Displacing Indigenous Peoples
Class 11 · History
4 ideas in Class 11 History, explained in plain words, with games and quizzes to practise.
Native Ways of Living
Part of: First Peoples
Asian migrants arrived 30000 years back, speaking 100 tongues, hunting need-only bison, farming without surplus or kingdoms, cycling time through oral lore and gifting goods instead of selling. Land was sacred and unowned, a view Chief Seattle voiced against buyers.
Why it matters. Ethic contrast plus custom details answers encounter questions.
Key words
- Native
- : Person born where they live.
- Bands
- : Small kin living groups.
- Wampum
- : Shell belts sealing treaties.
- Commodity
- : Good sold for profit.
- Oral history
- : Pasts passed by speech.
- Dreamtime
- : Blurred past-present lore.
Try it in two minutes
- Gift, never sell.
- Hunt need-only.
- Cycle time orally.
Try at home. Explain wampum belts without calling them money.
Losing Ground
Part of: First Peoples
The USA bought Louisiana and Alaska, seized Mexican lands, defied Marshall's 1832 ruling to march 15000 Cherokees with a quarter dying, crushed wars 1865 to 1890, railed coasts by 1870 and 1885, wiped bison by 1890 and closed the frontier by 1892.
Why it matters. Purchase-war-removal chain plus date order answers expansion questions.
Key words
- Louisiana Purchase
- : 1803 French land deal.
- Trail of Tears
- : Deadly Cherokee forced march.
- Reservations
- : Small locked native areas.
- Frontier
- : Shifting settlement edge.
- Gold Rush
- : 1840s fortune stampede.
- Barbed wire
- : 1873 farm guard.
Try it in two minutes
- Buy, seize, march.
- Rail both coasts.
- Close the frontier.
Try at home. Explain why consent was never sought.
Slavery, Industry and Rights
Part of: Chains and Votes
Southern plantations bought African slaves after native labour died, North-South war 1861 to 1865 ended slavery yet segregation lasted, railways and machines made 1890 America the industrial leader, constitutions served white men only, and rights grew through 1928 surveys, 1934 land rights, 1954 declarations and 1982 treaty acceptance.
Why it matters. Labour-to-industry links plus milestone order answer rights questions.
Key words
- Plantation
- : Slave-worked southern estate.
- Abolition
- : Legal end of slavery.
- Segregation
- : Separating whites and others.
- Gold Rush
- : Fortune migration west.
- Reorganisation Act
- : 1934 native land rights.
- Treaty rights
- : Accepted aboriginal agreements.
Try it in two minutes
- Chain slavery to war.
- Industrialise by 1890.
- Win rights stepwise.
Try at home. Explain why civil liberties waited a century.
Australia's Natives
Part of: Southern Land
Aborigines arrived 40000 years back with Dreamtime lore and hundreds of tongues. Convicts from 1788 seized farms, germs and battles destroyed 90 per cent, sheep and mines built wealth, White Australia barred non-whites till 1974, then Mabo 1992 voided terra nullius and Sorry Day 1999 apologised for stolen children.
Why it matters. Arrival-to-apology arc plus ruling dates answers Australia questions.
Key words
- Aborigine
- : Native Australian peoples.
- Terra nullius
- : Nobody's land claim.
- White Australia
- : Non-white exclusion policy.
- Mabo case
- : 1992 land-rights ruling.
- Sorry Day
- : 1999 apology for stolen children.
- Multiculturalism
- : Equal respect for cultures.
Try it in two minutes
- Land 40000 back.
- Bar non-whites.
- Apologise properly.
Try at home. Explain why no treaties existed unlike America.
What your child will practise
- Australia's Natives: Jungle Puzzle (Clue Puzzle)
- Australia's Natives: Jungle Quick Fire (Quick Fire)
- Losing Ground: Candy Puzzle (Clue Puzzle)
- Native Ways of Living: Desert Quest (Flip and Match)
- Slavery, Industry and Rights: Space Quick Fire (Quick Fire)
- Quiz: Australia's Natives (8 questions)
- Quiz: Losing Ground (8 questions)
- Quiz: Native Ways of Living (8 questions)
- Quiz: Slavery, Industry and Rights (8 questions)