So today theres like 5. 2 million native people, the United States, and about 2 they represent about percent of the 332 Million People in the states. And even though theres 326 reservoirs in 2015, long range areas in the usa, two thirds of the indian population actually live in towns in urban large cities. And when you look at the number of recognized tribes, t basis theres 183 countries in the world. So lets go back in history. A bit, because when you look at the history, it was really kind. My native people defending their homelands, defending people in which United States government engaged with native people in over thousand battles and wars and skirmishes fought against each other. And in the end, beginning in 1778, there a signing of 374 treaties that ratified it. And in addition to that, for 94, 94 agreements. So when we look at the best friend of native people in the white, then we to look at the federal indian policy that each president and sometimes president s continued. The
By congress to hear claims of Indian Tribes against the United States. And was meant to resolve many longstanding issues. Held at the university of utah, this is an hour and 20 minutes. All right. So i guess we should go ahead and get started. Its a quarter of. Quick announcement, just so youre aware of where were at in the schedule. Tuesday of next week, we will have the final quiz, im sure youre happy about that for this class. So please be ready for that at the beginning of class. Now, today what i want to do is talk about the Indian Claims Commission as a means of continuing our discussion of tribal sovereignty in the 20th century. The Indian Claims Commission is something that is often not people dont spend a whole lot of time on it, but its very important for a couple of reasons. It certainly points out the link between resources and land, control of resources and land and tribal sovereignty. Sovereignty that the federal government puts in place. Legislation that might seem to em
By congress to hear claims of Indian Tribes against the United States. And was meant to resolve many longstanding issues. Held at the university of utah, this is an hour and 20 minutes. All right. So i guess we should go ahead and get started. Its a quarter of. Quick announcement, just so youre aware of where were at in the schedule. Tuesday of next week, we will have the final quiz, im sure youre happy about that for this class. So please be ready for that at the beginning of class. Now, today what i want to do is talk about the Indian Claims Commission as a means of continuing our discussion of tribal sovereignty in the 20th century. The Indian Claims Commission is something that is often not people dont spend a whole lot of time on it, but its very important for a couple of reasons. It certainly points out the link between resources and land, control of resources and land and tribal sovereignty. Sovereignty that the federal government puts in place. Legislation that might seem to em
Hour from sunrise. It gets later and later, just after 6 30, look at the sky near boston as the sun is getting ready to get closer to popping over the horizon. 69 degrees. Dewpoint temperatures in the lower 60s, so a muggy feel at the bus stop this morning with temperatures in the 60s. Getting off the bus, a short stay for the kids in the 1980s but it be drier. Less humid air off to the west, and its going to work in as we go through th we jump into the 70s, and then were in the 80s this afternoon, and this front is the leading edge of that drier air thats going to be working on in. And right now, know, you can see the high cloudiness dropping southward here, and we have a lot of fog in the south coast, the cape and islands and reducing the visibility there. Not an issue in worcester or boston this morning. 60s for most of us. We are going to climb into the 80s this afternoon. Walfam. The humidity drops and temperatures come up into the upper 70s as the fog burns off for you. Lets get
Were giving public works jobs and trying to make National Parks so cedar breaks in utah, fdr signed that in august of 33 and then he did capital reefs with an executive order is a monument. Today is a National Park. He took arches which is a roadside a roadside attraction and turned it into a mammoth National Park and took zion National Park quadruple. The zion National Park to enlarge the parks, these were all strategies. His secretary of war was a man named George Durden and his first term. He was a democratic governor, environment conservationist from utah. He saw the advantages of trying to market it on tv. The you taught National Parks state, this was starting with fdr in turn. Quickly, about the 10, im just curious because i would like to collect all 10. The very first one was el capitan and yosemite, adapted capitan and yosemite, adapted from a photograph ansell adams, it debuted in 234 and sold over 250,000 the first day. Others were great smoky mounts, gradient tetons, glasser