the long forgotten truth

Mankato 

Dakota people lived on this land for thousands of years

Thomas Jefferson wrights a letter saying we will get the Dakotas land by putting them in dept

1851 the Dakotas are in dept to the US they must pay!

US agrees to help the Dakotas if they give up some of their land

Henry Sibly gets the treaty signed 

Indian men kill 5 settlers 

The Dakotas are starving to death

 1862 Dakotas are finally done with the broken promises and attack settlers

Dakota worriers taking women and children from there homes others killed

Henry Sibly is put in charge to stop the Dakotas

Alexander Ramsey announced all Dakotas must be killed or pushed out so far that they will never come back!

Dakota warriors captured and taken to trial all others are taken to Snt.Pauls

Death toll rises for the Dakotas

Lincoln tells the men at Fort Lincoln only to hang 38 of the 333 Dakotas accused  

Living News Project

For the Living Newspaper Project, I think it would be interesting to take a focus on Native Americans, more specifically in the 1930s. I feel like we've touched on African Americans and Whites, but we have yet to discuss much about the Native American people during the Great Depression Era. Did they experienced what other groups of people experienced? Did the fact that they were on their own reservations prevent them from going through trials of the Great Depression? For those who no longer lived on reservations, what was life like at the time? How were they treated during this time overall? I feel that there are many questions to be answered here. Throughout my education and discussion of the Great Depression Era, I have encountered very little information on this group of people and that is why I believe it would be an interesting topic. Either that or the lifestyle of the Native Americans now. I also hear very little about their lives now. Anything that looks in depth in the lives of Native Americans will be a step back and a bit refreshing than just the norm.

Living Newspaper Project

I think a really interesting topic for our group living newspaper would be to talk about the educational system in current time. This is a broad topic but I think it would be very easy to narrow down. I like this topic because it is an important issue today and very controversial. People argue if our educational systems in the United States are as up to par as other countries. This would be an easy topic to find numerous debates on and also personal documentaries. I like this topic because it relates to us as students and we would be able to put a lot of our input and decisions into the presentation. Also, I think it is important to have a topic that we have some knowledge of so it makes it easier to focus on the quality of the project.

Group project proposal

I think that we should do women's rights in the 1950 because its a time period I don't know much about and I would love to learn more. I also have a grandmother who is turning 100 this year and I could talk to her and her roles at home during this time.

Living Newspaper Proposal

For our Living Newspaper project I propose we make our topic Women Movements in the 1950s. There are many types of media that we could incorporate in our presentation that would help us demonstrate the struggles and accomplishments of the women in the past and what they have done for our country today. We could use a movie, older or newer, that has a feminine lead that demonstrates women rights. Also, there are many songs we could include with a central theme. I can imagine many pieces of art that would help us demonstrate the Women Movements, especially artwork that was done in the 1950s. Also, if we choose a woman activist of that time period we could really provide crucial details if we provided a speech she gave during the time. A woman I have in mind for this area of the project is Carol Hanisch. She is known for many important ideas towards the feminist movement of this specific time. This time period is also known as the “second wave” of the feminist movement and we could incorporate this term in our project as well. The reason I chose this topic is because of the emotional attachment I have towards it. As a woman of this time, I believe the actions of women in the past play a key role concerning the women in this country today. What would women be dealing with today if these influential women had never spoken up? Because of the several Women Movements in the past, we have so many rights and privileges as women citizens today in the United States of America. For that very reason I believe this is an eligible topic we could easily use for our Living Newspaper Project.