House Slaves vs. Field Slaves
Christa Hall
Arkansas History Hybrid
09/01/2014
Native Americans in Arkansas
Native Americans in Arkansas, what do we really know about them and their presence in Arkansas? Thanks to history books and some other resources we know some things about Native Americans, but those history books don’t specifically talk about their presence in Arkansas. Thanks to our textbooks, instructor, and some other resources we can find out more about the Native Americans and their presence in Arkansas and even some of the tribes that lived in or around the state. To do that we need to jump back before Arkansas became a state, and well Arkansas. Let’s start first with some background on Native Americans in Arkansas before the Europeans arrived. Arkansas was actually home to Native Americans long before the Europeans arrived. The first explorers met Indians whose ancestors had occupied that region for thousands of years. Before the Europeans arrived and introduced new technologies to the Native Americans, those who already inhabited the land were impressive and well-organized societies. The Europeans introduced new technologies such as plants, new animals, and something that would set in motion population loss and even some cultural changes that would continue on for centuries to come. Later on the U.S. government would force the Indians to leave their ancient homelands and their settlements and they would even try to eradicate them all together in later centuries. Some Indian communities would be preserved and would be able today to continue their rich cultural heritage. To some individuals and myself, this heritage and the tribes themselves are an important part of Arkansas history. Now let’s go to their first encounter with Europeans and what all would take place during that time. Here it is 1492 and Columbus has discovered America, now is time when the king and queen of Spain would send another explorer to explore the lands that Columbus had founded. One explorer in
Arkansas History Hybrid
09/01/2014
Native Americans in Arkansas
Native Americans in Arkansas, what do we really know about them and their presence in Arkansas? Thanks to history books and some other resources we know some things about Native Americans, but those history books don’t specifically talk about their presence in Arkansas. Thanks to our textbooks, instructor, and some other resources we can find out more about the Native Americans and their presence in Arkansas and even some of the tribes that lived in or around the state. To do that we need to jump back before Arkansas became a state, and well Arkansas. Let’s start first with some background on Native Americans in Arkansas before the Europeans arrived. Arkansas was actually home to Native Americans long before the Europeans arrived. The first explorers met Indians whose ancestors had occupied that region for thousands of years. Before the Europeans arrived and introduced new technologies to the Native Americans, those who already inhabited the land were impressive and well-organized societies. The Europeans introduced new technologies such as plants, new animals, and something that would set in motion population loss and even some cultural changes that would continue on for centuries to come. Later on the U.S. government would force the Indians to leave their ancient homelands and their settlements and they would even try to eradicate them all together in later centuries. Some Indian communities would be preserved and would be able today to continue their rich cultural heritage. To some individuals and myself, this heritage and the tribes themselves are an important part of Arkansas history. Now let’s go to their first encounter with Europeans and what all would take place during that time. Here it is 1492 and Columbus has discovered America, now is time when the king and queen of Spain would send another explorer to explore the lands that Columbus had founded. One explorer in
Cited: Native Americans. 28 May 2014. 27 August 2014. . Whayne, Jeannie M., Thomas A. DeBlack, George Sabo III, Morris S. Arnold, eds. Arkansas: A Narrative History. Fayetteville: University of Arkansas Press, 2002.