Lesson Plan: Indian Activism during the Cold War - Schaumburg ...

They Are Ancestral Homelands: Race, Place, and Politics in <strong>Cold</strong> <strong>War</strong> Native America, 1945-1961Questions for <strong>the</strong> Reading:1. How are assimilation and <strong>the</strong> <strong>Cold</strong> <strong>War</strong> tied toge<strong>the</strong>r?2. What were <strong>Indian</strong>s fighting for? Against?3. What were <strong>the</strong> different stances held by <strong>Indian</strong>s on <strong>the</strong>se issues?4. How were <strong>Indian</strong>s related to Communism and <strong>the</strong> Red Scare?5. How would <strong>the</strong> events <strong>during</strong> this time period (1945-1961) fuel later activism <strong>during</strong> <strong>the</strong> 1970’s?6. How could <strong>Indian</strong>s use <strong>the</strong> Point IV Program for <strong>the</strong>ir advantage?7. Summarize <strong>the</strong> main arguments of <strong>the</strong> reading:"They Are Ancestral Homelands": Race, Place, andPolitics in <strong>Cold</strong> <strong>War</strong> Native America, 1945–1961