) tribes who fought for their land in what would now be upper New York. It is the most well known example of this.
3. It is essential because it showed the extent to how far the indigenous people would go to protect their land. They knew that it was being stolen from them, and tribes that were normally not friendly stood together in alliance to fight the colonizers.

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1. cultural racism: Cultural racism, sometimes called neo-racism, new racism, postmodern racism, or differentialist racism, is a concept that has been applied to prejudices and discrimination based on cultural differences between ethnic or racial groups

2. This relates to our current unit because we are learning about indigenous people, and they are effected by cultural racism all over the US

3. This is essential to under stand because if you are trying to learn about it and move forward from it then you have to actually understand.

4. The image above was shown at a art gallery representing cultural racism in art.

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1. Clan has been used to designate social groups whose members trace descent from either male or female ancestors.
2. Certain rights, privileges and property were associated with clans, and they functioned as ceremonial units that cut across geographical and even linguistic divisions.
3. It is essential, because it defines the way that groups were referred to. People could be part of multiple clans, depending on their parents lineage.

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1. Originating from a certain place.
2. This is related to our unit because we are learning about the people originally from America.
3. This is an essential piece of information to understand why we call Indigenous people indigenous.

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1. The deliberate killing of a group of people with the goal of destroying that group of people. In the context of Indigenous people, genocide relates to Columbus and the first colonizers commiting/attempting genocide on the Indigenous People.
2. Columbus took 1,500 Arawaks and many more killed themselves to avoid this.
3. This is essential to understand because it is an important part of interaction between colonizers and Indigenous People.

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Sovereignty is the ability to govern oneself without outside rule. Native American nations sovereignty was taken from them by the US.

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1. cultural appropriation: the unacknowledged or inappropriate adoption of the customs, practices, ideas, etc. of one people or society by members of another and typically more dominant people or society.

2. because there is a lot of mockery and stigma around there culture and believes, it has been a big issue.

3. This is essential because getting over cultural appropriation and learning to accept and appreciate are steps towards healing the damage that has been caused.

4. Katy parry in the song "dark horse" dresses up mocking Egyptian people.

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This event refers to a time period from 1831-1850 when 60,000 people Native Americans were removed from the South and traveled to live in Oklahoma.

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1.  Used to refer to a point of time in the past that was so long ago that people have no knowledge or memory of it.
2.  Indigenous people use this phrase often to describe the spiritual depth of their connections with ancestral lands.  This phrase could mean thousands of years or as little as a few generations.
3.  Time immemorial is an essential understanding because the Native American culture is very much related to ancestors.  The specific era of these ancestors are often forgotten.
4.  Refer to the Image above.^

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1.  A backstory, or established background narrative.
2.  The first indigenous people remember their origins through oral histories passed down through generations. These stories describe the creation of the world and how first people came to live in it.  They embody a view of how the world fits together, and how human beings should behave in it.
3.  Origin Story is an essential understanding in this unit because it is how the indigenous people believe they came to be on earth.  This is obviously sacred and important towards them.
4. Refer to the image above.^