We are going to take a look at Three Native Americans Pontiac‚ Red Jacket‚ and Tecumseh to see what the relation are with the white men. We are going to see how they gave to the white men and how the white men took from the Indians. Pontiac was an Ottawa Indian; Ottawa derives from the Algonquian atawewin‚ meaning “commerce” or “to trade”. There’s Indians were one of the first to deal with the white men and were told many times to stay away but relied on trades and other things from the white
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When the Europeans landed in the Americas‚ they were surprised to find that other people had already populated the land. These people came to be known as Indians to the Europeans‚ and Native Americans to us today. They were called Indians due to the fact that the Europeans at first thought that they were in India‚ as they stumbled across the Americas whilst looking for a quicker shipping route to India‚ not knowing the fast land masses that separated Europe and India. Eventually though they discovered
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California Shoshone are a Native American tribe that lived in central California‚ along the eastern border‚ at the base of the Sierra Nevadas. Their location dictated their lifestyle. Their houses were made in a cone shape using slabs of bark or brush. They also had sweathouses that they used to keep their skin clean. The main foods of the California Shoshone were pine nuts. They occasionally hunted buffalo‚ but relied more on salmon fishing‚ deer‚ and small game. as well as roots gathered by
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Myths are sacred to all Native American Tribes‚ and the two popular myths for the Cherokee Indian tribe is The Creation Myth‚ which explains how the world was made‚ and the other myth is The First Fire which is about how the fire was discovered. The Cherokees are a very large and powerful American Indian tribe and has a lot of history background and interesting facts. They use their cultural myths in their day to day lives in many different ways. The creation myth is used more
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different with their aims and this therefore created different results from each relationship between the two. The Europeans were interested in a variety of things when they went across the Atlantic to the Indies‚ for example‚ the assistance of the Native Americans as military allies and valuable resources. The valuable resources would be obtained from the Indians‚ but only through trade‚ and for cooperation which constrained European behaviour. This need for trade and alliances put the Europeans on an
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The stars bring inspiration to many cultures. Several Native American tribes look to the sky for answers. They use simple observations of celestial bodies to help understand and regulate their lives. The Hopi tribe primarily watch the Sun and the Moon. They spend their time watching the objects in the sky and performing activities based on their observations. Many of the activities that they perform hold religious and cosmic significance to them. The Hopi use their given knowledge to understand important
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Life for the Native people of the Americas during the European colonization period wasn’t cordial. As the Spanish‚ French‚ and the Dutch nations conquered territory in the new world‚ they pillaged cities‚ stole resources‚ forced many into cruel labor‚ and destroyed native culture. Subsequently‚ they established their own rigorous commands to which the natives had to adhere. The powerful European nations came to America with different ideas toward colonization. Some were eager to conquer lands and
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The middle ground between the European and Native people varied on the European side when it came to relationships. The middle ground would be considered mutual respect for one another. An example would be two roommates coming to an agreement with what music to listen to. They might not always agree but they find a way to get along with each other. The first relationship that came into play were the French and the Native people. The relationship developed when the French came and colonized the region
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African Americans and American Indians or Native Americans are two of the major subordinate groups in America today. They face many forms of oppression from the dominant group and have many things in common when it comes to this oppression. I would like to focus on five specific types of oppression they face: stigmatization‚ segregation‚ ethnocentrism‚ prejudice‚ and discrimination. African Americans are facing stigmatization far less these days‚ but if one looks back a half-century‚ they will
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Repatriation and Reburial Issues with Native American Ancestral Remains Desiree Berrios Professor Brian Bates Archaeology April 2‚ 2012 Repatriation and Reburial Issues with Native American Ancestral Remains Repatriation is the return of human remains or sacred objects or objects of cultural significance to the individuals‚ groups‚ or nations that the archaeological finds belonged to. Part of Repatriation
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