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    the modern American society take about childrearing from Native Americans? Through childrearing form Native Americans‚ Modern American society can learn a lot of things about how to raise children. First one is that Native Americans respect their children as one individual person. Second one is that Native Americans allow their children to get same freedom of behavior as adults. Third one is that Native Americans share adult’s role with their children. Fourth one is that Native Americans permit their

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    the land as their land. The government felt that the colonizing of people was much more the entitlement of the Native American and made several federal policies that insured specific tribes would be moved to pre-determined reservations to continue their traditional way of life. This was done despite how negatively it affected the Native Americans. After being forced to leave their native lands‚ many Indians discovered that life would be pretty difficult. By moving these tribes‚ the government forced

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    fearless‚ and heroic explorers that sailed across the Atlantic Ocean to discover a new kind of world. The Native Americans believed the Europeans were ruthless marauders. The truth is that both the Europeans and Native Americans’ viewpoints were right. The Americas were unknown and nonexistent to Europeans until their courageous explorers braved the crossing of the Atlantic to find it. To Native Americans‚ Europeans were invaders that had no right to cross into their home lands and force rule upon them

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    been discussed by critics over the course of cinematic history. The negative portrayal of the Native American‚ for example‚ is rampant in the early Western film genre. Native Americans are‚ more often than not‚ portrayed as vicious savages‚ hell-bent on senselessly scalping and murdering as many ‘innocent’ (white?) American settlers as possible. Individuals of a darker skin colour‚ such as the African American‚ are also victims of negative stereotyping in early cinema. They are usually portrayed as stupid

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    The Impact of Disease on Native American Culture Though warfare and attacks on entire villages took a definite toll on the populations of Native Americans‚ disease was by far the biggest killer. We’ve all heard the stories of smallpox infected blankets being given to the Native Americans‚ and other such atrocities‚ but I was simply dumbfounded at the actual numbers of dead due to Old World diseases being introduced to the New World‚ North America. While it has been somewhat difficult for scholars

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    THE AMERICAN STORY NOTES Chapter 1: Native Americans shared different views than the colonizers. (they wanted to bring colonization to North America) They did not agree on punishment of murder. (Europeans and Native Americans) The cultural superiority turned when -- Captain William Claiborne’s trading post in 1635‚ Maryland - Wicomess Indians (they were going to the trading post on business) encountered enemy Susquehannock Indians—they presented inappropriate behavior (making fun) in public

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    upon the tribes and cultures of Native Americans‚ through mass indoctrination of its youths. Primary support will be drawn from Jorge Noriega’s work‚ "American Indian Education in the United States." The paper will then culminate with my personal views on the subject‚ with ideas of if and how the United States might make reparations to its victims. In lieu of the well known and brutal "Indian Wars‚" there is a means of cultural destruction of Native Americans‚ which began no later than 1611.

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    The Government had agreed to deal with the Natives through "formal treaties"‚ but a lot of changes were made as the government erased and redrew treaty line after treaty line‚ making their way more towards West. However‚ many Americans felt respect towards the Indians. They wanted them to be part of their society so they tried to Christianize them‚ civilize them‚ gave them the chance to attain literacy. Some Tribes resisted and some followed‚ especially the "Five Civilized Tribes"-which included

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    The Reason Why the Plains Tribes Almost Lost the Buffalos           The Great Plains in the United States is home to many Native American tribes. Those tribes have different cultural practices‚ food‚ clothing‚ shelter‚ and languages‚ but they had some things in common. Since they lived on the Great Plains‚ they used the same resources interchangeably. They used animals for many of their survival needs. The Blackfeet is among some of the larger tribes in the Plains. Even though they relied on a few

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    The development of Native American civilizations in the New World differed from those in the Old World because they did not have the resources transport and communicate like the Old World did. The New World did not have horses or any other draft animals‚ so they relied on man power alone. Major civilizations were not all located along major rivers‚ and due to the difficulties traveling presented them with‚ had very poor communication with one another. They were also faced with the disadvantage of

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