Unit 2 Test Flashcards
Describe the sun dance
The sun dance is a ritual proformed by the lakota and of abroginal tribes to prepare for the great annual buffalo hunt, and to celebrate the new year. It happens in late fall or earily summer. The ritual proves bravery by overcoming pain. The major part of the sun dance is the making of the lodge where the dance is held, they would cut down a cotton tree in a sacred way, and put in in the middle of the dancing area, Axis mundi
3 purposes of the sun dance
- It celebrates the new year
- t funtioned as a preparation for the great annual buffalo hunt
- It is a test of endurance
Describe the ghost dance
The ghost dance is a ritual to forget about the white mans rule, and to pray that the buffalo would return. It was also the time to pray for the dead loved ones, it was the time where the living and the dead would merge. first they must purifly themselves so no achoal or volance, after they would put on shirts which was said to be stronger than the white mans bullet, and joined hands in a huge circle, and danced around.
3 purposes of the ghost dance
- To be free, to free indans from white mans rule
- To connect the living with the peoples dead ansentors
- To revive the buffilow, see the return of the buffilow
What are some of the challenges
that Lakota and other Aboriginal groups are experiencing and/or have
experienced in modern times?
Some of the challages that lakota and other Aboriginal groups are having are high drug use, minors are taking drugs and sometimes over dosing. lots of volance and suicide. about 3-7 suicide attemps each week in the Cheyenne River Reservation. They also suffer from depression and alchal
How has the revival of their religious
practices impacted their identity as a people and helped them address
the traumas of the past?
The Aboriginal people who survied residental schools were taought to be ashamed of there culture. so when all of the resdental schools closed, a lot of the surivers did not pass down there knowledge of their culture, so the next generation does not know their identity.
How are the Lakota and other Aboriginal groups healing.
The Lakota and other Aboriginal groups healing, by teachers coming to the Resercve and helping out with counculling, and helping the community. They started a youth program which kids go out and learn about horses, how to ride them and lasso them. The elders teach others about their culture, and ways of living.
How was Cortez able to deafeat montazuma and the aztecs?
The Spanish fired shots, which stunned the natives and further intimidated them. They had horses, and smallpocks made Aztecs weak. Cortés entered the city, sacked it and took Montezuma hostage. La Malinche helped Cortés manipulate Montezuma and rule Tenochtitlán through him.
7 Lakota Virtues
- Respect
- Prayer
- Compassion
- Honsty
- Humility
- Generosity
- Wisdom
Describe vison quest
an attempt to achieve a vision of a future guardian spirit, traditionally undertaken at puberty by boys of the Plains Indian peoples, typically through fasting, and exposing themselves to nature.
What are 3 purposes of vison quest
- To get a vison of a animal or object
- gain maturity and connect with nature and ancestors.
- reveal great knowledge about their life.
What is not a characteristic of a primitve soctiy
advanced reading and writinging skills
When did humans first come to north America
20,000-30,000 years ago
When was the great temple where sacrifices were proformed, templo mayor
1450
What was the currancy used sometimes by Aztecs
cocoa beans
What was the sacrifices at the temple be renacting
the decapitation of the moon goddess’s head
Which gods were honored at the great temple
Rain and war
