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    Native American Dwellings

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    Native American Dwellings Katie Nguyen Civics Coach Kelly Period 3 Hundreds of years ago‚ America’s first people lived in a variety of dwellings. Their homes depend geographically from where they live. Each Indian tribe needed a housing that would fit their lifestyle and climate. Because North America is such a big continent‚ each tribe had to adapt to different weather and environments‚ ranging from the Arizona deserts of 120 degree Fahrenheit‚ to the Alaskan tundra of -50 degree Fahrenheit

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    Native American Desire

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    The European desire for capital was socially disastrous because they implemented the strategy of divide and conquer within the Native American and African-origin peoples. Hartman quotes Walter Rodney in saying “There was in existence a fundamental class contradiction between the ruling nobility and the commoners; and the ruling classes joined hands with the Europeans in exploiting the African masses” (Hartman 31). Indeed‚ the Europeans’ entitlement made them foreign to the idea of family and ultimately

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    Native American Injustices Jason McMullen ETH 125 Ms. Aron What would your reaction be if one day you returned to your home that had been built by your great-grandfather only to find that someone has moved into your house‚ forced your family out and told you that you had to live in a shed at the far end of the property? Would you be angry? Of course you would be‚ but having only your lunchbox in your hand and no other form of protection you would be forced to comply. Much the same happened

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    The Native Occupation of Alcatraz Island and its Effects on the Greater American Indian Movement. On November 20th‚ 1969 a group of Indian students‚ and urban Indians from the Bay Area led by Richard Oakes landed on Alcatraz Island claiming it as "Indian Land" (Johnson). This was a multi-tribal group and so they adopted the name "Indians of All Tribes" (Johnson). The 1969 landing and subsequent 19 month occupation was not the first attempt at an occupation; it was however the last and the longest

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    excerpt from The Destruction of the Indies had my skin crawling. As I listened to the speaker describe the torture these natives had to endure it got me wondering how someone could be so cruel. How was it even possible that the Spaniards got away with such horrendous acts of torture? I cannot fathom the amount of pure agony the natives went through. I started imagining just how painful and terrifying it all must have been for them. What really shocked me was when the Spaniards had the audacity to

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    Native American Religion

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    Native American Religion Instructor: Michael Bogart Olga Lydia Cockroft The Native American’s where the first to inhabit the Americas. When we speak about religion in the America’s the first people we will look back to are the Native Americans. We will always look to our history to know where we come from and our backgrounds. Before there was colonist or anyone here in the Americas the Native Americans called this land home. Native Americans have a great background of religion. They believed

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    Native American Music

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    Native American music has many different musical styles. Within every Native American tribe there is a variety of musical styles and instruments. In response to the research that I have conducted‚ there are three main musical styles that are going to be my point of focus. The Sioux Grass Dance‚ the Zuni Lullaby‚ and the Iroquois Quiver Dance are the principal methods which contribute to Native American music. The Sioux Grass Dance is considered to be the most popular style of Native

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    Native American Benefits

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    I am a Native American from the Stockbridge tribe during the time period of the Revolutionary War. The Declaration of Independence consisted of the Second Continental Congress meeting at the at the Independence Hall in Philadelphia on July 4‚ 1776. This document announced that the Thirteen American colonies that were at war with Great Britain‚ have announced themselves as the thirteen independent states‚ that were no longer under British rule. Although this was in favor of colonist this did not benefit

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    Native American Religions

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    Native American Religions” Native American Religions happen to be one of the oldest and most enduring forms of religion. They comprise a large number of distinct tribes‚ states‚ and ethnic groups. Native Americans arrived on the North American Continent fifth-teen thousand to twenty thousand years ago. Native Americans have literally sources that exist from only the last four hundred years even though Native American life covers perhaps twenty thousand years. Over three hundred tribes have

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    happened in the lives of Native Americans in the 1600s? What were their superstitions? What were their traditions? What did they dress like? What language did they speak? We all know that today‚ some of them have lost their urge to keep the traditions alive- they have lost their faith in mother earth. But‚ the real question in all of this remains: how much do we know? Back then‚ native people understood that it was always important for them to honour their ancestors. If you were native‚ it didn’t matter

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