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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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    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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    what they do. They come from many different backgrounds and ethnicities. Native Americans have achieved a lot in the Olympics for the few that have competed in history. Native American athletes have done well in other events and sports‚ like the Olympics and the Boston Marathon. Native Americans are certainly some of the best athletes in history. Although there are many amazing athletes in the history books‚ Native American athletes were some of the best because they have achieved so much in sports

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    There is ancient sport played by the Native Americans centuries ago in North America. This is where‚ to this day‚ the native traditional sport still lives on as... lacrosse. Originally lacrosse was created by the Native Americans hundreds of years ago‚ as far back as the 12th century. Studies about the ancient Native Americans show that almost all the tribes‚ residing in present day Canada and U.S.‚ had a type of stickball or lacrosse. The type of lacrosse more similar to what we play today originated

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    to a cultural diffusion between the immigrants and the Native Americans who helped form America as it is today. Although many colonies made peace with the Native Americans upon arrival‚ there were many people who did not mind executing the Native Americans for their land. The Chesapeake Bay colonies (Virginia and Maryland) were the first of several colonies to begin massacring the native peoples for land. The execution of the Native Americans later led to a genocide during Lincoln’s presidency‚ and

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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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    Native Americans in California Missions Spanish wanted to colonize some of America‚ just like the Europeans. Building religious based Missions all throughout California was a way for them to maintain ultimate social‚ political‚ and economic control. Spanish explorers arrived on the border of California during the 16th century. The very first Franciscan mission was built in San Diego during 1769. By 1833‚ twenty two Spanish Missions existed from Southern California to Northern California. Native

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    essay‚ “Childbirth Practices Among Native American Women of New England and Canada‚ 1600-1800‚” the author describes the Euro-American’s views of Native American childbirth and illustrates that people’s experience with reproduction is shaped by their own cultural values and previous knowledge. For Euro-American women‚ this probably involved similar emotions and events as to what we see today- pain‚ nervousness‚ excitement‚ and celebration. But for Native American women‚ this experience was anything

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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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    Many Native American tribes responded to the changes through violence and resistance due to the unfair mistreatments and laws that were forced upon them. As the second industrial revolution grew‚ it threatened the important cultures and values that many Native American tribes shared. As the Indian tribes clashed with the white settlers‚ extreme violence broke out between the two groups‚ killing ninety percent‚ along with diseases‚ of the Native Americans years later. One of the biggest threat to

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