Do Now: March 14, 2008

Do Now: A changing time: How Manifest Destiny, Cultural Imperialism, and Genocide destroyed Native American cultures and heritage.Examining Native American history and experience through literary genres.

1- Manifest Destiny- was the belief that the United States was destined to expand from the Atlantic seaboard to the Pacific Ocean.

2- Cultural Imperialism- is the practice of promoting, distinguishing, separating, or artificially injecting the culture or language of one nation into another.

3- Genocide- Racial discrimination, destruction of an ethnic, religious or national group.


1- protagonists? Tall Bear and Lone Wolf.
2- Antagonist? Bluecoats.
3-Setting? Sand Creek Colorado territory- 1864: time, fall.
4- Central Conflict: The Cheyenne people were being attacked brutally by the Bluecoats.
5- Select One character and characterize.- Lone Wolf because he never gives up.
6- What is the point of view?- 3 rd.
7- Any symbolism? American Flag, White Flag.


Critical thinking Questions:
1. How are Manifest Destiny, Cultural Imperialism, and Genocide evident in this excerpt?
Manifest Destiny relates to this excerpt because, in the "Cheyenne Revenge", the whites expanded throughout America and took over the Native American Indian tribe.
The Cultural imperailism relates because the Native americans were killed and their culture was separated. Genocide also relates because, the Blucoats tried to wipe out the whole Indian tribe.

2- How does the defeat of Lone Wolf and Tall Bear accurately characterize the Native American condition?
The Native Americans did not have that much of support. Only the warriors had some weapons such as arrows, but they were no mach for the machinary weapons the Bluescoats had.

3- What does Tall Bear’s vision quest reveal about the spiritual and natural beliefs of Native Americans as illustrated the folktales you’ve read?
They belive that dremas do come true and things such as what happened to them in the story do happen.

4- What does Silas Soule represent? Is his characterization real or embellished? Author’s responsibility.
Silas Soule represents the goodside of the story. His characteriztaion is real in this story.

5- How can this story be an example as both an allusion and historical analogy? Think about the documentary that we saw. Trail of Tears, Wounded Knee etc…

This story is history. It has accured in the past and is now par of the American history.