Significance of indian country metaphor in the us military

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1. What were the key motivations for the "Indian wars" of the United States, and do you feel these motivations persist in US policy and dominant US culture?

2. What is the significance of the "Indian Country" metaphor in the US military, and how might this influence soldier attitudes and culture in the USA?

3. What was the Human Terrain System and do you think anthropologists should participate in such projects? Why/Why not?

4. a. What was the purpose of American Indian boarding schools? b. Do you see institutionalized education used similarly today?

5. According to Dunbar-Ortiz, how has US colonial culture appropriated and fetishized native culture?

Reference:

War and Imperialism
Native Genocide Film
Silliman 2008 reading

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