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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A current issue involving the Native Americans and the federal government is the settling of Cobell vs. Salazar Lawsuit filed in 1996. The lawsuit alleged illegal conduct in the management of Native American money held in trust accounts and managed by the Bureau of Indian Affairs. The trust was established to allow nontribal groups to use Native American lands. The trust contains money from oil and gas production‚ coal production‚ grazing leases‚ and timber sales. Elouise Cobell was the treasurer
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The colonists’ policy toward the Native Americans had different origins and therefore different consequences. Much has been written about the encounter of these two cultures‚ which would sooner or later bring about a painful clash. Because of their so different cultures‚ only one would prevail. The colonists as a group‚ depending on their beliefs‚ had harsh policy toward Native Americans. Native Americans‚ on the other hand‚ structured their lives on beliefs‚ which had no common base ground with
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Europeans and Native Americans in America Wars between Native Americans and Europeans with Americans have had quite a few similarities. In many of the different conflicts between American’s and the Europeans‚ the Europeans have almost always had Native American allies. This has created quite a difficulty between the American’s and the Europeans and Native Americans. American citizens often were more brutal and less professional when it came to war. Therefore‚ many of the Indians wanted to side
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of trouble for that‚ but people are not as prejudice as they used to be. Since the early 1930’s‚ Native Americans have had to deal with the negative way they were described in films. In particular‚ the way Native Americans were represented in the movie‚ Stagecoach‚ is vastly different to the way they are represented in culture today. Writers like Thomas King and Brian Dippie portray Native Americans much more respectably than the way movies like Stagecoach did in the 1930’s. Brian Dippie and
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Essay Question: What were the Europeans (explorers‚ conquerors‚ and/or settlers) and Native Americans like just before contact and what were their encounters like‚ as the Europeans struggled to establish themselves? Europeans and Native Americans both had very distinct lifestyles and each viewed one another differently due to the encounters they experienced together during the era that Spain‚ France‚ and England were establishing themselves in America. These three European countries were each
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sounds‚ the Americans wanted to conquer land that was already owned by the Natives. To begin with‚ White settlers began to notice that the west side of the Mississippi river was not the best location for farming. The solution created was to farm on the east side‚ however‚ that was the Native Americans territory. Therefore‚ the plan was to move all Natives to the Plains and bring the settlers into the east to farm. The plan itself was unfair because although it is true the Native Americans believed nobody
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The Forced Assimilation of Native Americans One of the more horrible and lesser known aspects of the Europeans colonization of the United States is the destruction of numerous Native American societies and cultures. With whites feeling that Native Americans were on "their" land‚ the United States tried to force the Native Americans to assimilate to white people in the United States. Native Americans were forced into becoming new citizens in the United States. The repercussions of this massive destruction
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only makes them liberal with what they ha.. Native Americans had inherited the land now called America and eventually their lives were destroyed due to European Colonization. When the Europeans arrived and settled‚ they changed the Native American way of life for the worst. These changes were caused by a number of factors including disease‚ loss of land‚ attempts to export religion‚ and laws‚ which violated Native American culture. Native Americans never came in contact with diseases that developed
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When the Europeans arrived in the Americas‚ in 1492‚ they greatly changed the Native American’s way of life. There were four major things the Europeans brought to the Native Americans: disease‚ war‚ technology‚ and Christianity. These‚ among many other things‚ massively effected the lives of most‚ and ultimately all of the Native Americans. The effects of most of these are still being felt today‚ although to a lesser extent. First‚ and most devastating is disease. For thousands of years the people
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