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    the design hertage of Native american instruments Darya Faiz Design Heritage 2 LECTURER MS.SHERINA 10/10/2013 LIST OF CONTENT CONTENT PAGE CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION ABOUT NATIVE AMERICAN 3-9 INTODUCTION ABOUT TOPIC 9-12 THE INSTRUMENT

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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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    arrived in our hemisphere about five hundred years ago‚ they were not alone. American Indians had been living here for thousands of years before the first Europeans encountered what they called the New World. (“Native Cultures Thrive in America” 5). These societies‚ each of which was usually made up of a few thousand people‚ had extensive histories and diverse cultures. The Native American characteristics are‚ Native American Literature is rooted in oral tradition‚ myths and origins of the world and

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    Treuer argues whether or not Native American authors like Louise Erdrich’s work should be viewed for its Literary content rather than its representation of Native culture. When successfully analyzing and forming an opinion on this we must break it down to these questions‚ are those of native decent better suited to write and tell fictional stories of life as a Native American compared to a common writer that has is not of Native decent? If so should Native Americans have their own fictional and non-fictional

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    and the American wilderness liked and respected Native Americans. They even interbred with them and sold them guns‚ which was very often illegal. Traders had a special status in Native American society. A trader could travel thousands of miles in his canoe without once being robbed or molested. Contrast that with Europe‚ where anyone from another town was fair game. However‚ the English settlers‚ after a very brief period of good relations in Massachusetts‚ came to loathe Native Americans. There

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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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    Mercedes Courtenay Professor Hess ENG 241 October 4‚ 2012 How Europeans Change the Native Americans When Europeans first explored western Virginia in the late 1600s‚ they discovered few Native Americans. However‚ their presence‚ their goods‚ and their customs had affected many Indians. These changes had shifted the Native Americans and the Europeans in survival‚ resources‚ dominancy and rivalry. At the same time‚ the Europeans had a strong interest in enabling the Indians to acquire valuable

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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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    as their values through music. I chose to research and compare Native American and Middle Eastern Music because I felt I needed to find a deeper understanding of these two cultures‚ given their current impact on my life. Native Americans music traces all the way back to the first time they claimed land in America. Traditionally‚ their music was based around “spirit beings in the mythic past” (Victoria Lindsay Levine‚ Native American music‚ www.Britannica.com). At the time‚ America was populated

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