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    should address this impact in our past as a moral question. The Natives had no sense of ownership of land‚ they thought land could not be owned‚ this was used as an advantage. The Native culture depends on different aspects of life compared to the Europeans culture. European Culture became the more dominant culture over the Natives. The Native Americans believed in tribal sovereignty which conflicted with the Europeans beliefs. The Native Americans did not believe in ownership of land‚ they believed

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    profit are reserved to a Native people. Reservations are only lent to their occupants and remain the property of the states under US law. Some spaces partially sold to non-Indian are sources of many administrative‚ political and legal difficulties. Half of women in reservations have been raped‚ sexual assaulted or kidnapped. According to the US department of justice Native women in reservations are more affected by homicide than other women in the rest of the country. Native women rarely complain about

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    for everyone to create something together.” This perfectly describes Native American music‚ for the drums are the sole basis of the beat and keep the rhythm going. Once the beat gets going‚ everyone can jump in‚ dance‚ chant‚ and create more sound to make one piece of music together as one. The drums carry out the beat throughout the entire chant and keep everyone in time. Victoria Lindsay Levine wrote in her article titled‚ “Native American Music” and says how “sacred narratives describe the origins

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    II. Second Main Point: Volunteering defined by the dictionary is a person who voluntarily offers himself or herself for a service or an undertaking. People all over the world help volunteer to help promote good and the quality of life. A. The Best Friend Day Center is an organization that relies on the help of volunteers for their everyday operations. 1. These volunteers will help patients that deal with the deadly disease Alzheimer’s. 2. The amount of help that this organization

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    Native Americans have always been a big part of my life. Ever since my first encounter in Fort Apache‚ Arizona in the year of 2008‚ I’ve been introduced to a new part of my life that most people don’t have. Recently I’ve received my tribal certificate from the Narragansett Tribe of Rhode Island and I’ve found out that I’m an eighth Native American from my mother’s side. My father is a mix of European descent but mostly he’s Hungarian. On the outside‚ I look like the stereotypical ’white’ person who

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    lot of trouble for that‚ but people are not as prejudice as they used to be. Since the early 1930’s‚ Native Americans have had to deal with the negative way they were described in films. In particular‚ the way Native Americans were represented in the movie‚ Stagecoach‚ is vastly different to the way they are represented in culture today. Writers like Thomas King and Brian Dippie portray Native Americans much more respectably than the way movies like Stagecoach did in the 1930’s. Brian Dippie

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    Food Modified Through Generations In the late 1800’s Native Americans treasured food‚ but the cooking appliances were rudimentary. Native American food and cuisine have historical significances‚ because it has changed the cooking industry today. Today we eat unhealthy‚ easy‚ quick meals. Farming methods allowed crops to grow on the same soil. It was hard‚ tiring‚ and miserable to work in the hot sun‚ trying to catch your family a meal. Today‚ microwaves‚ ovens‚ and mixers make it effortless to make

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    land from the Native Americans and the question is “How can the United States make up for the injustices it inflicted on Native Americans?” My Position is team land and giving Native Americans is a better idea and apology for what the United States has done to them.These are my three claims to prove why the Native Americans deserve their land back. My first claim is that the Native Americans were here first and this was their land‚ not ours. Giving money isn’t going to benefit the Native Americans and

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    The natives and settlers conflicted over lots of things all throughout history. Some causes of conflict were more important than others. Some were misunderstood‚ others were about land and resources‚ a few were about how some people were more superior than others. The most important causes of conflict are miscommunication & misunderstanding‚ settlers belief that they were superior‚ and different beliefs about land and land use. The settlers and natives had many causes of conflict over animals and

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    For Native Americans‚ religion was their way to understand and harmonize with the world around them. They used different types of rituals to maintain a morally neutral universe. However‚ with the encounter of European colonists‚ Native Americans experienced a constant struggle for religious freedom and survival. The encounter caused a major cultural and religious shock for the Native Americans as their religion could no longer provide answers as to what they were experiencing. The Native Americans

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