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    In the year 1830‚ the lives of the First Nations (American Indians) would be changed forever. They were forced to move from their homelands leaving almost all possessions¬ behind‚ suffering from disease and exposure to weather. One by one‚ all nations were made to move onto reservations‚ mainly in what is known today as Oklahoma. All because Whites wanted to keep pushing westward to expand their territory and find better land. White settlers wanted to find new and better land to grow crops and

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    Native American Religion Instructor: Michael Bogart Olga Lydia Cockroft The Native American’s where the first to inhabit the Americas. When we speak about religion in the America’s the first people we will look back to are the Native Americans. We will always look to our history to know where we come from and our backgrounds. Before there was colonist or anyone here in the Americas the Native Americans called this land home. Native Americans have a great background of religion. They believed

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    other sicknesses that the Native Americans had no way to fight (Kincheloe 2). The Native Americans had zero resistance to the new diseases since they had never been exposed to them before. While the Europeans’ bodies were able to defend against these diseases‚ sickness usually ended in fatality for the Native Americans. Neither the European settlers‚ nor the Native Americans understood what was happening. They couldn’t fathom why the diseases affected the Native Americans so harshly. The spread of

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    In the late 19th century‚ Americans started settling in the West rapidly. Just like Americans‚ Indians had their way of things. Once Americans settled problems started to occur. The problems between them were how they both thought about land‚ thoughts on religion‚ and disease. These problems showed how the Native Americans and the white settlers interacted. The first difference in the way they interacted was how they thought about land. To the white settlers‚ owning land was extremely important

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    The Coming Together Of Two Worlds The Encounter between the Europeans and Native Americans was one of mutual cultural that brought both several favorable and unfortunate outcomes to each other. These two different cultures exchanged many ideas that changed the ways they had once lived before. When these two different worlds collided they were both introduced to multiple crops and animals they had never seen‚ tasted‚ or even heard of. Numerous crops that grow around the world today came from the

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    The American revolution is considered one of the greatest triumph in America rich and proud history. That american colonist were standing up to the tyrannical reign of the british empire for Freedom. But that right to freedom exclude the slaves who were the ones who truly deserved freedom in all aspects. What the colonist wanted was an economic freedom since they felt that the british didn’t have the right to govern taxes on the 13 colonies and even if they did want personable freedom it never would

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    European and Native American ideas of freedom differed in that liberty and freedom were concepts that were natural ingredients to Native American government‚ where as for Europeans‚ freedom had a lot more to do with “Freedom in Christ” rather than freedoms within the government. Even though in Europe‚ women were being burned alive for being suspected of being witches and criminals were publicly whipped‚ they thought that the Natives were barbaric because they had no formal government. In addition

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    Native Americans believed that land is to be preserved for future generations‚ only temporary use‚ you only on the crops and anyone in the village can use it. Differences in opinions with Europeans would cause many future conflicts. In the early 1600’s settlers in Jamestown had problems with the Powhatan confederacy after a colonist killed their leader. Other settlements such as Plymouth fared better with the natives. A Patucet Indian named Squanto saved the pilgrims by teaching them how to

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    The natives and settlers conflicted over lots of things all throughout history. Some causes of conflict were more important than others. Some were misunderstood‚ others were about land and resources‚ a few were about how some people were more superior than others. The most important causes of conflict are miscommunication & misunderstanding‚ settlers belief that they were superior‚ and different beliefs about land and land use. The settlers and natives had many causes of conflict over animals and

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    RACISM & DISCRIMINATION – NATIVE AMERICANS By Fred Bridgwater Native Americans have had a huge impact on history and racial relations since they have been on the North American continent for over 10‚000 years. They have been discriminated against since the colonial era. The racism against these people was legally sanctioned due to greed. These people have endured the Indian Wars‚ Native American reservations‚ segregation‚ residential schools‚ slavery‚ and internment camps. They have

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