Use the link below to answer the following questions on the ritual of admission of indians to full American citizenship. Put your answers on notebook paper.
1. In the intro paragraph, who is “granting” the American Indian “the “privilege” to become an American citizen?
2. What “privileges” could becoming an American citizen have for the American Indian?
3. Describe the picture on the web page?
4. What is the symbolism of the Indian shooting the bow and arrow in this ritual?
5. What is the symbolism of the receiving of the purse?
6. What is the symbolism of the receiving of the American Flag?
7. What are some of the qualities of the white woman, that the Indian women is expected to respect?
8. Now click on the link for “Maps” on the right hand side of the site. Follow the link to the “Great Sioux Reservation”. How many US States did the Sioux Reservation span (cover)? List them.
9. Now click on the link for “Sioux lands 1877”. How many US States did the Sioux territory span by 1877? List them.