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Vine Deloria Jr
Author and activists for Native American rights. Born in Martin, South Dakota. Standing Rock Sioux is where he is from. Critiques of anthropology.
Sovereignty
Native Americans governing themselves. Disassociate with an American government
Lewis H. Morgan
Anthropologists best known for studying kinship groups within Native Americans
Theory of Cultural Evolution
Idea that all civilizations go through 3 stages: Savagery→ Barbarism → Civilization (Herbert Spencers ideas)
William Fenton
Scholar and writer known for extensive writings on Iroquois culture
Archeology
Study of prehistoric humans and modern humans through artifacts
Salvage Anthropology
Collecting and documenting artifacts for a culture believed to be in decline
Frans Boas
Father of modern anthropology. Known for cultural relativism
Baffin Island
Franz Boas spent 1 year with the Inuit here
Ethics of Anthropology
Protect and respect the people that are being studied
IRB
Instructional Review Board: Applies ethics to research before it is approved
Informed consent
Patients are given information about a study before they choose to participate
Alfred Kroeber
Anthropologists who was friends with Ishi
Ishi
Last member of the Yahi people. When he was found he lived in a museum and preformed shows and exhibits
NAGPRA
Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act. Protects remains and cultural artifacts associated with graves
Tommy Orange
Author of There There. Native American activists
Sand Creek Massacre
Massacre of Cheyenne and Arapaho people by the US army on Nov. 29 1864
Reliable/ Unreliable Narrators
A narrator who is telling the truth. A narrator who isn’t telling the truth, or may not know the whole truth
Intertextuality
A different text format in a book. Ex: texting, emails, letters,,,
Dense Oxendene
A Native filmmaker recording the stories of Indigenous peoples for a documentary. Dene is committed to capturing the experience of Urban Indians, but he also worries because the film was his uncle’s idea, not his own
Tony Loneman
A young man of Cheyenne descent. Tony narrates the first and last chapters of the book. Physically imposing and gifted with street smarts, Tony scores poorly on intelligence tests and is sometimes prone to violence because of fetal alcohol syndrome.
Thomas Frank
A Cheyenne man who drums with a group called Southern Moon. Thomas works at the Indian Center until he is fired. He has a fundamental connection to drumming, linked from his infancy to his heart’s arrythmia, and finds in it a way to pray.
Calvin Johnson
young man; Native; down on his luck and staying with his sister, Maggie. Owes drug money to his brother, Charles (who works with Octavio).
Octavio Gomez
the drug dealer for whom Tony and Charles (Calvin’s brother) work.
Bill Davis
boyfriend of Edwin’s mother, Karen. Lakota. Longtime maintenance worker at the Oakland Coliseum. Vietnam veteran who spent five years in San Quentin for stabbing a man. Read almost the whole time he was in—Raymond Carver and William Faulkner, Hunter S. Thompson, Oscar Zeta Acosta and Ken Kesey.
Edwin Black
biracial young man: his mother, Karen, is white, and his father, Harvey, whom he has never known, is Native. Once dreamed of becoming a writer; earned a master’s degree in comparative literature with a focus on Native American literature. Loves the Internet. Recently started an internship assisting with the Big Oakland Powwow.
Blue
head of the powwow committee at the Indian Center.
Jacque Red Feather
half-sister of Opal; a substance abuse counselor who is herself newly sober. Gave a child up for adoption in her youth (Blue); raised another daughter, Jamie, who passed away. Now has three grandsons for whom Opal is caring.
Opal Viola Victoria Bear Shield
woman in her fifties of Cheyenne descent. At age 11 in 1970, her mother took her and her half-sister, Jacquie Red Feather, to Alcatraz to participate in the Native American occupation of the island
Orvil Red Feather
fourteen years old; one of Jacquie’s grandsons. Cheyenne. Is deeply interested in his heritage and plans to dance at the powwow.
Daniel Gonzales
Octavios Cousin