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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of the Native Americans dropped critically. There used to be over 300‚000 Native Americans in California. The Hispanics forced the Native Americans into slave labour and in no time‚ European diseases such as smallpox‚ influenza‚ measles‚ and typhus which the Spanish and French settlers brought from Europe to America broke out and killed over 100‚000 Native Americans in California alone. The first treaties guaranteed reservations and in some cases even economic aid for the Native Americans. For example
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The Native Americans had it rough; they were very disliked by many people. The first stage was the classification‚ the Native American‚ on October 14‚ 1492; Columbus arrived in the new world with domination in mind for the natives with 50 men. Columbus was looking for gold and riches. When he was able to find the natives he decided to use it to his advantage. The second stage was Symbolization; this was definitely a cruel stage. They would take their clothes away. They would have to go around
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habitats in North America‚ different native religions evolved to match the needs and lifestyles of the individual tribe. Religious traditions of aboriginal peoples around the world tend to be heavily influenced by their methods of acquiring food‚ whether by hunting wild animals or by agriculture. Native American spirituality is no exception. Traditional Lakota spirituality is a form of religious belief that each thing‚ plant and animal has a spirit. The Native American spirituality has an inseparable
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Public Information Sedition Act Ch 19 Sec 3 General Pershing Wilson’s Fourteen Points Treaty of Versailles Henry Cabot Lodge Ch 19 Sec 4 influenza epidemic of 1918 Red Scare Palmer Raids Sacco & Vanzetti Election of 1920 Short Essays: 1) WhyCh 18 Sec 1 Reasons U.S. was imperialistic “White Man’s Burden” How U.S. annexed Hawaii Sanford Dole Ch 18 Sec 2 Jose Marti U.S.S. Maine Yellow Journalism Rough Riders Treaty of Paris Ch 18 Sec
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immeasurable impact on the indigenous communities that almost wiped them out completely‚ although this maltreatment has reduced immensely the taunts being experienced by the indigenous people of Oaxaca continue to torment them; nonetheless‚ art has become a symbol of the resistance of their human rights. The eugenics movement appeared to no longer exist in society by the 1930’s however‚ it was documented that 42 percent of Native American women were still being sterilized during the 1970’s. The Native American
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There is a large debate that native american mascots are racist creates harmful stereotypes and that it is racist. One mascot for example the washington redskins the name redskin it offensive by its itself it is determinable. The team owners refuse to change the it.the term redskin is a reminder of the genocide native people went through. When the opposing side says they are being too sensitive the slur is equivalent to the ¨N¨word you wouldn’t have a african american as a mascot‚paint your face
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Andrew J. Knight 3 December 2012 The Modern Native American Flute The modern Native American Flute produces beautiful and haunting melodies‚ often replicating the sounds of nature. It is similar in sound and purpose to its ancestors‚ such as the traditional Anasazi and Kokopelli flutes‚ but different in design and construction. With a unique sound production mechanism‚ this style of flute in fact is different from all other wind instruments the world over (Goss). Due to this uniqueness‚ they
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to the Native Americans. In 1830‚ the government forced the Native Americans to march an 800 mile distance from Georgia to Indian Territory in Oklahoma. There were no Federal aid and ¼ of the 18‚000 people died on The Trail Of Tears. The reasons that the government should give them back their land is because they were forced to move out of their land and the Native American’s land was not a resource it was a part of their family and home. The United States government took over the Native American’s
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Native American Indians Then and Now 1 Native Americans Then and Now By: Melonie Tewewas Allman-Pittman Axia University of Phoenix Native American Indians Then and Now 2 Native American Indians have not changed much in hundreds of years. The Natives still have the same belief as they did from the beginning of time. They
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