February 14, 2017. Plains Warfare, Indian Reservations, and Boarding Schools
- *Turner, Frederick Jackson, “The Significance of the Frontier in American History” (1893)
- Dawes Act (1887)
- Luther Standing Bear on his experiences at Carlisle Indian School, 1933
- Rules for Indian Schools, 1890
- Stern, Alexandra E. “Reconstructing Approaches to America’s Indian Problem: Indian Policy in the Late Nineteenth Century”
February 16, 2017. Ghost Dance to Wild West Shows
Tom Torlino, 1885.
Three Sioux students as they arrived at the Carlisle Indian School in 1883.
Three Sioux students after three years at the Carlisle Indian School.
Chiracahua Apaches as they arrived at Carlisle from Fort Marion, Florida, November 4, 1886.
Chiracahua Apaches four months after their arrival at Carlisle, March 1887.
White Buffalo was at Carlisle from 1881 to 1884. He had prematurely gray hair — he is 18 here, in 1881.
White Buffalo was a student at Carlisle from 1881 to 1884. He had prematurely gray hair. (Cumberland County Historical Society, Carlisle, PA.
avajo Group who entered Carlisle October 21, 1882 after some time at the school.
Zuni Pueblo students at the Carlisle Indian School
Four Pueblo children from Zuni, N.M., c. 1880.
Navajo students who entered Carlisle October 21, 1882
Above: UC Davis History Professor Louis Warren on The Ghost Dance
Above: Buffalo Bill Wild West Footage (Silent Film) 1908.
Above: Annie Oakley Original Silent Film; Documentary on Buffalo Bill Cody produced by The History Channel; Ghost Dance Silent Film
WEEKLY ASSIGNMENT
Select two images from the gallery above and one of the assigned readings. Analyze the photograph in-depth in relation to one of the readings. What are the photographs arguing? What elements of the photograph support your claim? What is your document arguing? How do these images signify a major turning point in Native American history in the West?