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PART 1:

OBJECTIVES:

• To visit an historical location in the history of American trade (the U.S. Custom House)
• To see first-hand the rich diversity of various Native American cultures (in line with Chapter 12 of our textbook), and learn some of the traditional ways that Native Americans conducted business
• To observe a famous landmark and tourist destination associated worldwide with Wall Street commerce (the Charging Bull sculpture), and learn terms associated with “bull” and “bear” stock market behavior

DESTINATION AND CONTACT INFORMATION:

NMAI (National Museum of the Native Americans) in New York

• ADDRESS: Alexander Hamilton U.S. Custom House / One Bowling Green, New York, NY 10004
• PHONE: 212-514-3700
• HOURS: The museum is open 10 AM–5 PM daily
• DIRECTIONS: The National Museum of the American Indian–New York, is located on the south side of Bowling Green, in lower Manhattan, adjacent to the northeast corner of Battery Park.

Subway:          4 & 5 trains to Bowling Green
1 train to Rector Street or South Ferry
R train to Whitehall Street
J & Z trains to Broad Street
2 & 3 trains to Wall Street

            Additional directions and a map are linked here.

• DATE/TIME: Go when it is convenient for you and when the museum is open
• ADMISSION FEE:    N/A (Free of charge)
• ATTENDANCE:  I will mark you present when you submit your written assignment.
• REQUIRED ASSIGNMENT (is attached)
• OPTIONAL WALKING TOUR (is attached)

REQUIRED ASSIGNMENT – PART 1:

TOUR THE MUSEUM, AND ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS ABOUT THE BUILDING AND YOUR SELECTED EXHIBIT

1)      The National Museum of the American Indian-New York is housed in the Alexander Hamilton U.S. Custom House.  What business function(s) did the Custom House perform originally?

2)      Multiple Choice: Which of the four stages of globalization do you think best characterizes the former U.S. Custom House?  Explain your answer.

a)      Domestic

b)     International

c)      Multinational

d)     Global/Stateless

3)      Why does the interior of the building feature numerous shells, marine creatures, and sea signs? [If you cannot find the answer yourself, either in materials on display at the museum or on the museum’s website, then ask for help from the museum personnel.]

4)      The collections housed at the museum represent numerous indigenous tribes, from all over the Americas. Many of the exhibits and artifacts on display represent goods or services that Native peoples traded or bartered, and information about whom they traded/bartered with.  Find one such exhibit or artifact, and provide the following information about it:

a)     What is the title of the exhibit panel or exhibit case?

b)     What is the good or service that was traded or bartered?

c)     What tribe (or tribes) is that exhibit/artifact associated with?

d)     In what geographic area is/was that tribe (or tribes) located?

e)     With whom did that tribe (or tribes) do business?

REQUIRED PART 2

FIELD TRIP ASSIGNMENT - Part 2 (based on reading and research)

1. PLEASE READ THE FOLLOWING:
• MORAN TEXTBOOK, Chapter 16: “Doing Business With North Americans:  Northern America’s Indigenous People”
• SHORT ARTICLE - Tsai, Grace & Alanis, Luisa. (June 2004). “The Native American Culture: A Historical and Reflective Perspective”.  NASP Communique. Vol. 32, #8.
• WIKIPEDIA ARTICLE – “Contemporary Native American Issues in the United States”
2. WRITE A SHORT ESSAY discussing how at least two (2) concepts from the resources listed above apply to the Native American exhibit/artifact/tribe you chose to visit and write about. Please cite your sources!
3. What indigenous people live in or near your native country?  Name your country and the indigenous people, and please provide links to sources that provide information about those people's history and culture.

REQUIRED PART 3

FIELD TRIP FOLLOW-UP ASSIGNMENT - Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show, cultural perceptions (and how they are shaped), and indigenous people in YOUR country

SUMMARY: American Icons: Buffalo Bill's Wild West - Listen to a short radio show, watch some brief videos, and write a brief essay

OBJECTIVE:

The objective of this exercise is to follow-up the Native American Museum trip and examine how cross-cultural perceptions (between cultures) - even intracultural perceptions (within cultures) - are shaped and perpetuated by society.

As an example, we will examine perceptions created and perpetrated by Wild West shows, such as Buffalo Bill's iconic Wild West Show, and then you will write a short essay about perceptions of ethnic, indigenous, immigrant, or exiled people in your country (or in another country of your choice). You can write about perceptions in general or about your personal perceptions.

