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    address this impact in our past as a moral question. The Natives had no sense of ownership of land‚ they thought land could not be owned‚ this was used as an advantage. The Native culture depends on different aspects of life compared to the Europeans culture. European Culture became the more dominant culture over the Natives. The Native Americans believed in tribal sovereignty which conflicted with the Europeans beliefs. The Native Americans did not believe in ownership of land‚ they believed that

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    Native Americans Thriving Culture History of the United States Since 1865‚ HIS 204 Dr. Darrell Rice August 22‚ 2011 Native Americans Thriving Culture “North America was not an uninhabited land when European settlers first came because there was already an indigenous and thriving culture of people” (Bowles‚ 2011‚ The Isolation of the Plains Indians 1850s-1890s‚ para. 1). Through the many treaties and wars‚ the Native Americans where forced to live on reservations‚ first the one big reservation

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    I have always loved parts of Native American culture. Growing up‚ I read a mystery series about a girl named Mandy‚ and throughout the series her family is introduced. Part of her family is Cherokee‚ and they are peaceful Christians‚ at least in this series. I also watched a number of shows such as The Lone Ranger that showed Native Americans in a positive and peaceful light. Of course I also learned about the warrior history of certain Indian tribes‚ and how they were mistreated by outsiders while

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    the beginning of culture. Animals inspire humans to display creativity in various forms‚ such

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    In this chapter is being discussed the different roles that are carried out by elderly in different cultures and different periods of times. As a member of a society grows older‚ he or she usually changes roles or occupations. The acceptable roles for elders differ in each society. Some cultures utilize their elderly in many ways‚ while others just a few. There are many factors that distinguish the elderly in non industrialized societies from those living in the industrialized West. Older people

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    Matriarchal Cultures: The Native American There has long been debate among anthropologists about matriarchal societies. But that is a historical result of last 500 years of European military expansion and extermination of native cultures. There are a few societies whose status as matriarchies is disputed among anthropologists and this is as much a debate about terminology as it is about interpreting how another society defines status and such‚ their self-understanding as opposed to our

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    The discovery that Native Americansculture is not static‚ is a relatively new one. With the aid of modern archeology‚ we now know that the Natives were very complex and were ever changing. The evidence we have now is still basic‚ but we can still learn a lot from it. Because of the lack of evidence‚ a lot of controversy is attributed to Native Americans. Some people believe that Natives were perfect beings‚ living in harmony with nature and others believe that they were savages due to human sacrifices

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    English‚ would be considered a disadvantage. Consequently‚ this can be seen in the job market forcing those that would seek to be more employable to gain the necessary skills to compete with those that were born with the ability to naturally speak native languages to America. According to Global Post‚ “Knowledge of a foreign language is equally useful for maintaining employment‚ particularly in industries where companies look to relocate business or expand into other markets. This is because downsized

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    Aboriginal Storytelling Culture Every society in the world‚ past and present‚ has had its stories and storytellers. Storytelling is an oral sharing of personal or traditional stories and is one of the earliest art forms. Some honoured Aboriginal storytellers orally shared stories and others used sand paintings and pictures drawn on animal hides‚ and stones to illustrate the stories as they retold them. B.C.’s First Nations have relied on the oral transmission of stories‚ histories‚ lessons and other

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    The Native American Culture should be saved because they are people of American‚ they have their own belief system and the different ways of living. Native Americans are people too‚ but they are treated very different from "normal" Americans. One example of a Native American Culture would be the Navajo Indians which was the tribe in the TV show "30 Days". The Navajo tribe lives on a reservation in 3 states: Arizona‚ Utah‚ and New Mexico. Navajo reservation is know for being one of the biggest reservations

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