people is now known as Native Americans‚ or Indians‚ as Columbus came to call them. When he first set foot on the New World‚ Columbus thought he had reached India‚ but instead‚ he had actually reached what later would be called the Caribbean. The indigenous people whom he encountered there were amicable and peaceful to him and his people‚ unlike the ones the Pilgrims who came from England‚ found in what would be Plymouth Plantation. Although at first the Native Americans in Plymouth Plantation
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Introduction Increasing globalization requires more interaction among people from diverse cultures‚ beliefs‚ and backgrounds than ever before. People no longer live and work in an insular marketplace; they are now part of a worldwide economy with competition coming from nearly every continent. For this reason‚ organizations need diversity to become more creative and open to change. Therefore maximizing and capitalizing on workplace diversity has become an important issue for management today. Since
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| The Performer‚ the Instrument Maker‚ and the instrument | The Evolution of the North American Steel String Guitar; Meeting the Needs of and Helping to Fuel the Creative Process of African American Musicians. | | Bob Shields | 12/31/2012 | | For: Professor Robert Witmer Class: 5140‚ 2012F; African American Music Student Number: 210232338 Often the creative product of an individual within a musical framework reflects not only his or her own creative behavior but the creative
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In the works of Ben Franklin and John Smith the Native Americans were portrayed with no disregard for feelings. By portraying the Native Americans as savages what were the long term outcomes? First off they were not respected by anyone because they were different in their beliefs. Second they were also thought of as being stupid and not educated correctly. Third they were used for the skills that they knew (i.e. hunt‚ survive)‚ since white men could not do many of the things Indians could do. I
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Native American Transition to Freedom American History Since 1865 Prof. December America was a very trying country in the mid 1800’s especially regarding the treatment of indigenous people such as the Native Americans. It is a known fact that much of America was inhabited by indigenous people‚ the Native American Indians‚ prior to the arrival of the “white man” or European settlers (Bowles‚ 2011). The native Indians that occupied America had freedom of the land and were isolated prior to the
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The First Civilizations of North America/Old Worlds‚ New Worlds 15‚000 years ago‚ during the Ice Age the first humans’ inhabitants walked across the Bering Land Bridge from Siberia to Alaska of what will become America creating a new civilization. The Siberian descendants slowly spread out to the east and south of the continent‚ and build complex societies. Anthropologists have found a variety of language and culture; depending on the environmental conditions many of the tribes that lived in close
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The population of Native American was estimated to be between 30-100 million people. The Eurasian continent included many domesticated animals‚ large animals‚ such as cows‚ horses’ oxen; Etc. The Americas‚ by contrast lacked these large domesticable animals and concomitant diseases. These animals offered a lot of great benefits‚ but also transmitted all types of diseases to the farmers. In the 14th century The Black Plague devastated their population‚ which killed 90 percent of their people. The
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When the first Hispanic colonists came to North America in 1769‚ the population of the Native Americans dropped critically. There used to be over 300‚000 Native Americans in California. The Hispanics forced the Native Americans into slave labour and in no time‚ European diseases such as smallpox‚ influenza‚ measles‚ and typhus which the Spanish and French settlers brought from Europe to America broke out and killed over 100‚000 Native Americans in California alone. The first treaties guaranteed reservations
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foreign power‚ Native Americans are also regarded to have been subjected to significant change. When the Europeans first arrived in the late 1400s‚ they brought with them the intent of not only exploring to find India‚ but also to find gold and much more wealth. The Europeans made a mistake in their navigation causing them not to arrive in India‚ but rather what they referred to as the “New World.” The Europeans had stumbled upon the Native Peoples that occupied that place. The Native Peoples were
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There is ancient sport played by the Native Americans centuries ago in North America. This is where‚ to this day‚ the native traditional sport still lives on as... lacrosse. Originally lacrosse was created by the Native Americans hundreds of years ago‚ as far back as the 12th century. Studies about the ancient Native Americans show that almost all the tribes‚ residing in present day Canada and U.S.‚ had a type of stickball or lacrosse. The type of lacrosse more similar to what we play today originated
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