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    The initial interactions between the Native Americans and the British is one of the most romanticized topics in literature and cinema. Many descriptions done by early authors like Christopher Columbus‚ John Smith and William Bradford‚ who experienced the encounters with the native people of America first hand‚ are now finding a new life in the modern films and animated cartoons. All these works of art create various representations of the Native Americans. Judging from my previous experience with

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    expression in the Native American way of life for hundreds‚ even thousands of years. Most art was created as a symbol‚ such as a bear‚ walrus‚ eagle‚ or people. The materials to make this artwork varied from rocks‚ feathers‚ cloth‚ clay‚ and fabric.Native American art has many regions and all of them are different with with how their art is made and presented. One of the regions in the Native American is the Native American arts have become collected and marketed by Americans and Europeans. some

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    discovered the Americas there were individuals living in North America. The Native American individuals‚ also called American Indians‚ had been living on the landmass of North America for a long time and the Americas found that there were more than 10 million Native Americans effectively living on the continent. Once the Europeans touched base in America things turned out to be much different. As time passed the Native American deteriorated. They were constrained off their properties and pushed further

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    Since the fifteenth century when the first Anglo-American explorers came to explore the New World with all its land‚ riches and resources‚ settlers have struggled with peacefully cohabiting with the Native American people who inhabited these lands long before Christopher Columbus had even sailed the ocean blue. Native Americans helped settlers when they first arrived; teaching them how to grow crops‚ weave baskets‚ and make shelter. But tensions quickly rose as settlers became greedy for land and

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    represent a type of clinical doctor who might prescribe one with the necessary drugs to improve or at least slow the effects of an illness. Native American medicine beliefs and practices differ greatly from the culturally defined western model of healing using pharmaceutical‚ surgical‚ and conventional medicine (Goelz). In comparison‚ the Native American interpretation of medicine man‚ or wicasa wakan‚ is much deeper and more complex. For example‚ it covers four specific types of healers. The

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    The Role of Nature in American Literature The role of Nature in human life is a recurring theme in American literature from early Native American writings‚ through the Romantic and Transcendentalist eras‚ and is even examined in contemporary works. In the early Native writing‚ Nature is portrayed with divinity as something that not only enables‚ but also sustains human life. However‚ in the seventeenth century‚ European settlers largely rejected this view of Nature as they embraced the intellectual

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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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    Native Americans living in Southwest America in the seventeenth century came to see many changes in their society. Freedom for many Native people would be the right to practice their own religion‚ and keep up their traditions. When it came to land‚ power‚ or wealth‚ the Native people shared this among each other and had a structured way of living before European and Spanish arrival to their homeland. The Spanish craved wealth and land‚ and took over Southwest America making it like a prison to most

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    2-The idea of challenges Natives face is major‚ from having to deal with so much‚ including generations being destroyed and are still in the process of fixing all these problems. Some which include colonialism‚ which is defined as the policy or practice of acquiring full or partial political control over another country‚ occupying it with settlers‚ and exploiting it economically‚ including Christopher Columbus. Policy a course or principle of action adopted or proposed by a government‚ party‚ business

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    A Pow Wow is a gathering of North America’s Native people. The word Pow Wow comes from the Narragansett word powwaw‚ which means "spiritual leader". A modern pow-wow is a specific type of event where both Native American and non-Native American people meet to dance‚ sing‚ socialize‚ and honor American Indian culture. There is generally a dancing competition‚ often with significant prize money awarded. Pow-wows vary in length from one day session of five to six hours to three days. Major pow-wow or

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