Native American Essay

My knowledge of Native of Americans was very minimal prior to the class lectures and film. After watching the film, “Wounded Knee” I see the viewpoints of the Natives. Their culture has fought for freedom since the beginning. Protesting in order to be heard by the American government must have been difficult to process. The extent to which they took their protest was a testament to the severity of the problem. For example, they claimed they were holding people hostage, vandalized stores and…

When facing Native American abnormalities, explorers are quick to criticize their culture and traditions, despite their complex advancements compared to European society. Explorer’s inclinations toward the Natives were harsh and degrading. Luckily as the century grew, people’s attitude fluctuated from mainstream thoughts as they took a closer look at the native inhabitants. Explorers realized that what they fathomed were misconceptions toward the American Indians. At the beginning of the age of…

but that's not just a problem of today but also of ancient times, like when the Europeans came to America, they tried to put their religion to the natives Americans and often subjected to severe torture to learn and accept their religion, this small example of culture shock to see the difference between them as they had viewed the world. Native Americans had a culture which was based in nature, did not have a system government markets, were not ambitious, always they share each other what little…

The history of American Indians is not well taught amongst the general population. For many, the extent of their knowledge consists of racist depictions of armed conflict between white colonists and Native people, such as the movie They Died With Their Boots On. This film glorifies Custer and demonizes the Indians as savage and stupid. Films like that one reflect how the history of Native people is understood as a history of war. However, most only consider it as war between Indians and settlers…

War is nearing us Native Americans in the Ohio River Valley. However, it is not the Native Americans who are fighting directly, they must choose a side on which to fight on. These sides are the English and the French. They are fighting for control over the Ohio River Valley, an area that both countries have claimed. The Europeans are in dispute of this land because they want to grow their worldwide colonial empires so that they can gain more wealth and prosper. The Native Americans who win would…

It was right for the settlers to take the native americans land in order to move west ward because the native americans can´t be subjected by other society, they did a great job to rebel themselves with Europeans. At the end of the 15th century, the Europeans emigrated and decided to move to America without any type of authorization. Even though Europe helped and brought to the Native American lands many things that they had not discovered before like horses, chocolate, better defense…

Native American Settlement in North America About ten thousand years before Columbus arrived to the Americas, the Native Americans trekked across the Bering strait, a vast land bridge between modern day Russia and Alaska. Towards the end of the last Ice Age, the natives followed their prey, which lead them into the New World. Native Americans adapted and transformed to the new American lands, but when the Europeans finally arrived in the Americas, they influenced the Native American settlements…

clash of cultures, ideas, religions, and ideas ensued. The drastic differences between European and Native American beliefs will forever shape the history of colonized America. European society had not previously witnessed a society so drastically different from theirs. This extreme difference led to hatred, bitterness, and resentment. With growing colonization the hatred for the settlers drove natives to war. “Indian war parties attacked frontier settlements, killing their inhabitants, burning…

NATIVE AMERICANS (Lesson 1) A few years ago, I was invited out to the San Carlos Apache Indian Reservation, located in southeastern Arizona. It was during this visit that I was first exposed to the harsh reality of what the American Indians endured by the Whites (Americans/Europeans). After reviewing Lesson 1, it became obvious to me that much of the atrocities against the Indians and their history were never taught in elementary school. The general belief amongst the whites is that the Indians…

Native American Life prior to the European Arrival Contrary to the Europeans’ thoughts upon their arrival, the native peoples living in the Americas had a thriving society. While conflicts and battles did arise, the Native Americans possessed characteristics ideal for their environment and which helped their society prosper. Using their natural resources, the American Indians established a culture that, in some ways, was far superior to the society of Europe. Social structure was a vital…