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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Native Americans live in their own world and own community‚ owning casinos‚ private housing and just recently an amusement park in the makings. With approximately 2.1 million Native Americans in the United States‚ 566 nationally recognized and 10 separate cultures‚ we make up roughly 0.6 percent of the American population today. The 10 different cultures are the Arctic‚ the Subarctic‚ the Northeast‚ the Southeast‚ the Plains‚ the Southwest‚ the Great basin‚ California‚ the Northwest Coast and the
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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 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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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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Native Americans in the Reconstruction Period: The Railroad It was considered “the most powerful weapon that the white men could use against natives” yet one of the most efficient American ingenuity; creating jobs‚ the economy to flourish and the expansion of a nation. One might ask how this weapon came to be and how was it used against the natives of the U.S. ? It was the height of the American Civil War; the north and the south raged in combat. The 16th President‚ Abraham Lincoln had issued the
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The development of Native American civilizations in the New World differed from those in the Old World because they did not have the resources transport and communicate like the Old World did. The New World did not have horses or any other draft animals‚ so they relied on man power alone. Major civilizations were not all located along major rivers‚ and due to the difficulties traveling presented them with‚ had very poor communication with one another. They were also faced with the disadvantage of
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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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