Anthropologists and historians believe that the first inhabitants of the Western Hemisphere were migrants from Asia, most of whom most probably came by land between 13,000 B.C. and 9000 B.C. across a hundred-mile-wide land bridge between Siberia and Alaska. About 3000 B.C., some Native American peoples developed better cultivation techniques and began to farm a variety of crops, most notably maize (corn), which resulted in agricultural surpluses that laid the economic foundation for populous and wealthy societies in Mexico, Peru, and the Mississippi River Valley.…
The Blackfoot Tribe is a group of Native Americans that lived in the Northern Great Plains. It consisted of four distinct nations, The Siksika, The Blood, The Pikinini, and The Blackfeet Nation. These nations all shared historical and cultural backgrounds, and they fought the same enemies but they were all independent with their leadership. The Siksika, the Blood, and the Pikinini Nations lived in Alberta, Canada and the Blackfeet Nation lived in Montana. Most of the tribes settlements were in Montana, Idaho, and Alberta.…
"This brook presents the horrific act of European settlers towards the natives Indians, in order to establish their dominance over the American land . Briefly covering the lives of the native and how cordially they use dto live in th holy land prospering. They were very close to the nature, since the English invaders entered the main land the condition became worse and along with them they brought infectious diseases and epidemic which further facilitated the expansion of the foreigners and demise of the natives.…
IGOVERNMENT Each village and tribe had a government led by a chief. The chief made decisions on matters such as food storage, celebrations, building, and farm planning. The chief's position was sometimes inherited. Other times, though, he was chosen for his wisdom and experience. He had advisors and council elders to help him. A war chief took care of military matters. All people could give their opinions on major decisions. Florida Seminole reservations today are run by elected tribal councils. The Seminole Tribe of Florida also has a board of directors that is in charge of economic matters. The Seminole Nation of Oklahoma elects a chief and an assistant chief. All decisions about economic matters, social programs, and job opportunities are made by the General Council. This body has two representatives from each of the tribe's 14 groups.…
This book is called Our America: Life and Death on the Southside of Chicago written by Lloyd Jones and LeAlan Newman (1997). The nonfiction book is not part of a series, therefore it stands alone. Not only is LeAlan and Lloyd the authors but they are also the main characters in the novel. LeAlan and Loyd grew up in the inner streets of Chicago. They know from first hand what is is like to live here, because they both have lived here since they were born. They both live just on the opposite sides of the Ida B. Wells. In fact, the Ida B. Wells is directly in the middle of the walking distance from one house to another. Where they live is a very sketchy place and there is a lot of violence. There is a field in-between their houses where the shoot-outs occur and take place. They have seen murders, stealings, shoot-outs and another gang-related crimes.…
The Ojibway tribe is one of most well known Native American tribes. It is known as a variation of names, each variation more commonly used depending on the location of the Ojibway 's. Chippewa is a variation of the tribe name most often used is the United States, whereas Ojibway is more common in Canada. They reason they are so widely know is due to the fact that they were the third largest American Indian group in the U.S., with a estimated population of 104,000 people. Their location was spread out mostly from the U.S., including Michigan, Wisconsin, Montana, and North Dakota, to Southern Canada, including Ontario, Saskatchewan and Manitoba. [1] [a]…
Why has it been so difficult to find a political and cultural definition of who is an American Indian? what constitutes a tribe? and what criteria needs to be met to claim tribal membership? How are race, cultural, identity, and politics linked in Wilkin's discussion of American Indians? In the article it said "To considered an Indian one had to meet certain basic tribally of some criteria such as social, cultural, linguistic, territorial, sociopsychology, and ceremonial." That means if you are Indian you have at least some of the traits to be consider an Native American. Which criterial the varieties of tribal nation however unfortunately the federal government's power waxed by the late 19th century with the correspond warning of tribal power,…
This article states that the Native Americans lived on the American shore for more than 15 000 years and yet they have been slaved, sold, and murdered by Christopher Columbus that claims that he “discovered” that land. It also states that John Cabot discovered the coast of North America in 1497, under the commission of Henry VII of England which is claimed to be the first European exploration of the mainland of North…
Thomas King uses Satire in his short story,“A Short History Of Indians In Canada ” to convey the theme of dehumanization of Aboriginal people in Canada, by depicting them as animals that are reliant on white people, while it may be a creative for king to express his arguments through, it’s an inappropriate to use humor, and parody depicting aboriginal people while knowing the treatment they have endured by European settlers, King ideas would have been presented more powerful than satire, because there would not be a need to depict the Aboriginal people as birds by their culture and identity, convey the voices of Aboriginal people rather than White people, and explain discrimination against Aboriginal rather than describing them as animals that need to be helped…
“Indian,” what exactly does that mean. If you ask a random person on the street they would probably tell you a lot of things that can be found in a Hollywood movie. Fancy outfits, bows and arrows, horseback riding, fights with cowboys, and the list goes on. While some of what the general person knows about Indians is true we have to realize that the term “Indian” was made up by the white man. This is something that I didn’t really ever think about until writing this paper. I was just like that random person on the street who just remembered what I saw on the TV. We really should be calling “Indians” Native Americans because that is what they are. They are the native people of this land we call “America.” They were here before the European settlers came here.…
a. Columbus’ first exploration to the New World brought great hope to Spain and himself. He still thought he was in the East Indies so he called the native people on the New World “Indians”. He returned to Spain with several “Indians” and the…
Indians, black for Afro-Americans, yellow was for Chinese. The dolls that we didn 't color at all—the white ones—were left to be Americans.”, (190)I recalled my own childhood, when coloring faces of different races, I insisted on coloring “Blacks” (as we were referred to when I was growing up) with the brown crayons because my skin was not black. I remember telling a peer that people may call us black but our skin is brown. This would eventually lead to a discussion of the Indians (Native Americans)…
Paul Chaat Smith focuses on several different aspects of Indian life in this article. He discusses: several books that have been falsely written, racism against the Indian people and ethnic troubles. He begins the article by referencing a man named Asa Carter; a former Ku Klux Klan member. Carter had written an autobiography of a Cherokee Indian's boyhood in Tennessee. This is the first point in the article that I found most appalling. It amazed me that someone, who could never truly understand all that the Indian people have gone through, could write a fake autobiography. It amazes me even more that it was written by a former Ku Klux Klan leader. Another piece of the article that I thought was wrong was the term "Indians." As Paul Chaat Smith stated, "From the beginning of this history the specialized vocabulary created by Europeans for "Indians" ensured our status as strange and primitive (Smith 38)." The Europeans used the word "Indians" to belittle the Indians. These negative terms, though created hundreds of years ago, have carried on to modern day. We continue to use these derogatory terms not realizing how hurtful they are. The Indian people…
After the sea and land explorers two other groups of people had began to move west. During the 1800’s fur traders and missionaries had started to come to the west. According to Encyclopedia.com “these people were permanent white settlers that came to live in what is now called washington”. Each group came for different reasons. The fur traders were sent by companies to obtain valuable pelts. The missionaries were sent by their churches to teach native americans christianity and spread their religion. Neither had much success in achieving their goals.…
The Cherokee Tribe started hundreds of years ago before the opening of the European connection in the southeastern part of what is now the United States. Cherokee society continued to develop new elements from European settlers. The Cherokee Tribe has many different social organizations, languages, economic systems, and customs and traditions.…