Multiracial/Multiethnic History
Module 9: Native American, AMENA, and Multiracial/Multiethnic History and Context
Overview
Welcome to Module 9: Native American, AMENA, and
Multiracial/Multiethnic History and Context
This module discusses history, gender roles, and LGBTQIA+
intersectionality, including application to human services delivery,
among Native American, Americans of Middle Eastern and North African
(AMENA) heritage, and Americans with multiple racial and ethnic
heritage.
Learning Objectives
In this module, we will:
Summarize Native American history, AMENA history, and multiple
racial and ethnic history as related to
o Displacement by Europeans as related to Native Americans.
o Early American History.
o Government Interventions as related to Native Americans
and people with AMENA and multiracial and multiethnic
heritages.
o Civil Rights as related to Native Americans and people with
AMENA and multiracial and multiethnic heritages.
Discuss gender roles from Native American, AMENA, and
multiracial and multiethnic perspectives.
Explain LGBTQIA+ Intersectionality from Native American,
AMENA, and multiracial and multiethnic perspectives.
Step-by-Step Guide
Please complete the following for this module:
Step 1: Read Chapters 11 and 12 in your textbook. [Course Learning
Objectives: 1a, 1b, 2a, 3b, 4a]
Step 2: Please watch the following Ted Talk by Serene Thin Elk, Chief
Behavioral Health Officer at SD Urban Indian Health. She discusses her
work as a human services professional and member of the Yankton Sioux
Tribe. Here is the link: Intergenerational Healing (17:37). [1a, 1d, 2a, 3b,
4a]
Step 3: Complete the Module 9 Quiz, worth 20 points, which is located
below. You can complete the quiz twice and the higher score counts. [1a,
1b, 2a, 3b, 4a]
Step 4: Complete the Module 9 Discussion, worth 30 points, which is
located below. [1a, 1b, 1c, 1d, 2a, 2b, 3a, 3b, 3c, 4a, 4b]
Module 9 Discussion
Application and Analysis (Worth 30 points)
The purpose of this discussion is twofold. First, analyzing Landmark
Cases that impact communities of color provides an opportunity to
broaden the perspectives of human services professionals.
Consequently, the purpose of this portion of the assignment is to analyze
a Landmark Case that impacted Native Americans, Americans from
Middle Eastern and North African (AMENA) heritage, or
Multiracial/Multiethnic Americans, including the role of justice in the
case, implications on public perception, and how the implications of the
case might impact Native Americans, AMENA, or Multiracial/Multiethnic
American clients. The second purpose of this assignment is to ponder a
case study application and engage in the self-reflection that results from
practicing cultural humility while increasing cultural competencies.
Landmark Cases: Application and Analysis
Step 1: Consult the following list for brief summaries of Landmark Cases
that directly impacted Native Americans, AMENA, or
Multiracial/Multiethnic Americans: Landmark Cases. Either identify one
of the cases from the list, or if you prefer, you can identify a case not on
the list that involved or impacted Native Americans, AMENA, or
Multiracial/Multiethnic Americans.
Step 2: Research the case, using only sources you deem credible.
Thoughtfully and thoroughly respond to the following prompts, and
when appropriate, integrate relevant content from the assigned readings
or video lectures provided thus far in our course.
Name and summarize the case.
Identify and explain what you perceive to be the role of justice,
injustice, or partial justice as related to the case.
Explain the implications of the case, including the impact on public
perception. Identity the systemic issues related to the case. If
intersectionality of identities played a role in the case, integrate its
relevance into your response. Relevant media that you deem
credible can be integrated into your response, including podcasts,
social media, and/or shows or movies meaningful to Native
American, AMENA, or Multiracial/Multiethnic American
communities.
Imagine you are a human services provider. Explain how this case
and its outcome might impact the perspective of a Native
American, AMENA, or Multiracial/Multiethnic American client
seeking services.
Case Study: Application and Analysis
This portion of the discussion applies content learned thus far in our
course to thinking through your work with future clients. To do so, please
ponder and respond to the following case study.
Step 3: Please read the following case study: Sarah Yellow Hawk.
Step 4: Imagine you are Sarah’s human services provider (in your
particular field-of-interest). Think through the following prompts,
pondering both relevant content covered thus far in our course and how
you might handle each of the questions raised in the prompts below.
How might you approach building a trust-based relationship with
Sarah?
Due to historical and contemporary experiences that have
impacted Native Americans, how might you begin to assist Sarah
with her concerns related to her health, unemployment, need for
social support, and the stress and anxiety she is experiencing?
Step 5: In one paragraph, describe and assess your approach in Step 4,
explaining the strengths and weaknesses of your approach. (You need
not provide your responses to the prompts above; instead, compose a
paragraph that describes your approach and assesses the strengths and
weaknesses of your approach.)
Step 6: Self-evaluation is an important part of building cultural
competence among human service providers. Based on you as the human
services provider and Sarah as your client, ponder your response to the
following questions:
In working with Sarah, I:
feel my own identity may influence my effectiveness in working
with Sarah. Think through how and why.
would provide Sarah with culturally responsive resources. Think
about which resources you would provide Sarah and why. Consult
the Module 4 Discussion which identified resources for
communities of color.
Step 7: In one paragraph, summarize what you learned from the self-
evaluation portion of this assignment (from Step 6). (You need not
provide your responses to the three prompts above; instead, compose a
paragraph that summarizes your self-evaluation.)
Step 8: Post your responses to Steps 2, 5, and 7 to the discussion forum.
For your sources in Step 2, please use APA in-text citations and APA
reference page citations.
Step 9: Reply to at least one classmate’s post with a substantive reply
that integrates relevant content from our course. Your reply should
include at least one paragraph about the Landmark Case identified by
your classmate, and your reply should also include at least one paragraph
that provides constructive, positive feedback to your classmate’s
approach working with the client in the case study. If you located a
resource you think would be helpful to your classmate, please include it
and explain how the resource has been helpful to you.
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