Native Americans have been around for about 12‚00 years. Native Americans have been protecting their land for a long time. Coal terminals‚ crude oil pipelines‚and transportation of energy are hurting the Native Americans land. One of the things that hurts the Native Americans land is mining. An example from the impacts of mining includes ‚ contamination of soil‚ groundwater and surface water. This happens by chemicals from mining processes. Mining is a big problem to the Native Americans and
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When the Europeans arrived in the Americas‚ in 1492‚ they greatly changed the Native American’s way of life. There were four major things the Europeans brought to the Native Americans: disease‚ war‚ technology‚ and Christianity. These‚ among many other things‚ massively effected the lives of most‚ and ultimately all of the Native Americans. The effects of most of these are still being felt today‚ although to a lesser extent. First‚ and most devastating is disease. For thousands of years the people
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Many Native American tribes responded to the changes through violence and resistance due to the unfair mistreatments and laws that were forced upon them. As the second industrial revolution grew‚ it threatened the important cultures and values that many Native American tribes shared. As the Indian tribes clashed with the white settlers‚ extreme violence broke out between the two groups‚ killing ninety percent‚ along with diseases‚ of the Native Americans years later. One of the biggest threat to
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Out of all the horrible things that the colonists brought to the Native Americans‚ alcohol and guns were two of the worst. While alcohol destroyed their livers and killed their people‚ guns killed their people and their culture. The World Turned Upside Down gives several accounts of the Native Americans’ lives and the destruction of them as well. I believe that guns had a bigger impact on Native Americans. Not only could they defend themselves against the colonists‚ but they could hunt better as
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used as a social lubricant to make an individual more comfortable. Despite the many negative effects it might have‚ it typically outweighs the resistance to not drink. For decades now‚ the resistance to not drink in the Native American culture has been a battle. A study was done by the centers for disease control and prevention found out that 66 percent of Native Americans‚ who died from alcohol related cause‚ were younger than 50 years old. These deaths come from homicides‚ suicides and even cardiovascular
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resources’ illustrations on the hardships Native Americans faced‚ proves the unethical values whites pushed on the Natives. By forcing the Native Americans into reservation camps while stealing their land from beneath them‚ the Natives were expected to erase their own culture and teachings and adopt the culture of the whites. Being Native American back in western times meant the migration of home‚ upbringing‚ and religion. The effects on the Natives made them despise the whites who had forced
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Syncretism did inhibit Native Americans to disintegrate from the dominant society. The purpose of Europeans wanting to teach Native Americans their religion was to assimilate them of Europeans norms and culture because the Native Americans were thought to be the inferior and more barbaric compared to the more civilized and mannered Europeans who assumed that Christianity was the only one true religion caused the Native Americans to be considered the “Other”. The difference of religion is important
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from the colonization of the Americas. From the Americas‚ the Europeans gained wealth‚ crops‚ land‚ and slaves through the Triangular Trade. However‚ despite the benefits of colonization‚ we should not ignore the numerous negatives as well. The Native Americans and the African slaves‚ where two groups of people who suffered from what the Europeans considered an achievement. While colonization heavily damaged the indigenous and the enslaved people‚ it is also responsible for the formation and diversity
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Before contact with Europeans‚ Native Americans developed an effective system of informal education call aboriginal education. The system included transmitting knowledge‚ values‚ skills‚ attitudes‚ and dispositions to the next generation in real world settings such as the farm‚ at home‚ or on the hunting ground. Native American educational traditions passed on culture needed to succeed in society. Education was viewed as a way to beautify and sharpen the next generation and prepare them to take
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Cause and effect essay: The American revolution. By Emma Jade Griffin The American revolution was arguably one of the most important wars ever fought. It focused on the 13 colonies gaining independence from Great Britain‚ because of British taxes. It is said that the colonials fighting in the American revolution literally stated they were fighting for “the cause”‚ many men young and old signed up to fight for theirindependence. They incorporated all sorts of men and techniques in the war and fighting
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