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    concerns the American treatment of Indians‚ particularly those who once inhabited the New English Colonies. While Nathaniel Philbrick’s Mayflower depicts these Native Americans as essential to both the Pilgrims and Colonist’s survivals‚ it also fails to elaborate on how utterly meaningless the role of these people became over the course of two centuries. What was once a large‚ prosperous nation of self-sufficient individuals became a mere smudge of paint on the vast portrait of American Society. Contemporary

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    offensive to Native Americans. “Indian” mascots were created at a time when racism and bigotry were accepted by a dominant culture (NCAI). Some of these mascots include: Atlanta Braves‚ Washington Redskins‚ and Cleveland Indians. Native Americans feel oppressed and disrespected because Indian mascots portray their culture falsely‚ they are used the same way as animals‚ and there are people who find it all right to use them. Although some argue that it is an honor to use Native American imagery

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    Race and the New Deal In Franklin D. Roosevelt’s first term of president he came out with a series of programs in response to the Great Depression that the United States had just gone through. He focused on three main points in this new deal. Relief for the unemployed and poor‚ recovery of the economy to normal levels‚ and reform of the financial system to prevent another depression. These were called the “3 R’s”. Even though some of it didn’t go the way Roosevelt wanted it to‚ it helped in some

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    Before the white man ever showed up‚ Native Americans were a happy and prosperous group of people. However‚ it would only be through the white man’s introduction that Native Americans would end up being killed‚ racially profiled‚ and put into reservations like animals. Through his book‚ Reservation Blues‚ Sherman Alexie is able to talk about not only the effects/origins of Native American hardship on the individual and collective level‚ but also how these origins affect the relationships of reservation

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    10/8/15 U.S.History 3A Essay If I were an Native American and I was faced with the disadvantages and unfairness they were treated with‚ I would be furious. I don’t find it right that the white man can barge in‚take all that rightfully belongs to them and end years of tradition and rituals to make them

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    Thunderheart “Thunderheart” is a beautifully crafted and emotionally-touchingfilm whose plots explore different but important themes such as cultural discrimination (of Native American culture)‚ politics and political corruption and lawlessness. The film although considered as a fiction‚ was said to be based on factual events that have taken place in the 1970 ’s on the Oglala Sioux Reservation. It is about an actual standoff between FBI agents and Indian activists in 1975 on the Pine Ridge Reservation

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    The Spanish Encounter the Native Americans During the 15th and 16th century‚ many of the nations in Europe were in competition to find new land and resources. This drive for new wealth lead many of the nations in exploration to what they called “the new world”. Leading this charge was the nation of Spain. During Spain’s exploration of what is now known to be North and South America‚ the Spanish came across a plethora of indigenous people to these new lands. As documented in the writing of Christopher

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    Risky Relations: A closer look at the relationships between Native Americans and European settlers during the seventeenth century At the start of the seventeenth century‚ Native Americans greeted European settlers with much excitement. They regarded settlers as strange‚ but were interested to learn about the new tools and weapons Europeans brought with them. The native people were more than accommodating to the settlers‚ but as time passed‚ Europeans took advantage of their generosity. “Once

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    In 1830‚ Native Americans were removed from their lands east of the Mississippi and relocated onto reservations west. The US caused this injustice and to amend this‚ the US should give money to the Natives. If the Natives got money‚ they would be able to fix their schools and communities to get better education. The Native Americans were moved off their land when gold was discovered on it. Their rights were ignored and the US took the gold. The US could make up for this by giving some of the money

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    disrupted the Native American tribes that had been living peacefully there for centuries. The responses European settlers had to Native American tribes reflected their own cultural and economic viewpoints. As a result‚ the Native Americans’ lives changed drastically. The French had developed peaceful‚ mutually beneficial relations with Native Americans in the establishment of the French fur trade and culturally befriended them. On the other hand‚ the British tended to oppress Native Americans economically

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