Intro/rationale
The objective of this curriculum unit is for my students to comprehend how protests evolved in America and how these protests apply to Navajo/Indigenous students’ situations today.
Given the current political climate in America and its polarization, this offers a good topic to bring light to protests in America. The United States is abundant in national protests in its history, from the colonial era to mining of the early 1900s to the antiwar protests of Vietnam to the No Kings protests in 2026. With Native peoples, this initial protest also goes back to the Indian Wars. Now they have national issues confronting them with the environment and even Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). They will be able to recognize and put together a thought process of confronting such issues.
What my predominantly Navajo student body will learn is that protest is not just for mainstream Americans. It is common among all peoples and it is even protected in the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution. Yet this unit curriculum will focus on Native protests.
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