INDIGENOUS PEOPLE: DO THEY HAVE A HISTORY?

DEFINING HISTORY

• What is History?• What does it mean then to “Have a History”?

• Different types of history:

• Find a friend, let’s do some work

MAKING HISTORY

• Write this down:• 1. Your personal history• 2. Your family history• 3. Find a friend and tell each other your history• Then, tell each other:• 3. Your community history• 4. Your state history• 5. Your national history• 6. Your world history• 7. Your human history• What did you learn from this exercise?

WHO FIGURES?

• Subjects of traditional histories in the U.S.?

• Why?• What is changing and has changed?

HOWARD ZINN, A PEOPLE’S HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES

• Please divide into different small groups• Divide up the chapters and report: What is the main point about these people?5. Revolution8. Nothing by Conquest9. Slavery10. Civil War12. Empire and the People13. Socialism16. People’s War18. Impossible victory: Vietnam22. Unreported Resistance25. War on Terrorism

• Who figures in Zinn’s history?• Why?

HISTORY OF INDIGENOUS LATIN AMERICA

INDIGENOUS ABYA YALA

SOME IMAGES

• Different types of Indigenous communities

• Venezuela: Yanomami• Colombia: Paez• Brazil: Waiapi, Canela, Altamira Protest in Fe,

1989

CHALLENGES?

• What might be challenging about writing native histories?

HISTORY OF INDIGENOUS LATIN AMERICA

• History of Indigenous Latin America Chapter Outline

• Routledge Press

• Ch. 1 Indigenous History: Introduction and Definitions• Ch. 2 Indigenous Abya Yala Prehistory• Ch. 3 Indigenous Encounters with Europeans 15th Century• Ch. 4 Natives Challenge the Conquerors Yet Help Create a New World 1500-

1549

• Ch. 5 Alliances, Battles and Demographic Collapse 1550-1599• Ch. 6 Indigenous People Join Imperial Colonial Systems

1600-1649• Ch. 7 Urbanization, Nonviolent Resistance and Isolated Revolts 1650-

1699• Ch. 8 Demographic Recovery and Growing Insurrections 1700-

1749

CHAPTER OUTLINE CONTINUED

• Ch. 9 Religious Conflicts, Widespread Resistance and New Nation States 1750-1826

• Ch. 10 Indigenous Responses to New Rulers and Frontier Expansion 1827-1869

• Ch. 11 Indigenous Struggles for Land, Labor and Political Leverage in Neocolonial Latin America 1870-1930

• Ch. 12 Diverse Indigenous Paths toward Self-Determination 1931-1970

• Ch. 13 Widespread Indigenous Organization and Multiculturalism1971-1990

• Ch. 14 Indigenous People in a New Millennium 1991-2012

• Ch. 15 Sources for Student Research, Discussion Questions, Teaching Suggestions for Instructors, Select Bibliography

CONCLUSIONS

• What did you learn?

• Here’s what I tried to communicate