The environment has a large impact on the actions of humans. People adapt to their enviroment in order to survive and to make living more enjoyable. The climate of the western United States greatly influenced the culture and lifestyle of the native americans. When the Europeans invaded North America, the environment shaped the relationship between the natives and the Europeans. Historically the relationship between the natives and the European settlers is characterized by the anamosity between the two. This agreswsiveness torwards one another can be seen in the relationship between the Cheyenne natives and the settlers of the Colorado gold rush. The major changes in the enivronment pushed the Cheyenne natives and the European into conflict
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Over hunting, deforrestation, or desurction of other resources also forces humans to adapt. In North America over hunting of the buffalo and beavers as well as over grazing played a large roll in North american history. This was a result of the European settlers who wanted these resources leading to two species almost going extinct. The natives required the same resources of survivial creating harsh compitition between the two which eventually would lead to conflict. West points out how the scarcity of the buffalo leads to contests between all grous in the area "As the bison disappeared to the west, the herds in the vital center were about the only ones in the region. The competition …show more content…
The horses bought over by the new settles had a profound impact on many different native cultures. West said of this "Horses appealed to plainsmen, most obviously, because they helped them do traditional work more efficiently, just as a pot made cooking easier.".3 Hunting, farming, and the lifestyle of the natives was suddenly changed. Nomadic life style was much easier and hunting of animals such as the buffalo was suddenly possible. Although this change was largely positive for the various natives it did have a part in the conflict in the midwest. The horse was very much used as an instrament of war by all people. Conflict between different native groups in creased and the range of a tribes territory increased and the in crease in nomadic lifestyle cause them to butt heads more
Over hunting, deforrestation, or desurction of other resources also forces humans to adapt. In North America over hunting of the buffalo and beavers as well as over grazing played a large roll in North american history. This was a result of the European settlers who wanted these resources leading to two species almost going extinct. The natives required the same resources of survivial creating harsh compitition between the two which eventually would lead to conflict. West points out how the scarcity of the buffalo leads to contests between all grous in the area "As the bison disappeared to the west, the herds in the vital center were about the only ones in the region. The competition …show more content…
The horses bought over by the new settles had a profound impact on many different native cultures. West said of this "Horses appealed to plainsmen, most obviously, because they helped them do traditional work more efficiently, just as a pot made cooking easier.".3 Hunting, farming, and the lifestyle of the natives was suddenly changed. Nomadic life style was much easier and hunting of animals such as the buffalo was suddenly possible. Although this change was largely positive for the various natives it did have a part in the conflict in the midwest. The horse was very much used as an instrament of war by all people. Conflict between different native groups in creased and the range of a tribes territory increased and the in crease in nomadic lifestyle cause them to butt heads more