INSTRUCTIONS:

1. Enjoy the radio and video media on this page:  NPR-WNYC Studio 360: "American Icons: Buffalo Bill's Wild West" (November 5, 2010) - the shaping of how people see a culture, a lifestyle, a profession, and an era
2. Each media element at that page is brief and interesting, so don't feel overwhelmed. Instead, relax and enjoy!
3. Next, select a group of ethnic, indigenous, immigrant, or exiled people from a country or region of your choice. Specify the country/region you chose and the group you chose (e.g., the Intuit people in the Arctic regions of Greenland, Canada, and Alaska)
4. Write a short essay briefly discussing how those ethnic, indigenous, immigrant, or exiled people are viewed and treated in the country/region and why. Be sure to cite sources.  NOTE: It's helpful and informative to cite encyclopedia entries and other resources that provide context, background details, and history about that group.  It's also very revealing (and interesting) to share links to advertising and  works of popular culture that have either shaped or that reflect and shape society's view of the ethnic/indigenous/immigrant/exiled people.
5. NOTE: You don't have to write a long research paper;  your discussion should be brief and to the point.

SOME GENERAL POINTS:

• Various cultures or subcultures may have different ways of viewing/treating the indigenous, immigrant, or exiled people. Some cultures/subcultures may be welcoming and highly respectful.  Some others might be hostile, disrespectful, and/or exploit the indigenous/immigrant/exiled people.
• Also, the status of various indigenous/immigrant/exiled groups may change over time, for various reasons. (For example, in the USA, the Native Americans - obviously - were in the majority. Once that changed, some Native Americans were exterminated, exiled to "reservations", or forced to assimilate with the culture of the Euro-Americans. Many Native Americans now live in poverty and/or face severe discrimination, while some other Native American tribes have formed thriving enterprises and gotten laws passed that have made their tribes wealthy.)

OPTIONAL WALKING TOUR

(Visiting the Charging Bull sculpture is required; visiting the other tour sites is optional.)

Along with the attached museum assignment, this walking tour of local landmarks relevant to the course is designed to foment appreciation of such facts as:

• The earliest international marketing and trade in New York and the USA occurred among Native American tribes, then among Native Americans and Europeans. The museum assignment requires students to select and write about artifacts and exhibits of such.
• Lower Manhattan has long been a key trading port, which has encouraged many multinational firms and institutions related to international trade and finance to establish headquarters or major operations here.
• The very location of some NYC buildings, much of NYC's architecture, and some public artworks serve as marketing symbols and declarative "statements" for various companies, industries, and NYC itself, e.g.:

SURROUNDING BOWLING GREEN:

• Alexander Hamilton U.S. Custom House (which houses the New York branch of the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of the American Indian)
• 1 Broadway, the United States Lines-Panama Pacific Line Building
• 11 Broadway (Bowling Green Building, built in 1895–98, W. and G. Audsley), later served the White Star Line, which owned the ill-fated RMS Titanic)
• 25 Broadway (Cunard Building, 1921, Benjamin Wistar Morris, with Carrère and Hastings)
• 26 Broadway, the Standard Oil Company Building, on the east side of Broadway, facing the Cunard building (1922, Carrère and Hastings with Shreve, Lamb & Blake)
• 2 Broadway — the one stylistic intruder — (1959–60, Emery Roth & Sons, resurfaced in 1999 Skidmore, Owings & Merrill), a Modernist glass wall that replaced the distinguished Produce Exchange Building (1881–84, George B. Post), as an "acceptable sacrifice" intended to spur financial district rebuilding
• Charging Bull bronze sculpture (1989, sometimes referred to as the Wall Street Bull or the Bowling Green Bull) by Arturo Di Modica; stands in Bowling Green Park near Wall Street and depicts symbolizes aggressive financial optimism and prosperity,

SOME LANDMARK BUILDINGS ON WALL STREET:

• 14 Wall Street (Bankers Trust Company Building)
• 23 Wall Street (built in 1914 and known as the "House of Morgan"), served for decades as the bank's headquarters and, by some accounts, was viewed as an important address in American finance.
• 26 Wall Street (Federal Hall National Museum), the original structure was built in 1700 as New York's City Hall, later was renamed Federal Hall and served as the first capitol building of the United States of America under the Constitution, was the site of George Washington's inauguration as the first President of the United States, and was where the United States Bill of Rights was introduced in the First Congress. The building was demolished in 1812 and rebuilt in 1842 as the United States Custom House, on the site of the old Federal Hall. It later served as a sub-Treasury building and is now operated by the National Park Service as a museum commemorating the historic events that occurred there.
• 40 Wall Street (The Trump Building)
• 60 Wall Street (Deutsche Bank's U.S. headquarters, formerly the J.P Morgan headquarters), the last remaining major investment bank to still have its headquarters on Wall Street.
• New York Stock Exchange at the corner of Wall Street and Broad Street. A key anchor for the area. New York City authorities realize its importance, and believed that it has "outgrown its neoclassical temple at the corner of Wall and Broad streets", and in 1998 offered substantial tax incentives to try to keep it in the financial district. Plans to rebuild it were delayed by the events of 2001. In 2013, the exchange still occupies the same site. The exchange is the locus for an impressive amount of technology and data.