The Europeans first started building settlements in North America in the 1500s‚ bringing not only germ cover blankets‚ but also new art techniques. Before contact with the Europeans the art style of the Native Americans consisted of carved totem poles‚ pottery decoration to show lineage‚ and complex paintings on stone. Imagery was used as a symbol of sacred events‚ rituals‚ and natural forces‚ which could include everything from celestial bodies and weather to the indigenous animals of the region
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The American Indian is a very unique and integral part of Amreican history‚with a very rich and beautiful cultural background.There are over 558 federally recognized tribes in America right now‚and another 126 who have applied for federal recognition.At the time of first contact with Europeans‚ the United states was fully occupied by Indian Nations and some 300 Indian languages existed‚approximately 106 of which are still spoken.The diversity and hetrogeneity of the American Indian community cannot
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"principal people" or the Keetoowah‚ "people of Kituhwa." The Cherokee are perhaps one of the most interesting of Native American Groups. Their life and culture are closely intertwined with early American settlers and the history of our own nation ’s struggle for freedom. In the interest of promoting tolerance and peace‚ and with regard to the United States government ’s handling of Native affairs‚ their story is one that is painful‚ stoic‚ and must not be forgotten. The Cherokee people were a large
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The Native American Hopi tribe perform numerous rituals to positively impact their lives and bless their tribe. The Hopi believe that there is a spiritual essence and a presence of life in everything in the universe‚ and that it is necessary to interact with these spiritual life forces in order to survive (Wright‚ 2008). Thus‚ the Hopi personify these impersonal spirits in the form of kachina dancers and carved‚ handmade kachina dolls so that they can better interact with and please these powerful
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Access Genealogy Indian Tribal Records (2004). Blackfeet hunting customs. Retrieved June 10‚ 2007 from the World Wide Web: http://www.accessgenealogy.com/native/tribes/blackfeet/huntingcustoms.htm Access Genealogy Indian Tribal Records (2004). Blackfeet Indian history. Retrieved June 10‚ 2007 from the World Wide Web: http://www.accessgenealogy.com/native/tribes/blackfeet/blackfeetindiantribe.htm
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Native American and White Settlers Conflict In about the early 1800s‚ white settlers began to move west and they came to the Pacific Northwest‚ or what they called the Oregon Country. Native Americans and the white settlers had a lot of different ways of living. Some of these differences created conflicts between the two groups. I think that education‚ land ownership‚ and disease were the three main causes of their conflicts. Education was one of the problems that the Native Americans had with
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and Native Americans” As Eric Foner stated in Give Me Liberty! An American History‚ dating back to the times of colonization‚ “the West had been seen as a place for opportunity for those seeking to improve their condition in life.” (Foner 613) By the mid-1800’s‚ the U.S. Government had acquired all the land West of the Mississippi River‚ land previously untouched by most Americans at this time. With the expansion of rail roads‚ capitalism‚ the idea of manifest destiny‚ along with Americans’ hope
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the late 1800’s‚ the few Native Americans that were left in the United States were almost completely extinguished. Many different things contributed to their near-extinction‚ some intentional and some unintentional. Some tribes went willingly‚ and some fought to the death. But in the end‚ it was proven that Native Americans and settlers could not live together in peace‚ and Native Americans were the ones at loss. A number of American inventions indirectly hurt the Native Americans. In 1874
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Native Americans had no other option than assimilation. Today‚ we have the right to choose. Back in the days you had rights only if you were part of the elite society‚ in this case‚ a white person. White people were so hungry power that they did whatever they had to as to gain all the land that belonged to the Native Americans. They took advantage of the inocense of the Native Americans and achieved their goals. Whites wanted total control over the Native Americans‚ they forced them to assimilation
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Myths are sacred to all Native American Tribes‚ and the two popular myths for the Cherokee Indian tribe is The Creation Myth‚ which explains how the world was made‚ and the other myth is The First Fire which is about how the fire was discovered. The Cherokees are a very large and powerful American Indian tribe and has a lot of history background and interesting facts. They use their cultural myths in their day to day lives in many different ways. The creation myth is used more
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