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    THE AMERICAN STORY NOTES Chapter 1: Native Americans shared different views than the colonizers. (they wanted to bring colonization to North America) They did not agree on punishment of murder. (Europeans and Native Americans) The cultural superiority turned when -- Captain William Claiborne’s trading post in 1635‚ Maryland - Wicomess Indians (they were going to the trading post on business) encountered enemy Susquehannock Indians—they presented inappropriate behavior (making fun) in public

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    Vulnerable Population Vulnerable populations include children‚ the elderly‚ the homeless‚ those with chronic health conditions‚ economically disadvantaged‚ the racial and ethnic minorities‚ immigrants‚ and refugees. Vulnerability may arise from community‚ individual or larger population challenges. Immigrants have been identified as a vulnerable population‚ but there is heterogeneity in the degree to which they are vulnerable to inadequate health care. Factors that affect immigrants’ vulnerability

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    When the Euro-Americans started to settle America they forced the Native Americans to adapt their culture and religion. The settlers were very serious about their Christian religion. They thought it was the one true faith and all people should believe in it. Euro-Americans actually feared the Native Americans because they felt that Native Americans were evil because they didn’t have a religion. What the Euro-Americans didn’t understand was that the Native Americans did have a religion and their own

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    04-19-11 This essay will analyze Native American societies for world view and cultural and institutional differentiation. In so doing‚ we will discuss the possibilities or the lack of endogenously generated social change within American Indian societies and cultures. Mainly this essay will concentrate on two important aspects of world view that contribute to conservatism in Native American cultures. The two aspects are as follows‚ holistic Native American beliefs versus dualistic world views

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    2-The idea of challenges Natives face is major‚ from having to deal with so much‚ including generations being destroyed and are still in the process of fixing all these problems. Some which include colonialism‚ which is defined as the policy or practice of acquiring full or partial political control over another country‚ occupying it with settlers‚ and exploiting it economically‚ including Christopher Columbus. Policy a course or principle of action adopted or proposed by a government‚ party‚ business

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    comprehensive to provide maximum help and support for the needed people. Social care is defined as a profession where people work in partnership with those who experience marginalisation or disadvantage or who needs special care and support‚ vulnerable people leaving in the community and in the residential care ( Miller‚ Vandome and McBrewster‚ 2009). The policies and the legislations for support the caring and supporting the elder people are very important and it should be cared by each health professionals

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    arrival in the Americas in the 15th century‚ the Americas were inhabited by many Native American Tribes long before. It is estimated that their arrival in the Americas may "have been as recently as 12‚000 years ago or as long ago as 70‚000 years."(2) Assuming the shorter estimate‚ the Native Americans would still "have been on the continent 30 times longer than the Europeans."(2) During this time each Native American tribe developed their own rich and extensive cultures‚ each with their own sets of

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    with individual Native American nations. The government developed contracts that negotiated land agreements. The Native American nations gave up their homelands in exchange for protection provided by the United States government. A connection based on trust was established so that each party could fulfill their obligations. However‚ problems began when one group failed to fulfill their responsibilities. The problems that occurred in the past with the government and Native Americans result in several

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    benefits for the Europeans but very little benefits for the native people of North America. The Columbian Exchange which involved the exchanging of diseases‚ animals and plants ended up being very helpful for the Europeans that came over to the new world but was not as helpful for the native people. The native people’s population suffered majorly from the introduction of new diseases from the Old World that the Europeans brought over with them. Of course unintentionally the Europeans bought over diseases

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    . What is not obvious is what has happened to the American people. It isn’t just the commuters‚ whom we have come to visualize as a supine breed who have got on to the trick of suspending their sensory faculties twice a day while they submit to the creeping dissolution of the railroad industry. It isn’t just they who have given up trying to rectify irrational vexations. It is the American people everywhere. But notice that no one did. And the reason no one did is because we are all increasingly

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