The Impact of Expansion on Native Americans "The incorporation of the West into the national economy spelled the doom of the Plains Indian and their world‚" Eric Foner wrote. This sentence sums up everything pertaining to the impact of expansion to the West on the Native Americans. As Settlers moved westward in the 1850’s‚ the Army and the Plains Indians began a decades long conflict that would end with the destruction of the Indians way of life. In 1879‚ two years after surrendering to
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Native American’s Contribution to America The foundation of America has had many significant people such as the early American settlers and war patriots contribute to it. Although‚ people tend to forget the significance of Native Americans when they talk about the foundation. Without the Native Americans‚ America wouldn’t be where it is today. Native Americans contributed to the American life and culture in multiple ways. The contribution of Native Americans should be recognized more today because
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The Role of Nature in American Literature The role of Nature in human life is a recurring theme in American literature from early Native American writings‚ through the Romantic and Transcendentalist eras‚ and is even examined in contemporary works. In the early Native writing‚ Nature is portrayed with divinity as something that not only enables‚ but also sustains human life. However‚ in the seventeenth century‚ European settlers largely rejected this view of Nature as they embraced the intellectual
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Western Movement. The Native American population went from 150‚000 to 30‚000. While the immigration grew‚ somebody had to pay for it and they were the chosen ones. Speak of a devil‚ the Native Americans were there first who arrived with 100 tribes spread out in California. They have lived there for many years‚ and have not seen any other people than the new settlers. Essentially the whites manipulate them as they’ve done to all the other tribes all over the states. The Native Americans were trying to be
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During the late 19th century Americans wanted to expand their land for the greater or their people. Little did they know their impact on the natives that occupied the west. The amount of land taken from them was so exponential that if it hadn’t happened we wouldn’t be where we are today(doc 1).Although there were reservations for the native americans‚ they used cruel methods to for them out of their land. Some examples of these are forcing them out or if they resisted they would have a battle. Other
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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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A long time ago‚ many ages before the human race conquered the world‚ was a Native American village. Life was easy in the Native American village. The Indians had ample food supply‚ several skilled craftsman‚ and excellent hunters. Then on one refreshing morning‚ the spiritual mother brought a pair of twins into the living world. Nothing such had ever been before‚ the newborns were the first to have been seen alike. The whole tribe was in shock‚ they didn’t know what to do or what it meant at first
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Racism against Native Americans and African Americans Sometimes I imagine that racial diversity would be a boon to human kind if there was no such thing called “racial hatred”. Now if you tell me that if there was only one kind of race then I will tell you that if all roses were red then what you would have given for a funeral? My point is that diversity is what makes this world keep going amusingly and these notions of race and ethnicities as big and small‚ upper class and lower class‚ superior
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The Coastal and Plateau Native Americans have different lifestyles in food‚ housing‚ and transportation because of where they lived. The Cascade Mountains separate the Coastal and Plateau tribes‚ and puts them into two different environments‚ caused by the rainshadow effect. Being in two different environments‚ means that both of the tribes are in different climates‚ which changes how they live. The Coastal live in a colder and wetter climate due to being so close to the Pacific Ocean. The Plateau
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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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