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The Ghost Dance Spiritual Movement and the Wounded Knee Massacre of 1890
Evaluate Wovoka's Ghost Dance religion, military paranoia, and the slaughter of Lakota families at Wounded Knee Creek.
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Assimilation Policies, Cultural Erasure, and Indigenous Sovereignty (1880–1903)
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Evaluate federal assimilation policies, allotment, boarding schools, and the legal and cultural strategies used by Indigenous nations to defend their sovereignty.
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SS.9-12.US.11Nevada Social Studies Standards · 7th GradeUse disciplinary and interdisciplinary lenses to understand the characteristics and causes of contemporary issues at the local, regional, and global level.
SS.9-12.US.12Nevada Social Studies Standards · 7th GradeApply a range of deliberative and democratic strategies and procedures to make decisions and take action regarding contemporary issues at the local, regional, and global level.