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Learning ObjectivesAfter reading Chapter 6, students should be able to:
| 1. Apply the theoretical model developed in Chapter 2 to Analyze the institutional discrimination against Native Americans. |
| 2. Analyze how the racialization of Native Americans through the establishment of the "blood quantum" measure for purposes of identification contributed to a system of social control. |
| 3. Discuss how Native Americans responded to the invasion of their lands by Europeans. |
| 4. Understand the authors' emphasis on the virtual extinction of indigenous people. |
| 5. Analyze the patterns of legal, political, economic, educational, and housing discrimination against Native Americans. |
| 6. Discuss the way in which treaties between Native Americas and the United States government resulted in the colonization of indigenous people. |
| 7. Explain how boarding schools and the educational system were designed to destroy indigenous cultures. |
| 8. Analyze the significance of the Bureau of Indian Affairs as an institution of colonization. |
| 9. Discuss the debate over the use of Native-American images, names, and symbols by sports teams. |
| 10. Discuss the forms of resistance used by Native Americans against forced colonization and institutional discrimination. |
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