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    The Coastal and Plateau Native Americans have different lifestyles in food‚ housing‚ and transportation because of where they lived. The Cascade Mountains separate the Coastal and Plateau tribes‚ and puts them into two different environments‚ caused by the rainshadow effect. Being in two different environments‚ means that both of the tribes are in different climates‚ which changes how they live. The Coastal live in a colder and wetter climate due to being so close to the Pacific Ocean. The Plateau

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    Out of all the horrible things that the colonists brought to the Native Americans‚ alcohol and guns were two of the worst. While alcohol destroyed their livers and killed their people‚ guns killed their people and their culture. The World Turned Upside Down gives several accounts of the Native Americans’ lives and the destruction of them as well. I believe that guns had a bigger impact on Native Americans. Not only could they defend themselves against the colonists‚ but they could hunt better as

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    with the indigenous Native Americans has been prevalent. The opening quotation emphasizes the idea that our fathers grappled over what to do with the Indians since the founding of our country. Post colonial era Native Americans were discriminated against in a battle defined by “the white man versus the red man”. As American settlers and institutions expanded westward‚ the Indians were pushed aside not only by containing them in reservations but were often disregarded as Americans from the “civilized”

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    Early in the 1830’s‚ there were about 125‚000 Native Americans that inhabited the areas of the present Florida‚ Georgia‚ Alabama‚ North Carolina‚ and Tennessee which covers millions of acres. The Native Americans and their ancestors had cultivated and occupied these lands for generations. It had been a growing importance to expand the United States of America and to be able to use the resources that surrounded them to grow as a country; cotton for example. For this to occur‚ the lands that were thought

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    soldiers defeat an army of 80‚000 Native Americans? Well in the year 1532‚ a Spanish conquistador known as Francisco Pizarro invaded the New World. He quickly got into a conflict with the largest state of the New World and managed to capture the absolute monarch‚ Atahuallpa. Francisco charged a ransom for his release and even after the ransom was given‚ he killed Atahuallpa. They were defeated and this cycle was continued by more Spanish conquistadors until the Native Americans were completely defeated.

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    Nearly every Native American Indian tribe has experienced some kind of neglect or discrimination. The white man has forcefully moved tribes from their homes‚ broken treaties that were promised to them‚ and senselessly slaughtered thousands of innocent Indian men‚ women‚ and children. This kind of neglect is what led to the Battle of Little Bighorn Creek‚ a battle that is talked about in The Great Plains‚ the book I chose my topic from. The reason this subject touched me personally is because

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    Storytelling and its Importance In Leslie Marmon Silko’s Ceremony‚ the use of storytelling is quite prevalent. Within the framework of Ceremony there are references of the tradition of Native American storytelling along with the progression of telling a story. Storytelling within the Native American culture is oral‚ traditionally. The method of storytelling within Ceremony at the beginning lays down the framework of the entire book. Silko starts out the novel with a series of stories. The

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    The structure of a Native American family is interesting to me‚ regarding the history of elder-women making decisions based on the property handed down from the women of the families. This followed the matrilineal system‚ which is still the basis of today’s equal consideration for both men and women of a family. My plan is that my career will remain in the finance industry. I was a resident Tacoma‚ Washington for a short time‚ where I had been exposed to many people that were demonstrative about

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    Death Rituals Generally‚ many Native Americans do not have a set idea about life after death‚ but some believe in reincarnation as humans‚ ghosts‚ animals or a combination of these Autopsies are acceptable Each tribe has different burial traditions Example: Navajo Indians When discussing a fatal illness or disorder‚ speak in third person; never suggest the patient is dying because that would imply that the healthcare provider wishes the patient would die. Also‚ if the patient does die‚ then the provider

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    Matriarchal Cultures: The Native American There has long been debate among anthropologists about matriarchal societies. But that is a historical result of last 500 years of European military expansion and extermination of native cultures. There are a few societies whose status as matriarchies is disputed among anthropologists and this is as much a debate about terminology as it is about interpreting how another society defines status and such‚ their self-understanding as opposed to our

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