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Essay Instructions: The paper should be typed, double-spaced, and two-to-three pages of text with one-inch margins. Your paper should include analysis of:

a) The thesis of the book

b) The author’s expertise

c) Sources the author used

d) What scholars have said in their reviews of this book

(You might use Google : “Wounded Knee Heather Cox Richardson book review” or JSTOR; the Alpharetta librarians are very knowledgeable and helpful and will be glad to help you find reviews)

e) Strengths of the book

f) Weaknesses of the book

g) Questions you’d like to ask the author

h) Your overall assessment of the book



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Your review should reveal to me clearly (through use of textual analysis and quotes) that you actually have read the book. Papers too generic and too vague will not receive a good grade.



When quoting from Wounded Knee, enclose the quote in quotation marks and cite the page number in parentheses where the text comes from.

If you cite other sources, use any scholarly citation style you wish but stay consistent in your citation.



You will be graded on the excellence of your writing style, your arguments and proofs for your arguments, and the sophistication of your interpretation.

Essay Instructions: The paper should be typed, double-spaced, and two-to-three pages of text with one-inch margins. Your paper should include analysis of:

a) The thesis of the book

b) The author’s expertise

c) Sources the author used

d) What scholars have said in their reviews of this book

(You might use Google : “Wounded Knee Heather Cox Richardson book review” or JSTOR; the Alpharetta librarians are very knowledgeable and helpful and will be glad to help you find reviews)

e) Strengths of the book

f) Weaknesses of the book

g) Questions you’d like to ask the author

h) Your overall assessment of the book

Essay Instructions: Please answer each question separately!

1. Describe the conditions that led up to Wounded Knee II and the trial of Leonard Peltier.
2. Trace the legislation and court cases that have impacted Native American religious expression.
3. How did the Dawes Act immediately impact Native Americans? How does it impact indigenous people today?

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Essay Instructions: With each identification, you need five short and precise facts on the person, place, or event. For example;

George Washington
-1st President of the United States.
-General of the Colonial Army during the American Revolutionary War.
-Fought in the French and Indian War.
-Born in Virginian.
-Won the Battle at Yorktown, Va. forcing General Cornwallis and his British Army to surrender.


Identifications:

1. American Indian Movement
2. Wounded Knee
3. Ada Deer
4. Quanah Parker
5. Sioux Tribe
6. Indian Citizenship Act
7. Chief Joseph & Nez Perce
8. Dawes Allotment Act
10. Carlisle Indian School
11. Cheyenne Tribe
12. Red Cloud
13. Comanche Tribe
14. Joseph Brant
15. Trail of Tears
16. Pontiac's War