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    The first contacts between the Native American and the Europeans began officially at the end of the fifteenth century. In 1492‚ explorer and navigator Christopher Columbus discovers America by docking in the West Indies. This event will mark the beginning of major explorations. It is to be admitted that the relationship between the first European settlers and the Native Americans are established according to the western perceptions of the time. Given that the Europeans were the one who took the initiative

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    Dealing With Cultural Differences Native American Native Americans have respect of individual differences among people. Their expressions of this value include staying out of others’ affairs and verbalizing personal thoughts or opinions only when asked. In many cultures‚ it’s the man makes the decisions for the woman. They are very religious people who work also with tarot reading‚ and wicca/pagan things. How I would deals with a Native American is to treat them all with respect

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    authority. Unlike the Christian world from which European newcomers arrived‚ Indian religion did not pose a sharp distinction between the natural and supernatural‚ or secular and religious activities. In some respects‚ however‚ Indian religion was not that different from popular spiritual beliefs in Europe. Most Indians and Europeans held that a single Creator stood atop the spiritual hierarchy. Despite the disapproval of official churches‚ numerous Europeans believed in witchcraft and magic and interpreted

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    These factors also were the underlying reason to the differences between the American Indian’s and European’s society. The principles the different groups held were long seeded before having produced contact with one another ultimately affecting each ones way of life. The diversity between these people both in physic and civilization was so enormous it really did show them as being from opposite ends of the globe. The beliefs of the Native American Indians were extremely similar to that of animism

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    share a number of similarities‚ the Europeans of the early 16th century had many differences with the Native Americans of the same era. When the Europeans first "discovered" the Americas in the late 1400s-early 1500s‚ they expected to find a land filled with savages that had little or no intelligence or technological advancements. However‚ these European explorers came to realize that the Native Americans were far more civilized than they had imagined. When the first European explorers reached

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    As the Europeans arrived to the Americas they seen the land as very prosperous. They wanted the land for power and riches. These lands were full of valuable resources such as rich soils‚ timber‚ gold silver‚ and precious metals. Due to the Seasonal Cycle in England it was very difficult to cultivate crops. The Europeans had to constantly work extremely hard to break the soil‚ they had to wait for the ground to thaw and dry before they even began this process. Therefore the lack of agricultural quality

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    Disrespect was a major cultural difference. From the beginning of the relationship between Native and European Americans‚ the European Americans(Europeans) repeatedly dishonored the treaties which they agreed to uphold. Usually‚ they established the same treaties they betrayed‚ such as the Treaty of Fort Laramie (1851); which eventually led to the tragic massacre of the Cheyenne Indians at Sand Creek.[1] “The Treaty set forth traditional territorial claims of the tribes as between themselves.” [2] Greedy

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    When the British‚ French‚ Spanish and Dutch initially started to interact with the Native Americans‚ the newcomers viewed the Indians as an uncivilized mass population. Although this outlook differed from place to place. Interaction with the natives was only deemed necessary if it proved beneficial in some way. This included trade and the royal requisition of the Indians land. Most of the New England settlers saw their interaction as an act of divine providence. They believed they were sent to

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    region’s past‚ such as the Gothic churches and cathedrals in Europe or the temples and shrines in Asia. However‚ even with several regional distinctions‚ there are still some striking similarities in the architecture of places that had not established any former contacts. One of such cases of similarity is between the castles in Europe and in Japan. Most of the castles whose vestiges remain to this day were the result of a long military evolution. In the case of Europe‚ wars and crusades throughout

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    century shared many similarities and differences to that of previous American expansionist ideals. In both cases of American expansionism‚ the Americans believed that we must expand our borders in order to keep the country running upright. Also‚ the Americans believed that the United State‚ being one of the strongest of the nations‚ had a need to become even stronger. This is shown in the "manifest destiny" of the 1840’s. Apart from the similarities‚ there were also several differences that included the

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