Red Line 4, Coursebook

one hundred and fif teen 115 2 1869 – today Between 1869 and 1890, when the last battle between Native Americans and whites took place atWounded Knee, many thousands of Native Americans died and theWest was ‘won’ by the whites. After 1890 the whites gave some of theWest back to the Native Americans as ‘reservations’. Most of the land was in the desert, and it was difficult to grow things there. Today reservations make up 2.3% of the land of the US. a) Look at the map and find the largest reservation. Which states is it in? b) Where are most of the reservations? Why do you think they are in this part of the country? 3 A rap: Does Hawk know why? a) Listen to the rap about the Diné, or Navajo tribe of Native Americans. Dear Rocks – millions of years old, new steel – new, hard and cold, hear! Wounded Mountain lets out a cry, and Hawk up high wonders why, flies round and round – over the ground. Do the Diné not hear his loud, warning sound? No, they’re too busy betraying Mother Earth, nowhere do we care – for what she is worth! Dear Father – so good, wise and old, Yes, it is steel – and maybe it’s cold, but hear! Wounded Diné – hear how we cry! Now, I wonder, does Hawk know why? From o’er the reservation he looks down on the ground, where some drunk, jobless Diné are just hanging around. That’s history – no mystery – of us Diné on Earth, so it’s time, too, to care – for what WE are worth! Kai Desheny (Willow Tree) b) Do you like the rap? Say why or why not. c) Talk about these questions in small groups. 1. Who is speaking in each verse?What do you think? 2. Which problems that the Navajo have are mentioned in the rap? wounded !*wu:ndId? – verwundet , reservation !resE*veISn? – Reservat , Hawk !hC:k? – Falke , Diné !di:neI? , Navajo !*nxvEhEU? – Namen eines Indianerstammes , cry !kraI? – Schrei , warning !*wC:nIN? – Warnung , to betray !bI*treI? – verraten , nowhere !*nEUweE? – nirgendwo , worth !w3:T? – wert , wise !waIs? – weise, klug , o’er (= over) !CEr? – über , to hang around !hxN-E*raUnd? – warten, herumhängen , verse !v3:s? – Strophe ä C g Indian reservations The name ‘Navajo’ is a Spanish word. The tribe’s own name for itself is Diné, which just means ‘the people’ in the Navajo language. This language is taught in Navajo schools, and the tribe even has its own police. History pages E Nur zu Prüfzwecken – Eigentum des Verlags öbv