Indians in the Curriculum:
20 Handouts for Middle and High School
History and Social Studies
By Kerry Dunne

Handout 6 Activities: Shrinking Indian Lands

Background:

From Rethinking Columbus: The Next 500 Years, p. 155, edited by Bill Bigelow and Bob Peterson, 2nd edition, Rethinking Schools, http://www.rethinkingschools.org/, Milwaukee, 1998, 189 pp.

Study and Discuss:

1.     What has been the trend in the total amount of Indian land holdings?

2.     Where in the United States are most current Indian land holdings? Why do you think this is?

3.     What are the reasons why tribes want to maintain land on reservations today?

4.     Have you heard of any recent disputes involving Indian land?

Resources 6: Shrinking Indian Lands