TEXT/SOURCE: Cornell, Stephen. 1990. The Return of the Native: American Indian Political Resurgence (Oxford:
Oxford University Press).
1. What is the Indian Trade and Intercourse Act and why is it significant in the history of Indian-White relations? Finally please list and describe the two major Supreme Court Cases of 1831 and 1832 and detail why these cases were important to tribal communities.
2. Please list and describe the survival strategies utilized by Native communities in the face of U.S. attempts to civilize and assimilate them? What role did religion and ceremony play in these acts of protest and survival to U.S. incorporation policies?
Please be specific and give detailed examples from the reading. Please define supratribalism and how it shaped American Indian reform movements.
3. What are the two formative processes that have shaped the pattern of Indian political resurgence? Please explain each process and its impact on tribal organization and self-concept. Be specific in your use of examples.
4. Who is John Collier and what was his role in the development of the IRA? Why did Collier take this particular position? How effective was Colliers work in transforming U.S. Indian policy in your opinion from the reading?