Native American culture consisted of tribes, which were large groupings consisting of many families and one chief who was their leader physically and spiritually. The Natives were involved in such things as hunting Buffalo, and practicing theological religion. They often had very strong inter-tribal bonds, and defended their own tribes in battle while fighting other opposing tribes. Natives were a very spiritual people, this spirit tied to the earth and their ancestors as well as other god-like beings. A popular American belief, especially in the 1800s, was that they were pure savages not knowing right from wrong. But what these people failed to understand was that just because people may seem different, they have many of the same basic principles as all of us. This ignorant mentality is what caused the Americans in this time period to feel superior over the Natives, and in the end try to fight them and assimilate them into their separate
Native American culture consisted of tribes, which were large groupings consisting of many families and one chief who was their leader physically and spiritually. The Natives were involved in such things as hunting Buffalo, and practicing theological religion. They often had very strong inter-tribal bonds, and defended their own tribes in battle while fighting other opposing tribes. Natives were a very spiritual people, this spirit tied to the earth and their ancestors as well as other god-like beings. A popular American belief, especially in the 1800s, was that they were pure savages not knowing right from wrong. But what these people failed to understand was that just because people may seem different, they have many of the same basic principles as all of us. This ignorant mentality is what caused the Americans in this time period to feel superior over the Natives, and in the end try to fight them and assimilate them into their separate