The clanship is matrilineal in the Cherokee society‚ which means it is forbidden to marry within one’s own clan and not only that but since the woman is the one who holds the clan of the family‚ she is to be represented at the ceremony by both her mother (or even by the clan mother‚ depending
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"Bad Medicine" The evening before the Cherokee Strip was thrown open for settlement‚ a number of old timers met in the little town of Hennessey‚ Oklahoma. On the next day the Strip would pass from us and our employers‚ the cowmen. Some of the boys had spent from five to fifteen years on this range. But we realized that we had come to the parting of the ways. This was not the first time that the government had taken a hand in cattle matters. Some of us in former days had moved cattle at the
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quickly throughout the life and times of the Apache. This film‚ as no surprise‚ is a great educational tool. I felt that the life of Geronimo‚ the best-known Apache throughout history‚ could have been examined a little more carefully. The Cherokee The story of the
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The Cherokee Removal directs attention to an assortment of documents presenting several important themes and main points such as the discussions within the Cherokee Nation‚ Georgia’s role in pressurizing the Cherokees off the land and settlers pleading to the US government to remove them by way of force. The "civilizing" of the Cherokees (their adoption of European culture)‚ the national debate between promoters and opponents of expulsion‚ and a brief look at the deportation itself are all discussed
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In 1811‚ the Shawnee leader Tecumseh‚ with the help of a comet and an earthquake‚ convinced some of the Upper Creek towns of the Muscogee to turn against the white civilization they had begun to embrace. This led to one of the worse massacres on American soil. The Battle of Fort Mims was orchestrated by William “Red Eagle” Weatherford‚ and‚ as news of the massacre spread‚ Americans found themselves in a war against the angry Creek. Although the massacre at Fort Mims served to ignite war with the
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Nearly every Native American Indian tribe has experienced some kind of neglect or discrimination. The white man has forcefully moved tribes from their homes‚ broken treaties that were promised to them‚ and senselessly slaughtered thousands of innocent Indian men‚ women‚ and children. This kind of neglect is what led to the Battle of Little Bighorn Creek‚ a battle that is talked about in The Great Plains‚ the book I chose my topic from. The reason this subject touched me personally is because
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A tipi (also tepee and teepee) is a Lakota name for a conical tent traditionally made of animal skins and wooden poles used by the nomadic tribes and sedentary tribal dwellers (when hunting) of the Great Plains. Tipis are stereotypically associated with Native Americans in general but Native Americans from places other than the Great Plains mostly used different types of dwellings. The term "wigwam" (a domed structure) is sometimes incorrectly used to refer to a tipi. The tipi was durable‚ provided
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Week 1 Visual Literacy Jennifer Bryant 1. Although Howling Wolf’s drawing is seen as naively executed by the standards of Western art‚ why do we conclude that his record of the treaty signing event is more honest than the illustration rendered by the other artist? * In Howling Wolf drawing he included the “Medicine Lodge Creek.” His drawing had Native American women with their backs turned away from the people while they watched the signing. This to me was drawn to make the women look
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HIS 111 World Civilizations I Activity 4 – Town Creek Indian Mound 25 points Name: Bryce Ross Directions: After having read the section titled “Three Complex Societies” and either visiting the Town Creek Indian Mound or viewing its website‚ http://www.nchistoricsites.org/town/‚ respond to the following questions. Place your responses on this document under each question. Be sure to keep my questions on here. Your responses should include whole sentences with proper grammar and punctuation. 1
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Growing up in the United States many of us have had the security of having a place to call home as well as a supportive community. Imagining what it was like to lose the community and safe home can be hard to imagine‚ but was a difficult reality for the Native Americans because of termination and relocation. Termination and Relocation was the United States government’s idea on how they could make the tribes life better by assimilating them into what the government consider to be civilized. Termination
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