Native American historian Ned Blackhawk joins WIRED to answer the internet's burning questions about the cultures and histories of the indigenous peoples of North America. Why were reservations established and who lives on them? Do reservations have their own laws and police? How did What was the infamous "Trail of Tears?" What were conflicts between tribes like prior to the arrival of Europeans? Did the United States ever lose a war with a Native American tribe? What was agriculture and raising children like in native cultures? Answers to these questions and many more await on WIRED's Native American Support.
0:00 Native American Support with Ned Blackhawk
0:12 Reservations
1:19 Casinos
2:53 Map of tribal boundaries in the US
4:01 Navajo Code Talkers
4:40 The Trail of Tears
5:32 Andrew Jackson and forced native nation migration
6:48 Origins of the stereotypical native aesthetic
8:16 Powwows
10:00 The 1960s Red Power movement
11:46 Indian, Native American, or Indigenous?
12:17 Native agriculture
13:34 Native conflicts before European contact
14:12 Raising children in Native American cultures
15:26 Sacagawea’s journey
17:16 Did the Iroquois really use the "Seventh Generation Principle"
18:32 Boarding schools
19:47 Remembering Red Cloud
20:57 The trappings of sovereignty
21:53 Did the United States ever lose a war with a Native American tribe?
22:28 The (controversial) Native American Church
23:48 Population growth
Director: Lauren Zeitoun
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