Angoon On October 26th, 1882 Angoon Alaska was shelled and burned by the US Navy after a dispute and alleged hostage situation. The Shaman of the Tlingit tribe was taken on a whale boat where a harpoon gun exploded, killing the medicine man of the tribe. The tribe mourned for 4 days after they received the news, they did nothing. After the monstrosity, the tribe only asked for 200 blankets and an apology from the US Navy, what they received was $90,000 from Congress.…
The Miccosukee tribe of Indians found in Florida prides itself on being one of the only Indian tribes that have not accepted any form of assimilation into Western culture. So peculiar and unique is the tribe that the land they dwell in is their own. Although they are found in the United States, they are an independent entity with a government and has never signed any peace treaty. The tribe has an expressed culture that they follow strictly. The group resists any outside interference as they believe that it could have an effect on the tribe’s culture and way of living…
The Miami Tribe now lives in all fifty states, but home started in Indiana, Illinois, Michigan and Ohio. The tribe was forced out of their homes during the Indian Removals (History). According to the Kansas Historical Society, “At the time of the Louisiana Purchase, President Thomas Jefferson believed that American Indians could be moved from the East to lands in the new territory” (Indian Removal Act). Nowadays, there are two main Miami groups. There is one group in Indiana that has about two thousand five hundred members in it.…
The opening of the first "smoke shop" (offering discount, tax free tobacco products) in 1977 gave the Seminoles a stable enterprise which continues, even today, to bring substantial revenue into Tribal coffers. The opening of the Tribe's first high-stake bingo hall in Hollywood, shortly after community activist James Billie's first election as Tribal Council Chairman, was a national first. The success of Seminole gaming against legal challenges opened the door for dozens of other American Indian tribes to follow suit. Today, gaming is, by far, the number one economic enterprise in all of Indian Country.…
St. Croix Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin Research Paper There are several federally recognized tribes in the state of Wisconsin. Tribes can be located in a variety of areas and are typically groups of people tied together by religious, cultural, or even economic beliefs. One of the tribes located in Wisconsin that I found particularly interesting was the St. Croix Chippewa Indians. Before researching this tribe I only heard of them, so by getting to read more about them I got an insight on their statistics, history, cultural beliefs and traditions, government, services, and economic activities.…
Introduction: Tennessee, known for its stunning music performances. Located in the southern region of the united states, when it is 1:00 AM in California it is 3:00 AM in Nashville, Tennessee’s capital city. Tennessee borders eight states: Kentucky and Virginia to the north; North Carolina to the east; Georgia, Alabama, and Mississippi on the south; Arkansas and Missouri on the Mississippi River to the west. Tennessee is 42,143 mi² in space. Its nickname is “The Volunteer State”.…
The Wampanoag Indians lived in the East along the shore where the sun rises, and during those time their population bloom in numbers. Over hundreds of years, ships would come by the shore to scout and stuff, but never formed relationship with the Native American. During 1617 to 1619 an epidemic swept through New England, an alien disease left from European people who had come by previously that devastated the Wampanoag. The Wampanoag interpreted it as an invasion of hostile spiritual power. Weaken by the epidemic, they lived in fear of their rivals, and was of urgent need of alliances.…
The Quapaw indian tribe had it rough for a time Quapaw Indians lived in four villages near the confluence of the Arkansas and Mississippi Rivers when they were first contacted by the French explorers Marquette and Joliet in 1673. The Quapaws grew corn, beans, squash, pumpkins, gourds, and tobacco in fields near their villages. Fruits, nuts, seeds, and roots were collected. Deer, bear, and buffalo were hunted, and smaller mammals, wild turkeys, waterfowl, and fish were taken seasonally. After contact with Europeans, melons, peaches and chickens were raised Quapaw women wore deerskin skirts and went topless during the warm seasons.…
Americans helped influence their culture by helping “absorb” them into another different culture. The Cheyenne tribe usually lived in areas around the Great Plains and parts of South Dakota. When it's around summer time they in teepees which are 12-16 feet in diameter. When winter comes around they lived in grass covered prairies.…
The Achumawi was a group of Indians located in the northeast corner of California. It was estimated in 1770 that there were 3,000 Achumawi but the estimate included the Atsugewi who happen to be great friends with Achumawi but are a different tribe entirely. Later on, in the 1910 Census, there is only about 1,000 Achumawi. Achumawi means River people. They were also called Pit River People because of their hunting habits of digging pits to trap deer.…
Native Americans started coming to North America, but while they were there whites started coming and taking over their land. Natives had to adapt to many different things going on around them. Native Americans looked for new opportunities in the west but they lacked money and it made their experience bad. They were dealing with people not liking them and taking advantage of them.…
The Choctaw Native Americans lived in the southeast area of the United States and developed a relationship with the French colonial immigrants. An unknown author recounted his understanding of Choctaw rituals, social structure, the role of women, marriage ceremonies, relationship with the French, and more. Although the exact date of this document is unknown, it is speculated it was written in the late 1700s or early 1800s. This Frenchman was a product of his time, place, and culture. Therefore, he held beliefs and understandings vastly different from that of the Choctaw natives.…
Indigenous Tribe Report: Haida People The Haida people are an indigenous tribe that spans the international boundary between British Columbia, Canada, and Alaska, United States. They also live on two large and many smaller islands, known as Haida Gwaii (which means island of the people). They also live in southeast Alaska. They conduct regular trade with Russia, Spain, Britain, and the U.S., as well as fur and whale traders.…
Before the second millennium, pastoral nomads and settled people had very little contact. They would trade goods that the other society did not possess. Eventually, the pastoralists came to the conclusions that living a settled life was more beneficial. Being in a settled area was better for organized government and growing crops. Pastoral nomads invaded the city-states around them and eventually took over.…
The Modocs were a group of Native Americans who lived secluded in the northeastern side of California near Oregon “near Mt. Shasta”. They lived a quiet lifestyle hunting and gathering off the land, one day white settlers “U.S Army” came and decided to force the Modoc people into reservations off of their native volcanic lava bed land. These Modoc people lead by “Captain Jack “ first were peaceful and tried to deal on these reservations they were forced upon but after they were tired of being forced off their lands and decided to defend the Klamath Reservations against the U.S Army. Once the Modoc people had been successful in keeping the Army off the Klamath Reservation they decided to hold a gathering to In the course of peace talks, negotiators…