The sky had darkened‚ causing the lamp post to flickered on seconds later‚ as the outside world went to sleep. He sat down on the old gray office chair in the living room‚ waiting impatiently for the interview to start. He wore one of his favorite shirts‚ the white one with holes in it‚ and blue plaid pajama pants. His black eyes wandered across the room‚ as he scratched his beard looking as if he regretted agreeing to this interview. Holding a piece of yellow paper‚ for a guide to answering my questions
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the Africans‚ the Europeans took advantage of African slaves due to the convenience of needing more labor workers and as additional export markets for the European manufacturers. The Atlantic slave trade (1500-1866) was an enterprise that was entirely in the hands of the Europeans. It all started with sugar. At first the Europeans did not know much about sugar‚ so they had to rely on other things such as fruits and honey to make their bland diets a little better. Once the Europeans found out about
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groups living in the United States are Mexican Americans‚ Puerto Ricans‚ Cubans‚ and South Americans. To start with they all speak Spanish yet they do have different dialects depending on where they are located. I have had experience with the Cubans personally and the Mexican American personally everything else I have learned from our research. The Mexican American population is the largest minority group in America. There are many Mexican Americans that do not speak Spanish at all and only speak
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the freedoms guaranteed to African Americans in the 13th‚ 14th‚ and 15th Amendments to the Constitution analyze the various components of Jim Crow legislation and their effects on Southern minorities describe efforts by the U.S. government to assimilate Native Americans into American culture identify significant events that impacted the relationship between the government‚ Native Americans‚ and American citizens identify settlement patterns in the American West‚ the reservation system‚ and/or
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These recent times have been tough for the tribe. Since the appearance of the Europeans upon our lands there has been a great plague upon our society. They brought with them unknown diseases that have infected much of the tribe and killed many others‚ the Europeans go to our hunting grounds killing hundreds of buffalo’s for pleasure and we have been restricted to a certain piece of land. The Europeans have set up a village at the top of a nearby hillside and although we keep in relative peace
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Many Native American tribes responded to the changes through violence and resistance due to the unfair mistreatments and laws that were forced upon them. As the second industrial revolution grew‚ it threatened the important cultures and values that many Native American tribes shared. As the Indian tribes clashed with the white settlers‚ extreme violence broke out between the two groups‚ killing ninety percent‚ along with diseases‚ of the Native Americans years later. One of the biggest threat to
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sounds‚ the Americans wanted to conquer land that was already owned by the Natives. To begin with‚ White settlers began to notice that the west side of the Mississippi river was not the best location for farming. The solution created was to farm on the east side‚ however‚ that was the Native Americans territory. Therefore‚ the plan was to move all Natives to the Plains and bring the settlers into the east to farm. The plan itself was unfair because although it is true the Native Americans believed nobody
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Native American art and its history are fairly new in the museum world. From the beginning‚ their culture as a whole was not understood. Research and study of the culture to fully understand their lives was few and far between. Even Native peoples that lived among us throughout history were the not used for their wisdom‚ advice‚ or involvement in the representation of their own arts or crafts. The value of Native art was always viewed as of lesser value and lacking interest compared to Western
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Spanish Perception of Native Americans The first Spanish perceptions of the Native Americans were not filled with acceptance‚ but rather the belief that the natives were manipulative and ignorant people. The overview portrays the main conflicts in the conquistadores’ goals in the Americas. Some were in search of earning great wealth and taking advantage of the Native Americans where as other conquistadores was primarily focused on their mission in bringing Christ to the natives. For both main goals
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The article examines United States policies that affect Native American people‚ in particular their educational issues. The author connects the government assimilating of Native Americans into “main stream society” and the current issues Native American’s face such as violence and drug abuse. Cherokee people are the primary focus in the article‚ but even though every tribe is different‚ many are faced with the same problems. General information on the development and reasoning of assimilation‚ as
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