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    Native Americans and European Compare/Contrast Essay Europeans lived a much more modern way of life than the primitive lifestyle of Native Americans. Europeans referred to themselves as "civilized" and regarded Native Americans as "savage‚" "heathen‚" or "barbarian." Their interaction provoked by multiple differences led to misunderstanding and sometimes conflict. These two cultures‚ having been isolated from one another‚ exhibited an extensive variation in their ideals. Europeans and Native

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    During the 16th and 17th centuries‚ when the Europeans started to come over to the new world‚ they discovered a society of Indians that was strikingly different to their own. To understand how different‚ one must first compare and contrast some of the very important differences between them‚ such as how the Europeans considered the Indians to be extremely primitive and basic‚ while‚ considering themselves civilized. The Europeans considered that they were model societies‚ and they thought that the

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    There are many similarities and differences between Native American and Puritan literature. These include emotion‚ style‚ and description. In Native American literature‚ as well as Puritan literature‚ they show significant events in their cultures. Both Native American and Puritan literature are similar because both tell story’s to spread their message of beliefs‚ however they also have many non-similarity. In contrast American Indian literature was centered on religion. They viewed life as a gift

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    In " A People’s History of the United States "‚ Howard Zinn approaches his view on history in a more opinion based way. Howard Zinn beings by retelling the encounter between the natives and Columbus. Zinn’s view of this is different from the traditional encounter most historians talk about. Howard Zinn points out that the Europeans came to the Americas in search of slaves and gold and brutally killed almost all the Indians‚ who according to many other people were a peaceful people. This shows that

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    supposed to be looked upon as ’one’. But are we really ’one’? Australian Aboriginals and Native Americans have all seemed to make great strides toward equality in the past 200 years. After 200 years one would think that the people of Australia and America would be able to set aside their notions that people of different races are not really that different. Yes‚ science has proven some physical differences but none that make one inherently better than the other. The problem‚ as I see it‚ is that

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    century‚ Europeans made the voyage to a “new world” in order to achieve dreams of opportunity and riches. In this other world the Europeans came upon another people‚ which naturally led to a cultural exchange between different groups of people. Although we commonly refer to European and Indian relations as being between just two very different groups of people‚ it is important to recognize this is not entirely true. Although the settlers of the new world are singularly referred to as Europeans‚ each

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    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. The Europeans were able

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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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    Europeans’ Perspective of Native Americans Europeans’ had an early dislike and no understanding to the ways of the Native American people. They were two very diverse groups of people that could not simply understand one another. They had different views on customary beliefs‚ social forms‚ and material traits of racial‚ religious‚ or social groups. Native Americans were people of the land and that was something that Europeans’ did not cling too due to their new technologies. You never judge a book

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    Native Americans and Criminal Justice Paper One Katlyn Ford Valdosta State University   Native Americans and how they have been impacted from colonization and established criminal justice systems is a complex and detailed subject. How is it complex? It is complex because there are numerous different reasons and contributions to the colonization of Native Americans and how this has created criminalization for their so-called “primitive ways/ideology” some of the topics that will be addressed are

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