problems are found in history‚ we just have to look closely for them. Native Americans had and have very culturally different ideas that we need to utilize in order to solve these problems in America. Native Americans can teach us about political structure and about foreign policy‚ and how to handle it. They were extremely innovative and creative in their infrastructures‚ and way of life‚ they were just different from us. Native peoples conserved and minimized waste. Many of these great ideas would
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the European invasion in America‚ Native Americans came to endure many problems. While some have faded‚ others still linger on in their lives. The issue of alcohol and alcoholism is one of them. From settlers using it to deceive‚ to today’s issues on the reservation‚ alcohol has played a devastating role in the lives of Native Americans. Knowing how the issue of alcohol became such a predominate part of Native Americans lives will allow us to spawn ideas on how to end the problem. Before the colonists
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How did the Westward Expansion Affect Native Americans? The westward expansion affected the Plain Natives greatly. Education and jobs were shifted majorly during the westward movement which led to a completely different way of life. All of a sudden they were introduced to schools‚ when in the past they only learned from experience. They were familiarized to tradesmen jobs and farming‚ when previously it was limited to hunting for men and being a housewife for women. The Plain Indians used to learn
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hear the word Native American? And what do you think of when you hear the word education? Probably two very clear and distinct images. But what do you think of when you hear Native American education? Unless you are a Native American‚ presumably that phrase means nothing to you. But shouldn’t the education of US citizens be relevant to the government? Yes‚ and especially when there are plenty of treaties and government agencies that have established the government’s role in Native American education
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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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1. The Native Americans were very practical people. They would use the nature for their source of survival. They used the sky as their calendar and they relied on crops for their food supply.The Natives were warriors and they had cities‚ towns and villages. Not only did they have all these but they worshiped items instead of a god. The Europeans had an advanced culture compared to the Native Americans. They had established churches and a main religion. They also had trading systems as well as people
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Native American Literature Over the years Native American tribes have all had their own creation myths‚ a few of these tribes are the Iroquois‚ the Okanogan‚ and the Karankawa. The stories that these people created were used by parents to tell children the places they come from‚ or why they live their life the way that they do. These stories include “The World on the Turtle’s Back”‚ and the story of the “Coyote and the Buffalo”. These stories were told by the Iroquois and the Okanogan. The Iroquois
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The article examines United States policies that affect Native American people‚ in particular their educational issues. The author connects the government assimilating of Native Americans into “main stream society” and the current issues Native American’s face such as violence and drug abuse. Cherokee people are the primary focus in the article‚ but even though every tribe is different‚ many are faced with the same problems. General information on the development and reasoning of assimilation‚ as
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Myth of Native American History Written from the perspective of a news reporter. In contemplating the history of the Native American one cannot help but conjure up images of the Lone Ranger’s sidekick Tonto‚ pumpkin pie and Thanksgiving feasts. Many of us can recall in our grade school years assembling our shoebox dioramas depicting scenes of Native American culture and historical events. How convenient was it for the education system to put Native American
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Story telling was the heart of Native American culture. The way natives executed everyday tasks and their way of thinking came from what they heard as children from stories that were passed through multiple generations. When White Settlers started tearing tribe by tribe apart and claiming Native American land as their own‚ a dwindling effect on the rich Native’s culture became noticeable. The sense of unity they once knew so well was becoming an unknown aspect which ultimately left each individual
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