2. METACOM (AKA KING PHILIP), 1675
Quick Facts
• Chief of Wampanoag
• Attempted to live in harmony with colonists
• Encroachment on their lands would lead to King Philip’s War
• Died fighting for the Indian resistance by assassination
Alamy.com Metacomet – Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
3. Native American Boarding Schools
Late 1800 to mid 1940’s
■ “An Army officer, Richard Pratt, founded the first of these schools... “‘Kill the Indian
in him, and save the man.’”
https://www.npr.org/2018/07/04/625425037/record-number-of-native-americans-running-for-office-in-midterms
https://media.pri.org/s3fs-public/styles/story_main/public/images/2018/10/nabs-before-and-
after-portraits.jpg?itok=9kFYlIYF
4. Deb Haaland: American Politician
Present Day
■ One of the first Native
American women elected to
Congress
■ Democratic Representative
from New Mexico
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/jul/26/deb-haaland-
native-american-woman-first-elected-congress
