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    What problems did Hispanics‚ Native Americans and Women face in 1945 and how far had these been overcome by 1968? Blacks weren’t the only people to face extreme discrimination‚ they also weren’t the only people who were being treated unfairly. Hispanics‚ Native Americans and Women all face some type of discrimination in the year of 1945. In this essay I will explain what types of problems they went through‚ how they dealt with them and if any‚ what solutions they came to. Women were amongst

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    is "The Participation of Native Americans in World War II." The purpose of the essay is to deal with the issues of change and struggle of the American Indian in the nineteen thirties through nineteen forties. The essay will go into the attitudes and policies of Native Americans as well as the American public in the era just before World War II. The essay will also go into policies during the war‚ and how they led to a steady progression of rights given to Native Americans. These policies dealt

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    The Hermitage Debate “The Cherokee Indians are one of the largest of five Native American tribes who settled in the American Southeast portion of the country. The tribe came from Iroquoian descent. They had originally been from the Great Lakes region of the country‚ but eventually settled closer to the east coast.” When thinking of Indians‚ most Americans jump to the stereotypical tee pee dwelling‚ buffalo hunting savages that are inferior to whites. This is not the case of the Cherokee. The Cherokee

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    In the 1830’s the trails of tears was an act of removal of Native Americans out of their home lands. White Americans who also occupied the same land as Indians resented Native Americans. Most whites saw them as aliens and uncivilized people. Therefore‚ President Washington tried to solve the “Indian problem’ by making them as much as the whites. They encourage them to convert to Christianity and learn to speak and read English. Five different tribes embraced their customs and became known as the

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    In the year 1830‚ the lives of the First Nations (American Indians) would be changed forever. They were forced to move from their homelands leaving almost all possessions¬ behind‚ suffering from disease and exposure to weather. One by one‚ all nations were made to move onto reservations‚ mainly in what is known today as Oklahoma. All because Whites wanted to keep pushing westward to expand their territory and find better land. White settlers wanted to find new and better land to grow crops and

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    During the time period of American westward expansion‚ settlers and Native americans had contrasting experiences. While Natives were continually and forcefully pushed off their. Settlers were searching for opportunity in the west‚ a land of new beginnings. Native land and culture was all but stifled out by western expansion. The First Way Native Americans were impacted by western expansion was in there land. For example From 1850 to 1870 natives lost most their land. This was to prevent conflict

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    distinctive nature of Native American land and the problems that come up within the realm of leasing land on Native American reservations for commercial use and development. Issues arise easily when dealing with this topic because of the necessary sensitivity used in working with different cultures‚ their values‚ their innate connection to the land‚ and more. It is important to further the economic premise of the United States while still respecting the needs of our native people‚ which is why this

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    with your thought on how white settlers were feeling toward Natives‚ versus slaves‚ which made the difference in the success of Antislavery movement and Native Americans’ resistance to removal. Most Whites at that time hold the thought that Natives were not as civilized (or even civilized at all) as them. However‚ they still somewhat feared the Natives‚ because they had the legitimate reasons and the power to fight for the land. Natives were the original residents‚ people in the tribe lived together

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    aspect of the reservation system for Native Americans to accept and why?Consider factors such as conversion to Christianity‚ getting a formal education‚ having to speak English‚ etc. and be sure to discuss how this "acceptance" sacrificed cultural identity. For Native Americans the reservation system would destroy so much of their culture and their identity as a people‚ and the factors that led to this are many. Of the different acts that stripped Native Americans from whom they were would likely be

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    Native American women during seventeenth and eighteenth centuries often enjoyed a more equitable lifestyle than their counterparts in the colonies. The women’s lives were often dictated by geography and what indigenous group they belonged to. However‚ in the Native American societies that were more matrilineal women were often in charge of the village‚ while the men went off to hunt or make war‚ they often took care of the crops‚ and gathered fruits‚ nuts‚ and berries to supplement the group’s diet

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