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    Lovas 1 The first Native Americans to arrive in North America arrived twelve thousand years ago. 1 They traveled across what scientists and historians call the “land bridge” that spanned the distance between modern day Russia and Alaska. The natives separated into many different factions and fanned all over North America; some tribes became nomadic roaming wherever their food supply went while other  natives learned to grow and sew crops. The Native Americans lived in mostly peaceful societies until 1492

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    upon the tribes and cultures of Native Americans‚ through mass indoctrination of its youths. Primary support will be drawn from Jorge Noriega’s work‚ "American Indian Education in the United States." The paper will then culminate with my personal views on the subject‚ with ideas of if and how the United States might make reparations to its victims.<br> <br>In lieu of the well known and brutal "Indian Wars‚" there is a means of cultural destruction of Native Americans‚ which began no later than 1611

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    cause is the lack of understanding from both sides. Starting from Columbus’ arrival in 1492 on the Bahamas‚ the affiliation between the Native Americans and the Europeans was bound to have some adversity. At first‚ the natives were welcoming to the new arrivals‚ accepting the differences between them‚ but the Europeans treated them with disdain‚ since the natives were primitive in their ways. The two groups had different approaches and ideas of glory‚ wealth‚ and religion that led to a strained relationship

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    Crow In the U.S.‚ Native Americans people whose pre-Columbian ancestors were indigenous to the lands within the nation’s modern boundaries. These Natives were composed of several distinct tribes‚ bands‚ and ethnic groups. The terms Native Americans use to refer to themselves vary regionally and generationally. Since the end of the 15th century‚ the migration of Europeans to the Americas led to centuries of exchange. The Native American’s complicated history‚ specifically the Crow tribe‚ can

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    women to Spain in the first Indian slavery dealings from North America. Spanish slave trading of Native Americans lasted many years. One ship‚ loaded with 1‚100 Taino men and women‚ crossed the Atlantic to Spain with only 300 Native Americans surviving the journey. The numbers of Native Americans decreased dramatically during the first century after Columbus “discovered” America. Native Americans were captured and transported to Spain as slaves. They were enslaved and forced to work in Spanish

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    Summary The aim of my Research Project was to discover ‘How Significant an Impact Colonisation has had on Modern Native American Culture’. I chose this topic as I am very interested in native cultures and I think it is important to know how these cultures have been impacted‚ due to colonisation and what can be done to help these cultures now. I used a variety of research processes including‚ libraries‚ the Internet‚ newspaper articles and the process of emailing experts. I used primary sources such

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    Ashley Alfisi Connection with the Great Spirit Pontiac was a Native American born to the Ottawa tribe and allied with the French. Being during this time the invasions of land by others was very popular; the thoughts of being conquered were always in the back of Native Americans minds. Once the British came and took over Pontiacs land in modern day Detroit‚ he decided to go on the conquest to look for this Great Spirit. “ How can you hope‚ encumbered as you are‚ to succeed in your design? Go

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    Crushing the Native Americans After the Civil War‚ Indians inhabited almost half of the United States. White Americans were urged to move west and settle‚ not taking regard that Native Americans already lived there. By the late 1800s most Indians had lost their land and had been driven onto reservations. Eastern Indians had already been forced to the west. A number of tribes weren’t cooperative with moving onto reservations and changing their customs. This caused many battles between whites and

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    Native American Injustices Jason McMullen ETH 125 Ms. Aron What would your reaction be if one day you returned to your home that had been built by your great-grandfather only to find that someone has moved into your house‚ forced your family out and told you that you had to live in a shed at the far end of the property? Would you be angry? Of course you would be‚ but having only your lunchbox in your hand and no other form of protection you would be forced to comply. Much the same happened

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    Smith 23 March 2011 NAS 1013-001 Native American Stereotypes Upon searching for Native American stereotype images‚ I realized that nearly every image I found online‚ I had already seen. This‚ was interesting to me because it shows how fully assimilated Native American stereotypes are into our culture and into the way I was raised as an all American white female. Of the three images that I found‚ two of them were used for advertisement mascots and the other was used as a Disney character

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