The cultural clash between the European White Colonizers and Native Americans developed because of the differences in cosmology, technology, and the cultural bias the European Colonizers held against the Native American people. This clash demonstrates how these differences caused domination, opposition, and superiority among these two cultures. Such things as access to natural resources, the Europeans confidence in their god given right to rule the world, as well as the Europeans views of the indigenous peoples as inferior established each cultures place in history. The cultural clash created when these two cultures collided is one that has been felt throughout history and is still seen today. Advances in technologies, when brought together,
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The European Colonizers believed that it was their god given right to expand their territory and bring forth a new way of living, new crops, and new riches westward regardless of how it was done. They believed it their “manifest destiny” to take over the land that once belonged to the Native Americans and is portrayed in the painting titled American Progress by John Gast. The Native Americans, after viewing the Europeans actions, felt they were untrustworthy and destructive. For example, in Mountain Windsong, during the battle of Horseshoe Bend that was inevitably won by the Cherokee, Jackson promised “as long as the sun shines and the grass grows, he said, you and me are going to be friends, and the feet of the Cherokee will be pointed east” (p.8). However, when Janaluska went to speak with President Jackson he failed to live up to his word and refused to even see Janaluska. At this point in Mountain Windsong, the Cherokees realized the white man’s word held no meaning. This was a disgrace to the natives because in Cherokee land, the Native Americans word was their bond, it was their honor. Another vast difference in cosmology was the understanding of a women’s virginity. In accordance to the Jadeo-Christian belief, a woman was to stay a virgin until she was married and that if she were to have sex before this, she would be ruined and considered
The European Colonizers believed that it was their god given right to expand their territory and bring forth a new way of living, new crops, and new riches westward regardless of how it was done. They believed it their “manifest destiny” to take over the land that once belonged to the Native Americans and is portrayed in the painting titled American Progress by John Gast. The Native Americans, after viewing the Europeans actions, felt they were untrustworthy and destructive. For example, in Mountain Windsong, during the battle of Horseshoe Bend that was inevitably won by the Cherokee, Jackson promised “as long as the sun shines and the grass grows, he said, you and me are going to be friends, and the feet of the Cherokee will be pointed east” (p.8). However, when Janaluska went to speak with President Jackson he failed to live up to his word and refused to even see Janaluska. At this point in Mountain Windsong, the Cherokees realized the white man’s word held no meaning. This was a disgrace to the natives because in Cherokee land, the Native Americans word was their bond, it was their honor. Another vast difference in cosmology was the understanding of a women’s virginity. In accordance to the Jadeo-Christian belief, a woman was to stay a virgin until she was married and that if she were to have sex before this, she would be ruined and considered