Native Americans in the Pennsylvania School Curriculum
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 14835322 |
|---|---|
| Authors | David Minderhout (Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania), Andrea T Frantz (Arizona State University) |
| Year | 2009 |
| Volume | 31 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 16-20 |
| Publication date | 2009-01-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Practicing Anthropology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0888-4552 • E-ISSN: 2994-1628 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.17730/praa.31.1.v845722p5pn31007 |
| OpenAlex | W2022746448 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
In the 2000 U. S. Census, 18,348 people in Pennsylvania indicated that they were Native Americans, an increase of nearly 50% since 1990; another 34,302 identified themselves as "part-Indian." These numbers likely reflect a trend towards a greater acceptance of Native American status in the United States generally and in Pennsylvania in particular. This trend has been going on since the 1960s with the rise of the Red Power movement, and a changing American society that increasingly saw Native Americans as environmentally friendly and historically wronged. Today, in Pennsylvania, hardly a weekend goes by without a powwow or a tribal gathering somewhere in the state. In our on-going research with Pennsylvania's Native Americans since 2004, we have found them to be both proud of their identity and heritage and increasingly frustrated with the lack of recognition they receive from the state and the larger, non-Indian population. Pennsylvania is one of very few states that neither contains a reservation nor officially recognizes any Native American group. No university-level Native American cultural center or studies program exists within the state, and no state agency is dedicated to the issues and concerns of Native Americans. This is ironic because the first two hundred years of European history in Pennsylvania is one of extensive interaction, cooperation and eventually conflict with Native Americans. But, as will be seen in this paper, Native Americans have largely disappeared from the state history books
Agency (philosophy · Census · Ethnology · Identity (music · Indian country · Native american · Native American studies · Navajo · Political science · Population · Reservation · Social science · Sociology · State (computer science · Demography · Educator Training and Historical Pedagogy · Gender Studies · History · Indigenous Health, Education, and Rights · Law
| Citations per year | 0.13 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2010 - 2021 (12) |
| Highly cited | No |