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    since Christopher Columbus reached the Americas. We know a great deal about Columbus‚ of course‚ and about the Europeans and Africans who crossed the Atlantic after him. We know much less about the “Indians‚” as Columbus mistakenly called them—the people already living in America. But we are learning more all the time‚ so I want to talk about early contacts between Native Americans and newcomers. We now estimate that as many as seven million people were living in North America 500 years ago‚

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    1. The Early Algonquian cultures were all building their own societies amongst the tribes. They were trying to live a life and take care of their own things and own taught the children how to perform tasks‚ such as how to fix a hole in a rope‚ how to hunt‚ and how to live together as people‚ all speaking different dialect but interacting and sharing the same resources. There were political conflicts and issues that were negotiated and taken care of too. They believed everything they had was a gift

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    The colonist and the Indians faced each other with many prejudices‚ many times leading to war. Most of their problems were due to the misunderstanding of cultural differences between the two people. Each side struggled with trust amongst one another making it easier to not to work with each other. The problems between the colonist and the Indians are exemplified in two different stories‚ “A Narrative of the Captivity and Restoration of Mrs. Mary” written by Mary Rowlandson and the film The Last

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    The colonists changed their minds from tolerating to envying Britain. However the war altered the relationship between Britain and her american colonies because Britain was enable to be as active politically and economy. Therefore that’s why the colonists changed their minds about Britain‚ there mother country stood and how they felt about them. The french and indian war was given many different names on the american lands.‚ but it was much bigger than just the war in america. It was part of a world

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    This is the same idea of the Indians encounter with European colonists between 1492-1590. They had been living in what is called the New World for decades before their first confrontation with European travelers. These men came over to the New World in search for land and money but discovered different cultures and tribes instead. Each relationship between the natives and the colonists varied depending on where you traveled from. The Spanish‚ French‚ and English colonists disrupted the norm for many

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    The diverse Indian societies of North America did share certain common characteristics. Their lives were steeped in religious ceremonies often directly related to farming and hunting. The world‚ they believed‚ was suffused with spiritual power and sacred spirits could be found in all kinds of living and inanimate things – animals‚ plants‚ trees‚ water‚ and wind. Religious ceremonies aimed to harness the aid of powerful supernatural forces to serve the interests of man. In some tribes‚ hunters performed

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    The culture of Europeans and the culture of Native Americans are vastly different‚ which is unsurprising considering that their societies lived on different continents with little to no interactions until European colonization. Almost all the sources of what Native American culture was like comes from the writings of Europeans‚ which means that one cannot know all the intricacies of their culture‚ but from these writings we can see some distinct differences between European and Native American culture

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    The differences between European and Native American culture plays an important role in how two interact. European’s whole society is built on the idea of “private ownership”‚ the more land someone had was equated with that person’s status and wealth. (Lecture 1‚ slide 20) They have a very distinct division on what is sacred and secular‚ they even believed that the secular world was there to serve them. (Lecture 1 slide 21) Native Americans had a completely different perspective. Not only does the

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    The Relations between Native Americans and Colonists There are many reasons Native Americans and European Colonists did not have a good relationship. The reason for conflict between Colonist and Indians was due to the Colonists insatiable greed for power and land. Some of the reasons not only included physical mistreatment but also an ethical mistreatment of the Native Americans. European Colonists not only brought with them many different diseases that would later aid in the genocide of many

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    Relationships in different Cultures A clear difference between Western and a non-western culture is that Western cultures have large urban centre and a high social and geographical mobility. This means that the voluntarily come into contact with a large number of strangers‚ who are potential partners on a daily basis. However Non Western cultures are the opposite‚ they do not have many urban centres and have a small geographical mobility‚ mean that they have less opportunity to meet new people.

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