Native Americans During The New World

Elementary years are a crucial time for learning and molding ideas into a young child’s mind. As young scholars, they are taught basic information on all subjects such as science, math, reading/writing, and social studies. Social studies, for instance, is a great example of how ideas are being presented to the young mind. Because many facts and ideas have been tweaked and changed, many young children and adolescents have incorrect information on several historical events. An example being, as a youngster we are given the image of Native Americans as uneducated, ruthless wild beings, sharecroppers, and essentially as barbarians. We are also taught that Colonial times were all about the Europeans and Africans and their own shared conflicts, but they often forget to mention much of the struggles Indians came …show more content…
We have learned that that is not the case on some occasions, and that there is always more to the facts being presented. The history of Native Americans during the New World really fit the criteria of facts not being presented correctly. It was not only about the usual talked about Europeans and Africans, it was also about the accommodations and the refusals of the indigenous beings. They were not just barbaric people who killed and sought revenge, there were people who were forced to assimilate all these new ideas, people, goods, and, in their case, even their wellbeing was forced to adapt. James H. Merrell indeed argued and succeeded proving to the readers how the Colonial era was not entirely just about the standard information you usually learn about. The Indians’ New World by Mr. James H. Merrell was a great article that convinced the audience that there was more to the history of the New World. It might have been a New World for the foreigners, but for the indigenous Natives, it was their Old World and most importantly their