California Shoshone are a Native American tribe that lived in central California‚ along the eastern border‚ at the base of the Sierra Nevadas. Their location dictated their lifestyle. Their houses were made in a cone shape using slabs of bark or brush. They also had sweathouses that they used to keep their skin clean. The main foods of the California Shoshone were pine nuts. They occasionally hunted buffalo‚ but relied more on salmon fishing‚ deer‚ and small game. as well as roots gathered by
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The Government had agreed to deal with the Natives through "formal treaties"‚ but a lot of changes were made as the government erased and redrew treaty line after treaty line‚ making their way more towards West. However‚ many Americans felt respect towards the Indians. They wanted them to be part of their society so they tried to Christianize them‚ civilize them‚ gave them the chance to attain literacy. Some Tribes resisted and some followed‚ especially the "Five Civilized Tribes"-which included
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Squanto Squanto is a Native American who lived in the early seventeenth century in what is now the Northeast United States. When the English came to this area of America to settle‚ they became very fond of Squanto and used him as a translator due to his unique knowledge of the English language acquired through an earlier voyage to Europe. Squanto helped the Pilgrims adapt to their new surroundings by providing them with the knowledge that he and his ancestors used to survive when they first
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films‚ Native Americans have historically been portrayed as uncivilized and dangerous. Many photographs from hundreds of years ago were staged – paying Natives to wear traditionally incorrect dress and costumes‚ like headdresses. Chiefs wore headdresses during special ceremonies and that was it. However‚ when someone dresses up as a Native‚ they wear a headdress because it’s their stereotypical image of a Native American. Most people don’t know the true history of the Native Americans (the removal
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A chilly wind had blown over the harbor. I held my gun at my side. My mind and body were alert. There had been reports of strange ships out in the lake. My gun was loaded. Out in the forest‚ I saw shapes moving. I picked up my gun and started to walk toward the shapes. I was careful to not let them know they had caught my attention. The figures stopped. They turned and sprinted away. They saw me. Who are they? I sprinted after them. They were going toward the river. I realized they had gone away
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The development of Native American civilizations in the New World differed from those in the Old World because they did not have the resources transport and communicate like the Old World did. The New World did not have horses or any other draft animals‚ so they relied on man power alone. Major civilizations were not all located along major rivers‚ and due to the difficulties traveling presented them with‚ had very poor communication with one another. They were also faced with the disadvantage of
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amount of literature on how Native Americans are represented in our popular culture. Over the past several decades‚ Native Americans have been mythologized in films‚ TV‚ video games and other forms of popular media. And‚ “For the most part‚ the white man’s visual expressions of Native peoples have been dominant” (Boehme‚ et al. 1998:75). It is these depictions that have created a false impression of American Indians. As anyone could guess‚ the conquest of the American Frontier in the Old West is
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In Native American culture‚ it was common to see many women with powerful roles in the community. Most families were Matrilineal ‚ with the woman’s family in charge. When the Europeans arrived in the late 1600’s to early 1700’s the roles of women began to change from the usual life they had before‚ to a whole new set of guidelines. In the early days of our history (before Europeans explored the new world) Native Americans settles all over the western hemisphere. While the men were predominantly
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How Christian and Native American Bibles are different and how they are the same. There are many different stories on how the world was made‚ nothing ever is the same. There once was a tree‚ that you couldn’t take or eat from because it was forbidden. The Christian is where you can’t eat from the tree because it give you powers only God can have. The Native American is where you can’t eat or take the roots from the tree. In both stories the women did what they weren’t supposed to do and ate from
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the land before them known as Native Americans. At first things were well between the Europeans and the Native Americans‚ but the Europeans had such prejudice towards the Indians. This then led to conflict‚ mistrust‚ and violence. Based on the initial encounters between Native Americans and Europeans being negative‚ I propose that greed and bias could’ve been avoided by communication. A problematic act that occurred was the Europeans’ greed towards the Native Americans. The Europeans would take what
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