Hello!
How are you? The picture above is a reproduction of a Sioux (スー族) blanket. The Sioux are one of the largest native American and First Nations groups of indigenous people in North America.
Their traditional home is mostly in the north-central part of the U.S., and in south-central Canada, though their range is far - as far south as Texas in the U.S.
The map below shows their traditional area, with the names of their tribes (部族) in bold:
Their traditional home is mostly in the north-central part of the U.S., and in south-central Canada, though their range is far - as far south as Texas in the U.S.
The map below shows their traditional area, with the names of their tribes (部族) in bold:
The Dakota Access Pipeline protests
This year, in the summer of 2016, the Standing Rock Sioux tribe in North Dakota, in the U.S., began a protest against an oil pipeline, the Dakota Access Pipeline, that was being built across their land. The protest grew into a major series of protests.
The map below shows where their land is. It is small, but their area is shown with a black circle:
Below is a YouTube video about the beginnings of the protest.
This year, in the summer of 2016, the Standing Rock Sioux tribe in North Dakota, in the U.S., began a protest against an oil pipeline, the Dakota Access Pipeline, that was being built across their land. The protest grew into a major series of protests.
The map below shows where their land is. It is small, but their area is shown with a black circle:
The video has little to no dialog, but the YouTube upload has this account in Japanese about the protests. I have copied and pasted it here:
Just this week, the U.S. government stopped the building of the part of the pipeline across the Standing Rock tribe's land. This was a major victory for the protestors.
Homework
Many indigenous people around the world have problems with their traditional lands, and the rights (権利) to their lands, as well as problems with the rights to keep their traditional way of life.
With a small group of your classmates, choose one group of indigenous people and with your classmates, research about some land rights or other social issues the people have with their governments. You could choose the Ainu as one group - while they may not have land rights issues, they have had issues with the Japanese government about trying to keep their traditional way of life.
In the next class, let me check on what you found out. You do not have to have found out everything about the people you chose! We will make the next class an open one where you can keep doing your research with your classmates.
See you then!
Homework
Many indigenous people around the world have problems with their traditional lands, and the rights (権利) to their lands, as well as problems with the rights to keep their traditional way of life.
With a small group of your classmates, choose one group of indigenous people and with your classmates, research about some land rights or other social issues the people have with their governments. You could choose the Ainu as one group - while they may not have land rights issues, they have had issues with the Japanese government about trying to keep their traditional way of life.
In the next class, let me check on what you found out. You do not have to have found out everything about the people you chose! We will make the next class an open one where you can keep doing your research with your classmates.
See you then!
Images: Top - screen shot taken from https://blog.pendleton-usa.com/2013/09/13/the-heritage-collection-centuries-of-beautiful-blankets/All rights reserved.
Maps - screen shots taken from Pinterest (first map originally published by Encyclopedia Brittanica, Inc. All rights reserved).
Maps - screen shots taken from Pinterest (first map originally published by Encyclopedia Brittanica, Inc. All rights reserved).
Video uploaded from YouTube. Text translation from YouTube upload courtesy of AFPBB News. All rights reserved. I do not own the rights to the video or text. Uploaded strictly for classroom use.
