https://padlet.com/schil418/urbanrelocationurbanrez The legacy of the Urban Relocation Program en-us 2018-10-06 18:40:08 UTC 2025-11-02 03:19:46 UTC hello@padlet.com schil418 https://padlet.com/schil418/urbanrelocationurbanrez/wish/289940848 Reluctantly, he accepts it. Arianne greets him with a drink and neither of them can bear to discuss the matter further. ]]> 2018-10-06 18:40:08 UTC https://padlet.com/schil418/urbanrelocationurbanrez/wish/289940848 schil418 https://padlet.com/schil418/urbanrelocationurbanrez/wish/289940849 They tell him that the house is too big and they are moving him out of it. ]]> 2018-10-06 18:40:08 UTC https://padlet.com/schil418/urbanrelocationurbanrez/wish/289940849 schil418 https://padlet.com/schil418/urbanrelocationurbanrez/wish/289940850 He packs some suitcases, and prepares to go into town. He plans to buy her a necklace and a new wedding ring. ]]> 2018-10-06 18:40:08 UTC https://padlet.com/schil418/urbanrelocationurbanrez/wish/289940850 schil418 https://padlet.com/schil418/urbanrelocationurbanrez/wish/289940851 They do not want to ruin their good memories of their mother and besides, there's no evidence of such behavior. ]]> 2018-10-06 18:40:08 UTC https://padlet.com/schil418/urbanrelocationurbanrez/wish/289940851 schil418 https://padlet.com/schil418/urbanrelocationurbanrez/wish/289940852 There were Indian Americans that did assimilate and leave tradition behind, but others chose to continue cultural practices. They chose to adapt and brings their ways into the city. 
"I am Indian at my core." -???

1958 - American Indian Center Dance Club in Chicago, IL. ]]> 2018-10-06 18:40:08 UTC https://padlet.com/schil418/urbanrelocationurbanrez/wish/289940852 schil418 https://padlet.com/schil418/urbanrelocationurbanrez/wish/289940853 Alexei is indifferent, but he goes out to buy a cake for the occasion. ]]> 2018-10-06 18:40:08 UTC https://padlet.com/schil418/urbanrelocationurbanrez/wish/289940853 schil418 https://padlet.com/schil418/urbanrelocationurbanrez/wish/289940854  Much subtler than forced assimilation, the American Indian Urban Relocation program presented a 'choice' to leave. The motive was the same]]> 2018-10-06 18:40:08 UTC https://padlet.com/schil418/urbanrelocationurbanrez/wish/289940854 schil418 https://padlet.com/schil418/urbanrelocationurbanrez/wish/289940855 Relocated individuals and families felt torn between their two worlds. ]]> 2018-10-06 18:40:08 UTC https://padlet.com/schil418/urbanrelocationurbanrez/wish/289940855 schil418 https://padlet.com/schil418/urbanrelocationurbanrez/wish/289940856 "Didn't know anyone. I wouldn't wish relocation on anyone." - ???
Culture shock; different foods and different people -??
Fast pace of life vs. 'Indian time' - ???
Unhappy: "Everything I knew was gone." - ???
 ]]> 2018-10-06 18:40:08 UTC https://padlet.com/schil418/urbanrelocationurbanrez/wish/289940856 schil418 https://padlet.com/schil418/urbanrelocationurbanrez/wish/289940857 After World War II, American Indians' participation in the fight warranted the attention of the federal government. When the Bureau of Indian Affairs offered a relocation program that offered vocational training, subsidized housing, and an opportunity to escape impoverished life on the reservation, many American Indians jumped on the chance. "Between 1952 and 1973 over 100,00 Indians signed up to voluntarily move to the cities".
(Urban Rez, 2013)]]> 2018-10-06 18:40:08 UTC https://padlet.com/schil418/urbanrelocationurbanrez/wish/289940857 schil418 https://padlet.com/schil418/urbanrelocationurbanrez/wish/289940858 Urban Rez captures the voice of American Indians; those who lived through the Urban Relocation Program in the mid to late 90’s and the generation of children living off Indian reservations today.]]> 2018-10-06 18:40:08 UTC https://padlet.com/schil418/urbanrelocationurbanrez/wish/289940858