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    Native American Music

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    Native American Music Title of Song: Native American Spiritual Music Style of work: Native American Medium: Flute and drums As we all know Native American music is heavily influenced by many instruments‚ but the rattles‚ drums and the flute are regarded as the instruments that are considered the most important. The piece of music I listened to is titled‚ “Native America Spiritual Song”. The music for this piece is very mellow and relaxing‚ at certain points this piece literally gave me

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    Notes on Native Americans

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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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    Essay On Native Americans

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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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    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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    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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    Pontiac Native Americans

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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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    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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    Native American Rituals

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    Native Americans and the Rituals of Birth There are so many different cultures inside the American Indian culture. Although within the American Indian culture you can categorize or generalize the culture by making factual statements such as: Native Americans value your word‚ Trust is important‚ and Native Americans rely on information networks‚ there are still numerous different religions‚ tribes‚ rituals and ceremonies that all lie within the one culture of Native Americans. Birthing rituals in

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    Native American Instruments

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    Native American Instruments Drums and rattles are the most common instruments used in Native American music. Other percussion instruments include rasps‚ bells (usually attached to clothing)‚ and clap-sticks. Melodic instruments include flutes‚ whistles‚ and stringed instruments. The Apache violin is a single-string instrument made from the stalk of the agave plant‚ and is indigenous to the Apache people. The Yaqui violin‚ on the other hand‚ is closely modeled upon European instruments played at

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    Native American Dwellings

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    Native American Dwellings Katie Nguyen Civics Coach Kelly Period 3 Hundreds of years ago‚ America’s first people lived in a variety of dwellings. Their homes depend geographically from where they live. Each Indian tribe needed a housing that would fit their lifestyle and climate. Because North America is such a big continent‚ each tribe had to adapt to different weather and environments‚ ranging from the Arizona deserts of 120 degree Fahrenheit‚ to the Alaskan tundra of -50 degree Fahrenheit

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