The Meskwaki Nation: Self-Determination, Land Repurchase, and Cultural Resilience in Iowa

Assimilation Policies, Cultural Erasure, and Indigenous Sovereignty (1880–1903)

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Assess how the Meskwaki people exercised civic agency and sovereignty by purchasing their own land in Tama County, Iowa in 1857 to secure their enduring homeland.

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Assimilation Policies, Cultural Erasure, and Indigenous Sovereignty (1880–1903)

9th Grade · Social Studies · US-IA-SS

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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 Grade

Use disciplinary and interdisciplinary lenses to understand the characteristics and causes of contemporary issues at the local, regional, and global level.

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