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    RACISM & DISCRIMINATIONNATIVE AMERICANS By Fred Bridgwater Native Americans have had a huge impact on history and racial relations since they have been on the North American continent for over 10‚000 years. They have been discriminated against since the colonial era. The racism against these people was legally sanctioned due to greed. These people have endured the Indian Wars‚ Native American reservations‚ segregation‚ residential schools‚ slavery‚ and internment camps. They have

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    Is it believable that Native American children face discrimination during their education because their schools have Native American mascots? Yes. However‚ are Native American children the only children who face discrimination throughout their education? Do mascots lead to discrimination against other races of children? Do African American and Asian children face discrimination? Do timid children‚ “nerds” and other various stereotypes face discrimination? Are all of these students not being discriminated

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    Ethnic Groups and Discrimination Native Americans The ethnic group that I choose was Native Americans. I am of Caucasian descendant with Native American from my dad’s side. I really want to learn more about my heritage and family background. The Native Americans didn’t participate in discrimination; they were affected by people discriminating against them. The immigration of Indian American has taken place in several waves since the first Indian American came to the United States in the 1700’s

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    the land before them known as Native Americans. At first things were well between the Europeans and the Native Americans‚ but the Europeans had such prejudice towards the Indians. This then led to conflict‚ mistrust‚ and violence. Based on the initial encounters between Native Americans and Europeans being negative‚ I propose that greed and bias could’ve been avoided by communication. A problematic act that occurred was the Europeans’ greed towards the Native Americans. The Europeans would take what

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    Historical trauma‚ discrimination‚ and the high rate of 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

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    The Native American The Daily Herald Native Americans are an indigenous people throughout the world‚ simply misunderstood and ill-treated for centuries (Scheafer‚ 2012). History tells us‚ Native Americans were subject to land theft‚ controlled by others‚ and resistance to governance. This discrimination goes back to Christopher Columbus. He and his followers showed true hatred toward the Indian Nation. Europeans moved to extermination or genocide trying to distinguish this culture of people

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    The Northern Native Americans were known as “savages” by the European settlers‚ but actually they created some of the greatest civilizations in history. The lands and social cultures that European explored thought they “discovered” had in fact been developed way before they had arrived. When the European settlers arrived in North America they found an unknown continent largely populated by around 350 Native American civilizations. The Northern Native Americans ways of life may have differed but

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    Before contact with Europeans‚ Native Americans developed an effective system of informal education call aboriginal education. The system included transmitting knowledge‚ values‚ skills‚ attitudes‚ and dispositions to the next generation in real world settings such as the farm‚ at home‚ or on the hunting ground. Native American educational traditions passed on culture needed to succeed in society. Education was viewed as a way to beautify and sharpen the next generation and prepare them to take

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    1934 - How does this act signify a new approach for the US government in terms of Native Americans‚ and in what ways does this reflect other policies and outlooks of America during that time period? Clare - Progress is not always beneficial (think about nuclear bomb in WW1.5). This act‚ created under John Collier who was the director of the Buraeu of Indian Affairs and was sympathetic towards the preservation of native culture and Roosevelt.It was seen as a complete reversal of the Dawes Act. is often

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    Bobby Seefeldt AP American History Mr. Sommers September 18‚ 2014 History Journal Entry #1: Native Americans Before Europeans landed on the shores of America the Native Americans had developed dynamic and unique cultures. But as more and more Europeans came to America‚ more and more Indian culture was virtually destroyed. This tragedy is the direct result of treaties‚ written and broken by foreign governments‚ of warfare and of forced assimilation. After the Europeans created lasting colonies

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