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    the deliberate and systematic extermination of a national‚ racial‚ political‚ or cultural group. In the 19th century‚ Indians were not considered American citizens but were viewed as uncivilized savages by the government. This mindset allowed the suffering the groups endured to be seen as “Americanizing” the Indian. The treatment of the Native Americans by the federal government in the 1800’s was genocide in the making. The United States government attempted to strip Indian culture‚ customs‚ religion

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    Out of all the horrible things that the colonists brought to the Native Americans‚ alcohol and guns were two of the worst. While alcohol destroyed their livers and killed their people‚ guns killed their people and their culture. The World Turned Upside Down gives several accounts of the Native Americans’ lives and the destruction of them as well. I believe that guns had a bigger impact on Native Americans. Not only could they defend themselves against the colonists‚ but they could hunt better as

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    people of Israel. The problems these two indigenous/native people face today are the result of colonization and I believe that if they should claim their rights back to the land in order to prosper their culture and traditions. My discussion of the colonization of Native Americans and Bedouins is in fact

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    Early in the 1830’s‚ there were about 125‚000 Native Americans that inhabited the areas of the present Florida‚ Georgia‚ Alabama‚ North Carolina‚ and Tennessee which covers millions of acres. The Native Americans and their ancestors had cultivated and occupied these lands for generations. It had been a growing importance to expand the United States of America and to be able to use the resources that surrounded them to grow as a country; cotton for example. For this to occur‚ the lands that were thought

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    soldiers defeat an army of 80‚000 Native Americans? Well in the year 1532‚ a Spanish conquistador known as Francisco Pizarro invaded the New World. He quickly got into a conflict with the largest state of the New World and managed to capture the absolute monarch‚ Atahuallpa. Francisco charged a ransom for his release and even after the ransom was given‚ he killed Atahuallpa. They were defeated and this cycle was continued by more Spanish conquistadors until the Native Americans were completely defeated.

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    Nearly every Native American Indian tribe has experienced some kind of neglect or discrimination. The white man has forcefully moved tribes from their homes‚ broken treaties that were promised to them‚ and senselessly slaughtered thousands of innocent Indian men‚ women‚ and children. This kind of neglect is what led to the Battle of Little Bighorn Creek‚ a battle that is talked about in The Great Plains‚ the book I chose my topic from. The reason this subject touched me personally is because

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    The results of my IAT test were kind of confusing‚ but it said that I preferred Native Americans and whites the same‚ so the way I took it is that I’m not prejudice against Native Americans. Yes‚ I do think that the results were valid; I do wish that they were easier to understand but the test was actually fun I have never taken a test of prejudice before and it was really interesting. I do not think that measuring prejudice would be that easy‚ because there are dishonest people in the world that

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    diverse Native American tribe had already thriving and self-sufficient communities. This was achieved by three main reasons‚ starting with inhabitation of land with fertile vegetation. One South American empire utilized their unconventional mountainous geography to their advantage. While there are many factors in which each tribe and empire differed from one another‚ a common characteristic all Native American societies share is their belief in animism. On these grounds‚ Native American life centered

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    arrival in the Americas in the 15th century‚ the Americas were inhabited by many Native American Tribes long before. It is estimated that their arrival in the Americas may "have been as recently as 12‚000 years ago or as long ago as 70‚000 years."(2) Assuming the shorter estimate‚ the Native Americans would still "have been on the continent 30 times longer than the Europeans."(2) During this time each Native American tribe developed their own rich and extensive cultures‚ each with their own sets of

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    Indians for the sake of progress were atrocious. Brutal and cruel murders of millions of Indian peoples resound to this day. Their populations may never recover from such an incredible loss; the past can be ignored but never erased. However‚ we as Americans‚ celebrate Christopher Columbus day with joy. We think only of ‘The Founding of America’ and not by the means of which our country was constructed. To Indians everywhere this holiday is simply a remembrance of the murder‚ torture‚ rape‚ and enslavement

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