"Redskins

question 189

Multiple Choice

"Redskins":

• A) was initially used by some whites and Native Americans to distinguish groups on the basis of skin color.
• B) was used by whites to refer very negatively to Native Americans by the mid-nineteenth century.
• C) was a reference to scalps, skins, and bodies of Native Americans presented by white hunters for bounty rewards by at least the 1860s.
• D) All the above

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Definitions:

Acculturation

The process of cultural exchange and adaptation that occurs when two or more cultures come into direct continuous contact, leading to changes in the original cultural patterns of either or both groups.

Cultural Evolution

Cultural change over time- not to be confused with progress.

Ethnocide

The violent eradication of an ethnic group's collective cultural identity as a distinctive people; occurs when a dominant society deliberately sets out to destroy another society's cultural heritage.

Indigenous Peoples

Refers to ethnic groups native to a land or region, usually with distinct cultures and social institutions prior to colonization or annexation.