After reading Chapter 6, students should be able to:
apply the theoretical model developed in Chapter 2 to analyze the institutional discrimination against Native Americans.
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.
discuss how Native Americans responded to the invasion of their lands by Europeans.
understand the authors' emphasis on the virtual extinction of indigenous people.
analyze the patterns of legal, political, economic, educational, and housing discrimination against Native Americans.
discuss the way in which treaties between Native Americas and the United States government resulted in the colonization of indigenous people.
explain how boarding schools and the educational system were designed to destroy indigenous cultures.
analyze the significance of the Bureau of Indian Affairs as an institution of colonization.
discuss the debate over the use of Native-American images, names, and symbols by sports teams.
discuss the forms of resistance used by Native Americans against forced colonization and institutional discrimination.
