Civilisations d'Amérique du Nord - Corrigé de la fiche élève

		Civilisations d'Amérique du Nord - Corrigé de la fiche élève

1. a. There are three different museums, one in New York City, one in Washington, D.C., and one in Maryland.
1. b. The museums aim at promoting the Natives’ culture, and making visitors discover these peoples’ different skills and traditions. The museums were created in 1989.

2. a.

	Object	Date	Tribe	Material	Pattern	Colour
1A	gauntlets	1910	Plateau	hide, cotton fabric and thread, glass, metal beads, silk	horse, wings + fringes	blue green
1B	moccasins	1870	Cheyenne	hide, glass beads, sinew, pigment, cotton	animals	white, blue
1D	jar	1790	Tewa	clay	symbols of fertility
2D	jar	1880	Apache	willow, martinya and yucca root	animals, hunters	red, black
3C	baby carrier	1880	Comanche	hide, wool, cotton fabric and thread, copper tacks, pigment	none	blue, yellow
4A	spoon	1850	Haida	horn, shell, copper	strange faces, like birds	brown
6D	dagger	1750	Tlingit (?)	iron, hair, cordage, hide, wood	frightening head	grey
7D	cap	1860	Canadian Delaware	hide, cotton thread porcupine quill	flowers, hearts	blue, pink, yellow, orange, black, white

2. b. - They are all objects belonging to everyday life. They are all useful.
- All the materials used are natural; the Natives would use what was available and easy to find, like clay, hair, hide, porcupine quills (!), but also transformed materials such as glass or steel.
- Encourager l’utilisation de They appeal to me because of…; What I like/dislike is…, etc.
3. a. He plays rap music.
b. It is mainly destined to Indian youth.
c. He reproaches the Christopher Columbus Festival for forgetting the Natives’ suffering and hardships.
d. His songs deal with self-empowerment and pride.
e. “…being an Indian is the greatest thing in the world.”
f. Contrary to settlers, the Native Americans’ presence on this land was chosen by the Creator.
g. He uses both the term “Native” and the term “Indian”, which is no longer politically correct. He does not mind using this term, contrary to many American citizens.