THE SUPPRESSED SPEECH OF WAMSUTTA (FRANK B.) JAMES (1970)<\/p>\n
High on a hill, overlooking the famed Plymouth Rock, stands the statue of our great Sachem, Massasoit. Massasoit has stood there many years in silence. We, the descendants of this great Sachem, have been a silent people. The necessity of making a living in this materialistic society of the white man caused us to be silent. Today, I and many of my people are choosing to face the truth. We ARE Indians!<\/p>\n
Although\u00a0[1]\u00a0time has drained our culture, and our language is almost extinct, we the Wampanoags still walk the lands of Massachusetts. We may be fragmented, we may be confused. Many years have passed since we have been a people together.\u00a0[2]Our lands were invaded.\u00a0We fought as hard to keep our land as you the whites did to take our land away from us. We were conquered, we became the American prisoners of war in many cases, and\u00a0[1]\u00a0wards of the United States Government, until only recently.<\/p>\n
Our spirit refuses to die. Yesterday we walked the woodland paths and sandy trails. Today we must walk the macadam highways and roads. We are uniting.\u00a0[3]\u00a0We\u2019re standing not in our wigwams but in your concrete tent.\u00a0We stand tall and proud, and before too many moons pass we\u2019ll right the wrongs we have allowed to happen to us. We forfeited our country.\u00a0[2]\u00a0Our lands have fallen into the hands of the aggressor. We have allowed the white man to keep us on our knees.\u00a0What has happened cannot be changed, but today we must work towards a more humane America, a more Indian America,\u00a0[4]\u00a0where men and nature once again are important; where the Indian values of honor, truth, and brotherhood prevail. You the white man are celebrating an anniversary. We the Wampanoags will help you celebrate in the concept of a beginning. It was the beginning of a new life for the Pilgrims. Now, 350 years later it is a beginning of a new determination for the original American: the American Indian.<\/p>\n
There are some factors concerning the Wampanoags and other Indians across this vast nation.\u00a0[5]\u00a0We now have 350 years of experience living amongst the white man. We can now speak his language. We can now think as a white man thinks. We can now compete with him for the top jobs. We\u2019re being heard; we are now being listened to.\u00a0The important point is that along with these necessities of everyday living, we still have the spirit,\u00a0[1]\u00a0we still have the unique culture, we still have the will and, most important of all, the determination to remain as Indians. We are determined, and our presence here this evening is living testimony that this is only the beginning of the American Indian, particularly the Wampanoag, to regain the position in this country that is rightfully ours.<\/p>\n
1. What contributed to Natives losing their culture and language and turned them into\u00a0\u201cwards of the United States government\u201d? (See the sections of the speech above marked at\u00a0[1]; answers can be found in\u00a0PowerPoint 22.)<\/p>\n
2. How did Natives lose their land, especially in the second half of the 1800s? Who was “the aggressor”\u00a0to whom Wamsutta James referred? (See the section of the speech above marked at\u00a0[2]; answers can be found in\u00a0PowerPoint 22.)<\/p>\n
3. What was the\u00a0“concrete tent”\u00a0to which James referred? (See the section of the speech above marked at\u00a0[3].\u00a0See\u00a0PowerPoint 22, slide 18.)<\/p>\n
4. What other movement of the 1970s was concerned with\u00a0“men and nature”? (A more up-to-date way of saying this might be “people and nature” or “humans and nature.” In the 1970s [and before and after] the\u00a0term “men” was not gender specific.)\u00a0(See the section of the speech above marked at\u00a0[4].)<\/p>\n
5. How did James think that assimilation into white culture could be an advantage for Natives? (See the section of the speech above marked at\u00a0[5].)<\/p>\n
6. What are 2 aspects of the American Indian Movement that have commonalities with other social movements of the 1960s\/1970s? With which groups did they have these things in common?<\/p>\n
7. What is a line in the song “Indian Reservation (Lament of the Cherokee Reservation Indian)” that refers to termination? (See\u00a0PowerPoint 22, slide 1 or 15.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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