The West Indies were home to the Native Americans who had been around for many years. The Native Americans crossed the Bering Strait and stepped into the New World in pursuit of a better climate for hunting and settlement. They are considered as the first North Americans according to historians. After entering into the New World‚ they established their own political‚ economical‚ and social system. Although they have made advances in their society‚ they did not had a common language‚ and had few institutional
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different groups of people have been abused‚ exploited‚ oppressed and discriminated in some way ever since Christopher Columbus “discovered” this land in 1492. One group in particular are the Native Americans‚ who in fact were here long before the infamous Christopher Columbus had set foot in what he thought was India. Native Americans have had their land and homes burned to the ground‚ they have inured the Trail of Tears and many more sickening atrocities. Atrocities that have resulted in psychological
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"What They Have That We Lack A tribute to the Native Americans" via Joseph Epes Brown is an article written by Huston Smith. The main idea of his work is presenting three virtues significant for every Native American. In Smith’s opinion‚ each Native American have those virtues: however‚ it is harder to find them in today society. He believes that civilization lost them what can bring them suffering. Knowing what importance is the first virtue. According to Smith‚ in the past civilization people
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“Native Americans are generally acknowledged as the New World’s first and fore most environmentalist Native American religion stress that people are coequal with nature‚ descendants of "Grand mother earth." How then‚ could some of them have depleted wildlife for the fur trade? “ Asks Jeanne Kaye. Most Native American tribes have long had an intimate relationship with their surroundings. Before direct contact with Europeans‚ most tribes lived in small villages. They were mindful of their measures
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Crushing the Native Americans After the Civil War‚ Indians inhabited almost half of the United States. White Americans were urged to move west and settle‚ not taking regard that Native Americans already lived there. By the late 1800s most Indians had lost their land and had been driven onto reservations. Eastern Indians had already been forced to the west. A number of tribes weren’t cooperative with moving onto reservations and changing their customs. This caused many battles between whites and
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trading of Native Americans lasted many years. One ship‚ loaded with 1‚100 Taino men and women‚ crossed the Atlantic to Spain with only 300 Native Americans surviving the journey. The numbers of Native Americans decreased dramatically during the first century after Columbus “discovered” America. Native Americans were captured and transported to Spain as slaves. They were enslaved and forced to work in Spanish mines in the Americas‚ with the average worker dying by age 26. European diseases
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Native American removal is something that is considered a dark period in Untied States History. Many natives spilled their blood on their land that was taken from them by our American Government‚ many people then saw it as there right to expand westward (Manifest Destiny) if we didn’t take over the land‚ the United States would most definitely be different. The first major move of the United States government was setting up The Bureau of Indian Affairs. With this as well the US army established
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Native American Essay The society of Americans today is unaware of the cultures and beliefs of Native Americans‚ and how complex those cultures are. The creation myth‚ “The Earthdiver” written by the Mono culture‚ and the creation myth‚ “How the World Was Made” written by the Cherokee have similarities and differences that open the eyes of its audiences that are unknowledgeable of the topic. Native American folktales are stories on how certain Native American tribes contributed their beliefs
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Native American Instruments Drums and rattles are the most common instruments used in Native American music. Other percussion instruments include rasps‚ bells (usually attached to clothing)‚ and clap-sticks. Melodic instruments include flutes‚ whistles‚ and stringed instruments. The Apache violin is a single-string instrument made from the stalk of the agave plant‚ and is indigenous to the Apache people. The Yaqui violin‚ on the other hand‚ is closely modeled upon European instruments played at
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Christianity from Europe to the United States‚ Native American religion was disparate‚ separated by tribes‚ clans or nations. It was unstructured but in general spirituality was inherent in every aspect of their lives; religion was characterized by a oneness with nature and the intense relationship between the indigenous people and their environment. In the 17th century a wave of European settlers crossed the Atlantic to escape persecution in their native countries. They found in the
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