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    Due: Social Studies; Native Americans Essay Thousands of years ago the Native Americans crossed the land-bridge. Then the Native Americans spit-up and settled and created the culture areas. Depending on the environments the Native Americans had different basic needs to survive such as clothing‚ food‚ and shelter. The Iroquois used their natural resources to get food. The men hunted animals such as deer

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    There is a large debate that native american mascots are racist creates harmful stereotypes and that it is racist. One mascot for example the washington redskins the name redskin it offensive by its itself it is determinable. The team owners refuse to change the it.the term redskin is a reminder of the genocide native people went through. When the opposing side says they are being too sensitive the slur is equivalent to the ¨N¨word you wouldn’t have a african american as a mascot‚paint your face

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    The neglect of Native American rights traces all the way back to 1830 and stems from the Indian Removal Act. The Indian Removal Act enabled the federal government to exchange Native lands east of the mississippi for land in the west. This land was called the “Indian colonization zone‚” which is located in present-day Oklahoma. Being a big advocate and supporter of what he called “Indian Removal‚” Andrew Jackson signed off on Act. The act explicitly said that the removal treaty negotiations had to

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    had drastically reduced the numbers of Native American by committing the same actions. Was genocide committed against the Native Americans? Many may argue the decline of the Native American population was caused by new diseases being introduced by the Europeans to which the native tribes had no immunity. Others argue forcing the Native Americans from their homes was a necessity for the development of this new land. However‚ the thousands of Native Americans killed during the Indian Removal Act can

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    Andrew J. Knight 3 December 2012 The Modern Native American Flute The modern Native American Flute produces beautiful and haunting melodies‚ often replicating the sounds of nature. It is similar in sound and purpose to its ancestors‚ such as the traditional Anasazi and Kokopelli flutes‚ but different in design and construction. With a unique sound production mechanism‚ this style of flute in fact is different from all other wind instruments the world over (Goss). Due to this uniqueness‚ they

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    multi-billion dollar industry built on slot machines and card games. Gambling thrives on many Native American reservations. The impact of gambling reaches beyond reservation borders‚ providing jobs to the general public as well as income to Native American tribes. The early history of gambling on Native American reservations starts with a mobile home in 1972. Helen and Russell Bryan‚ a Native American couple living on a Minnesota reservation: Leech Lake‚ filed a dispute on a property tax they received

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    problems are found in history‚ we just have to look closely for them. Native Americans had and have very culturally different ideas that we need to utilize in order to solve these problems in America. Native Americans can teach us about political structure and about foreign policy‚ and how to handle it. They were extremely innovative and creative in their infrastructures‚ and way of life‚ they were just different from us. Native peoples conserved and minimized waste. Many of these great ideas would

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    address this impact in our past as a moral question. The Natives had no sense of ownership of land‚ they thought land could not be owned‚ this was used as an advantage. The Native culture depends on different aspects of life compared to the Europeans culture. European Culture became the more dominant culture over the Natives. The Native Americans believed in tribal sovereignty which conflicted with the Europeans beliefs. The Native Americans did not believe in ownership of land‚ they believed that

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    The initial interactions between the Native Americans and the British is one of the most romanticized topics in literature and cinema. Many descriptions done by early authors like Christopher Columbus‚ John Smith and William Bradford‚ who experienced the encounters with the native people of America first hand‚ are now finding a new life in the modern films and animated cartoons. All these works of art create various representations of the Native Americans. Judging from my previous experience with

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    what they do. They come from many different backgrounds and ethnicities. Native Americans have achieved a lot in the Olympics for the few that have competed in history. Native American athletes have done well in other events and sports‚ like the Olympics and the Boston Marathon. Native Americans are certainly some of the best athletes in history. Although there are many amazing athletes in the history books‚ Native American athletes were some of the best because they have achieved so much in sports

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