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    cultural stressors found on Native American reservations inhibit the healthy development of its adolescents‚ reservations do however‚ inspire a strong sense of tribal identity as well as family and community-oriented culture. These supportive aspects of living on the reservation can help to combat the difficulties facing these adolescents. Poverty‚ substance abuse‚ drop-out and violent crime rates are especially high in this area‚ which can affect the Native American youth’s state of mind. Adolescence

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    Native American women during seventeenth and eighteenth centuries often enjoyed a more equitable lifestyle than their counterparts in the colonies. The women’s lives were often dictated by geography and what indigenous group they belonged to. However‚ in the Native American societies that were more matrilineal women were often in charge of the village‚ while the men went off to hunt or make war‚ they often took care of the crops‚ and gathered fruits‚ nuts‚ and berries to supplement the group’s diet

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    In the year 1830‚ the lives of the First Nations (American Indians) would be changed forever. They were forced to move from their homelands leaving almost all possessions¬ behind‚ suffering from disease and exposure to weather. One by one‚ all nations were made to move onto reservations‚ mainly in what is known today as Oklahoma. All because Whites wanted to keep pushing westward to expand their territory and find better land. White settlers wanted to find new and better land to grow crops and

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    distinctive nature of Native American land and the problems that come up within the realm of leasing land on Native American reservations for commercial use and development. Issues arise easily when dealing with this topic because of the necessary sensitivity used in working with different cultures‚ their values‚ their innate connection to the land‚ and more. It is important to further the economic premise of the United States while still respecting the needs of our native people‚ which is why this

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    Native American Relations During the numerous years of colonization‚ the relationship between the English settlers and the Native Americans of the area was usually the same. Native Americans would initially consider the settlers to be allies‚ then as time passed‚ they would be engaged in wars with them in a struggle for control of the land. This process of friendship to enemies seemed to be the basic pattern in the majority of the colonies. When the English landed in Jamestown in 1607‚ the

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    Native Americans weren’t treated as well as you’d think even after the Civil War. Their land was still taken away. Their way of life was still frowned upon and discrimination was too real for many Native Americans. Going into World War I was hard for them because they still were not seen as citizens even in the 1900’s. They were not even allowed to be considered citizens if they weren’t up to the standards of being “civilized”. During the Civil War the Native Americans had to choose which side to

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    European and Native American ideas of freedom differed in that liberty and freedom were concepts that were natural ingredients to Native American government‚ where as for Europeans‚ freedom had a lot more to do with “Freedom in Christ” rather than freedoms within the government. Even though in Europe‚ women were being burned alive for being suspected of being witches and criminals were publicly whipped‚ they thought that the Natives were barbaric because they had no formal government. In addition

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    During the time period of American westward expansion‚ settlers and Native americans had contrasting experiences. While Natives were continually and forcefully pushed off their. Settlers were searching for opportunity in the west‚ a land of new beginnings. Native land and culture was all but stifled out by western expansion. The First Way Native Americans were impacted by western expansion was in there land. For example From 1850 to 1870 natives lost most their land. This was to prevent conflict

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    A long time ago‚ Native Americans has settled in the Eastern Woodlands and the Southwest. The people in both regions has similarities and differences in their developments. People living in the Eastern Woodlands and the people living in the Southwest has many differences and similarities in their developments‚ such as in housing‚ food resources and people’s roles. Native Americans that lived in the Eastern Woodlands and the Southwest has different housings. For example‚ in the Eastern Woodlands

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    English-Native American relations in the 17th and 18th centuries were marked by a series of particularly vicious wars won by the English. The English exercised the mandate of victory to insist that the Native Americans submit to English sovereignty and either confine their activities to strictly delimited tracts of land near areas of English settlement or move out beyond the frontier. Wars and Enforced Migrations „h Disease was also a grim factor in the American colonies‚ where the majority of

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