regiments of the regular U.S. Army to be staffed by blacks two cavalry and four…
1. Jamestown was the first colony that gets found. It was there where the first permanent settlement occurs. Jamestown was a poor location for colonization. The men dug wells to obtain water, but the water they found could not drink because it was contaminated. In addition, the ground was wet and had too many mosquitos. The mosquitoes were carriers of diseases and made the settlers sick. After a year, about half of the settlers had died of disease and starvation. The Native American Indians kept the English alive providing them with food. The English were so busy trying to discover gold that they didn't bother trying to grow food. That was when Captain John Smith became leader of the Jamestown colony. He saved the colony by creating a rule, which maintained that anyone who did not work would have no right to eat. This made the colonist planted food, and they were forced to build shelters and fences to protect against any attack. These American Indians or “Amerinds”, showed them great diversity of character and attainments due to the differences in climate, soil, food, building material, and the activities necessary to preserve life. They taught the settlers how to plant and grow corn, beans, squash, etc. and also helped them to establish good relations with neighboring Indian tribes. On the other hand what the English settlers offered to Native Americans Indians was different. In exchange for food, they offered them weapons, horses, cattle, sheep, vegetables and fruits, hatchets, swords, metal pots, skillets and knives, which would give them the technological advantage over their enemies. They brought not only tools for the conquest of the wilderness, but also the forms of government, the religion, the books, and the languages of the Old World. But besides the different technologies and different lifestyles that they offered to them, the English brought with them…
The early history of Pueblo Indians in post contact times are intertwined with that of the Spanish, who initially asserted the area and gave it the name New Mexico. A Spanish wayfarer named Marcos de Niza achieved Zuni nation as ahead of schedule as 1539, just 18 years after the province of New Spain was established in North America. At that point Francisco Vásquez de Coronado investigated the locale in 1540 and Antonio de Espejo in 1582. These early endeavors did not modify the Pueblo Indian lifestyle. In 1598, notwithstanding, Juan de Oñate and 129 homesteaders—whole families—touched base to build up the province of New Mexico. They brought stallions, goats, and sheep with them. In 1610, Oñate established the capital of this province,…
The Cherokee tribe splits up into three different tribes; Cherokee Nation, United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians, and Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians. Cherokee was one of the first, if not the first non-European ethnic group to become US citizens. This is one of the largest groups with an estimated population of 25,000 members. It is the largest of all of the Southern tribes. The Cherokee Nation had approximately 135,000 of land in North America. Eventually it extended from the Ohio River in the north to what is the state of Alabama to the South today.…
Sioux Indian nation group that use to live on the territory of the modern state of Wisconsin, USA, near the Lake Michigan. There are two separate federally recognized tribal governments, the Ho-Chunk Nation of Wisconsin and the Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska. The Ho-Chunk Nation of Wisconsin, while having no official reservation has parcels of land placed in Trust as Indian Trust Land as designated by the federal government, Secretary of the Interior and Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) spread over Dane, Jackson, Juneau, Monroe, Sauk, Shawano and Wood Countries, Wisconsin. In 1990, the land designated as trust land was 4,200 acres.…
Massive epidemics of smallpox, influenza, yellow fever, diphtheria, measles, and mumps had a definite toll on the native inhabitants who lacked immunities to these diseases that were common in Europe. Often, these airborne diseases would reach the Indians well before they even met the Europeans who brought these very diseases with them. If the Indians had been more resistant to such diseases, then few would have died as a result, quite opposite of what unfortunately happened. A greater resistance would then have meant that the Indians would have had greater numbers to defend themselves and their territories during the upcoming battles, and they could of maintained an independent existence from the Europeans. Thus, the Europeans would not have found entire towns and/or tribes completely wiped out due to the Indians’ inability to fight the diseases brought over from their own countries, and the Indians would not have had a demographic weakness that allowed the various European groups to conquer their lands and extend their rule over…
The Indians were stuck with decimation and weakening of empires before the Europeans arrived, and it only got worse once they did. The Spanish Conquistadors, English Colonists, French and Dutch traders and explorers, all greatly affected the political and economic systems of the Indians both positively and negatively. The Columbian Exchange brought tools and guns in addition to many more helpful things that greatly benefited Indian society, but also brought disease and slavery in as well which had never been seen before like this which greatly altered the political and economic systems of the…
First off, their populations were drastically decreased by up to 90% due to diseases like smallpox and poor treatment from the colonizing people such as the Spaniards. This major change happened because the Native Americans had never been involved in any major trade so their immune system could not fight diseases like the Europeans could. The Native Americans also experienced poor treatment from explorers because they did not have the technology necessary to defend themselves against invaders who had gunpowder and metal armor. Since the Europeans saw that they were stronger than some American civilizations, or saw that they could take them down easily, they completely changed the natives ways of life by putting the into slavery and using them as free labor. All this treatment was so bad that many indians died and in the 16th Century was labelled as the Great…
Before visiting the Anishinabek exhibit I studied some books that specifically related to the Indian Tribes at hand. In my readings I learned about some of their history, tradition, and culture.…
During the war for independence, the colonists receive support from the Spanish and the French to fight against the British. The Indian tribes of North America were also very involved in the fight and much like the American Civil War, some tribes were split; Indian brothers fought against brothers. Some smaller tribes supported the colonists however; the larger alliances supported Great Britain because of their commitment to recognize their sovereignty.…
#2. How were the lives of the Plains Indians in the second half of the nineteenth century affected by technological developments and government actions?…
The Spanish contacts and conquests left a significant effect on the Indians. Most Indigenous tribes died due to disease carried by the Spaniards. The population decay led to fewer towns, which further led to the capture of former farming land. It upset the economic and social…
Great Basin peoples were nomadic, traveling the desert in search of food. The tribes that used horses were able to cover a much larger area than those on foot. Because of the limited food supply, Great Basin Indians traveled in small groups. In winter they typically lived in villages along the edge of valley floors near water and firewood. They moved their summer camps frequently so they would not exhaust the plants and animals…
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.…
Native Americans have felt distress from societal and governmental interactions for hundreds of years. American Indian protests against these pressures date back to the colonial period. Broken treaties, removal policies, acculturation, and assimilation have scarred the indigenous societies of the United States. These policies and the continued oppression of the native communities produced an atmosphere of heightened tension. Governmental pressure for assimilation and their apparent aim to destroy cultures, communities, and identities through policies gave the native people a reason to fight. The unanticipated consequence was the subsequent creation of a pan-American Indian identity of the 1960s. These factors combined with poverty, racism, and prolonged discrimination fueled a resentment that had been present in Indian communities for many years. In 1968, the formation of the American Indian Movement took place to tackle the situation and position of Native Americans in society. This movement gave way to a series of radical protests, which were designed to draw awareness to the concerns of American Indians and to compel the federal government to act on their behalf. The movement's major events were the occupation of Alcatraz, Mount Rushmore, The Trail of Broken Treaties, and Wounded Knee II. These AIM efforts in the 1960s and 1970s era of protest contained many sociological theories that helped and hindered the Native Americans success. The Governments continued repression of the Native Americans assisted in the more radicalized approach of the American Indian Movement. Radical tactics combined with media attention stained the AIM and their effectiveness. Native militancy became a repertoire of action along with adopted strategies from the Civil Rights Movement. In this essay, I will explain the formation of AIM and their major events, while revealing that this identity based social movement's…