PSD: Chief JosephPrompt1. Read. Context info: After the Civil War, the U.S. government focused its..

PSD: Chief JosephPrompt1. Read. Context info: After the Civil War, the U.S. government focused its efforts on consolidating its authority all over the country, including in the vast expanses of the West that were inhabited by Native American groups. When we think about the history of Native Americans in the American territories, we often think that they died off or were killed off early in American history, but that isn’t so. It wasn’t until railroads were built across the country in the 1860s that American settlers were very interested in inhabiting much of the American west. Indian wars intensified in the period after the Civil War, and continued until the 1890s. For this assignment, you’ll be reading a little bit about one Native American group, the Nez Perce, who lived in Oregon. Like many other Native American groups, the Nez Perce were forcibly relocated from homes across the western half of the U.S. to reservations in “Indian Territory,” most of which is what is today Oklahoma. In a final, last ditch effort to resist being forced to Oklahoma, the Nez Perce fled toward Canada.Chief Joseph Biography: http://www.oregonhistoryproject.org/articles/biographies/chief-joseph-biography/Chief Joseph Speaks: http://www.pbs.org/weta/thewest/resources/archives/six/jospeak.htm 2. Post. Write ~200 words, and use specific examples from the document. Your response should focus on what you read in the second link, Chief Joseph’s speeches. As you read, think: Who do you think he is speaking to, and why? How do you think his audience affects what he says? What does he want? Do you find his ideas and claims persuasive?If your last name begins G-P, answer: Who? To Whom? Why?
What do you know or can you guess about the authors of the document? What evidence do you have for this from the document itself? How does textbook/modules content help you understand?
Who is their audience? What can we tell about that person, besides their name, from the document? Does textbook info help? How?
Why are they writing, or in this assignment, speaking? What is the purpose of the letter? What specific examples in the document help you understand?