Describe your group in terms of its

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Describe your group in terms of its

• location in political economy

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Perhaps the best way is to

• describe the political economy of your group
  during several different time periods
• theclassic or traditional period for the
  group
• the period of European Expansion and world
  colonization
• the period of industrialization and modernization
  and finally the,
• the current period or information age.

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Web Sites with Timelines

• Hyperhistory
• Links to World History Timelines
• NM's Creative Impulse..References

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Definitions of

• Political Economy

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• the theory or study of the role of public policy
  in influencing the economic and social welfare of
  a political unit

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Iverson Software Glossary / Dictionary of Terms
Terminology of Sociology

• http//www.iversonsoftware.com/sociology/political
  _economy.htm.
• political economy - The social arrangements
  through which political and economic institutions
  support each other.

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Sociology in the U.S. Global Community, 4th
Edition

• by Joan Ferrante
• political economy  the interrelationship of
  economic and political processes

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In what political unit does your group live?

• If your group lives in the United States of
  America, you can find out much about their
  current location in the political economy by
  visiting the groups homepage and the United
  States Bureau of the Census and the National
  Center for health Statistics.

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A Brief Example

• The Navajo

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Navajo

• Are the largest Native American tribe in the
  Southwest
• Refer to themselves the Navajo Nation
• Current Information can be found at
• http//www.navajo.org/

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The Flag of the Navojo Nation
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The Navajo

• Many Navajo Live on Reservations
• The largest of these is Four Corners
• (I taught my grandson to remember the location of
  the Four Corners Reseveration using the pneumonic
  device UCAN.

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United States Bureau of the Census

• Social and Demographic Data about a Population
  offer insight into its location in the political
  economy.
• http//www.census.gov/pubinfo/www/aminhot1.html

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Using the American Factfinder

• http//factfinder.census.gov/servlet/BasicFactsSer
  vlet
• DP-1. Profile of General Demographic
  Characteristics  2000Data Set Census 2000
  Summary File 1 (SF 1) 100-Percent DataGeographic
  Area Navajo Nation Reservation and
  Off-Reservation Trust Land, AZ--NMUT
• See Document Under Course Materials Tab of Your
  Bb/

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Other facts about the Navajo From Census

• http//www.census.gov/population/socdemo/race/indi
  an/ailang1.txt.
• http//www.census.gov/population/socdemo/race/indi
  an/ailang4.txt.
• http//www.census.gov/population/socdemo/race/indi
  an/ailang2.txt.

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CDC Search Results      

• I searched the National Center for Health
  Statistics.
• My query matched 224 documents.

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• Leading Causes of Death Native Americans, Aged
  1-19 Years, 1992-1996
• CDC All About Hantavirus History Details
  Navajo Medical Traditions   
• Topics in Minority Health Safety-Belt Use and
  Motor-Vehicle-Related Injuries -- Navajo Nation,
  1988-1991    
• CDC Breast and Cervical Cancer Program
  Contacts Navajo Nation    
• Native American Suicides per 100,000    
• Native American Pedestrian-Related Deaths    

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Does your group live in another country?

• You may be able to find out about the location of
  groups in the political economy of nations by
  visiting the website of the embassy (if the
  nation doesnt have a website that tells you
  something about its location in the political
  economy of the world).
• The nations equivalent of the Census Bureau and
  the National Center for Health Statistics.

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• http//202.214.66.52/e/index2.htm

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Australia

• http//www.austemb.org/

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South Africa

• http//usaembassy.southafrica.net/

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Kenya

• http//www.kenyaembassy.com/

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Tanzania

• http//www.tanzaniaembassy-us.org/index.html

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Does your group reside in multiple countries

• One group decided to study the Siberian people
  who are variously known as the Kazaks, Kazakhs,
  Qazaks, Cossacks.
• This ethnic group is spread out over many of the
  countries that divided the vast Siberian
  Territory among themselves.
• Information can still be found at the national
  embassy websites.