NAMS 346 F13 Condensed Midterm Study Guide

This list includes all the names you should know and most of the facts & concepts.


Basic NAMS Concepts, including:
Hemispheric Approach in Native American Studies
566 Federally Recognized Tribes
Colonialism (Settler Colonialism, Economic and Resource Colonialism, Political
Colonialism)
Assimilation
Genocide


Information from the Popol Wuj, including:
Kiche Maya
Popol Vuh (or Popol Wuj)
The Feathered Serpent: Gucumatz
Hero Twins: Hunahpu (Hunter), Xbalanque (Jaguar-Deer)
Maya Underworld: Xibalba

Hierophanies in the Popol Wuj

Creation stories in the Popol Wuj

Ontological insights in the Popol Wuj

Epistemological insights in the Popol Wuj

Ethical insights in the Popol Wuj



Information from Aztec Sacred Narratives, including:

Aztec/Mexica/Chichimec/Nahuatl

Ometotl
Tlaloc
Huitzilopochtli
Quetzalcatl
Omeyocn
Chicomztoc
Aztln
Chapultpec
Tenochtitln
Moyocoyni
Olin
Hierophanies in Aztec Sacred Narratives
Ontological insights in Aztec Sacred Narratives
Epistemological insights in Aztec Sacred Narratives
Ethical insights in Aztec Sacred Narratives


Information from White Roots of Peace, including:

Haudenosaunee (Iroquois)
Tarachiawgon, the Holder of Heaven
Deganawdah,
Great Law of Peace (Kayanernhkowa)
Hiawatha
Mohawk, Oneida, Cayuga, Seneca, Onondaga + Tuscarora
Jignhsasee, the Mother of Nations
Tadodho/Atotrho
Kanonsini, the Longhouse
Symbols and functional elements of the Great Peace, e.g., White Pine Tree; Bundle
of Five Arrows; Wampum Strings and Belts
Haudenosaunee Concept of Peace
Kinzua dam project carried out by the US Army Corps of Engineers.


Information from Tecumseh, including:
Shawnee
The Master of Life
Lalawthika, later named Tenskwatwa
Tecumseh
William Henry Harrison


Information from Black Elk Speaks and Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee,
including:
SiouxLakota and Dakota
Red Cloud
Hunkpapa
Sitting Bull
Battle of Little Bighorn (1876)
Black Elk
Wakan Tanka
Six Grandfathers
White Buffalo Calf Woman
Oglala
Big Foot
Wovoka [Paiute]
Wounded Knee Massacre (1890)
Ohiyesa (Charles Eastman
Elaine Goodale (Goodale-Eastman)
Henry Dawes
Boarding Schools
Allotment Act (1887)
Mitakuye Oyasin
Hierophanies in Black Elks Narrative
Ontological Insights in Black Elks Narrative
Epistemological Insights in Black Elks Narrative
Ethical Insights in Black Elks Narrative