Native American Heritage
The planet Earth offers an endless amount of natural beauty. Planet Earth is a natural landscape of oceans, waterways, forests, mountains, and deserts, occupied by people of many different cultures, races, and ethnic groups, who speak various languages and practice numerous religions. Yet, we all belong to one human race that shares this planet and call it home. To see the beauty of the planet, all one has to do is step outside and see what has been inherited. Whether one lives in an urban or suburban area, most likely it is only a short drive to the countryside, mountains, oceans, deserts and forests that make up its exquisiteness. For the planet Earth is an inheritance from our ancestors; it is part of our heritage. Similar to a family portrait,
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This antiquity, which is a “federally designated park, consists of 747,956 acres of wilderness, roughly the size of the state of Rhode Island” (NPS). These backwoods are renowned for being the home to five of the world’s highest waterfalls and groves of giant Sequoia. This archeological wonder tells a story of America’s rich history long before Christopher Columbus came to America. The recorded history is that of “the first settlers, the Ahwahneechee, the Native American people, who have lived on the land 8,000-10,000 years ago (Hamilton 12). It also tells the history of the European- American settlers who travel to the Yosemite Valley in the mid-1800’s, to mine the land and seek their fortunes (Hamilton 12). According to US Parks website, “the native people of Yosemite had a rich heritage and culture of traditions, religion, songs,” and live fairly peacefully in the Sierra Nevada foothill, until the arrival of Euro-American miners (US Parks). Shortly after their arrival, the local native people, who have a grave distrust of the white settlers, and have concerns about the damage they are doing to their land, desperately try to protect their homeland. As the conflict heats up, the State of California orders the Mariposa Battalion to enter Yosemite Valley and violently force out the native populations and take over the land for the mining of gold and other natural resources (US
This antiquity, which is a “federally designated park, consists of 747,956 acres of wilderness, roughly the size of the state of Rhode Island” (NPS). These backwoods are renowned for being the home to five of the world’s highest waterfalls and groves of giant Sequoia. This archeological wonder tells a story of America’s rich history long before Christopher Columbus came to America. The recorded history is that of “the first settlers, the Ahwahneechee, the Native American people, who have lived on the land 8,000-10,000 years ago (Hamilton 12). It also tells the history of the European- American settlers who travel to the Yosemite Valley in the mid-1800’s, to mine the land and seek their fortunes (Hamilton 12). According to US Parks website, “the native people of Yosemite had a rich heritage and culture of traditions, religion, songs,” and live fairly peacefully in the Sierra Nevada foothill, until the arrival of Euro-American miners (US Parks). Shortly after their arrival, the local native people, who have a grave distrust of the white settlers, and have concerns about the damage they are doing to their land, desperately try to protect their homeland. As the conflict heats up, the State of California orders the Mariposa Battalion to enter Yosemite Valley and violently force out the native populations and take over the land for the mining of gold and other natural resources (US