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    After reading Carlos Montezuma, “What Indians Must Do”, it speaks at the time of adversity for the Indians due to the fact that they were treated horrible during the Progressive Era. As the Indians were restrained by the Bureau of Indian Affairs, Montezuma stated that “Convinced that outsiders exerted too much power over life on the reservations, he insisted that self-determination was the only way for Indians to escape poverty and marginalization.” This address represents the assurance for…

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    World:Native Americans and the Coming of European”, are the general public and historians because the article shows how a lot of people give more importance of American history after Columbus rather than before Columbus and criticize how historians know much less history prior to arrival of columbus in 1492. For instance, the author Neal Salisbury states that “historians now recognize that Europeans arrived, not in a virgin land, but in one that was teeming with several million people (435)”. 2.…

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    Native american people are just like any other people. They live, breath, and eat like everyone else. Their culture is important to them just like the bible is important to us. Don't be a jerk, be a native american jerk. I believe that native american culture should be saved because they are people just like us. They just live different lives, in different places. Most of the indian population is dying down, because nobody is thinking about them and most people don't care. But if the…

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    The history of how America formed can be a hard story to hear. When the Europeans moved in and took the land away from people who already called it their home, the also brought plagues over to the new world. As well as enslaving natives and African Americans where they were treated like animals and property. However, this all led to the creation of the free world and created friendships with other countries. So through all the hardships there were some positives in the long run however more…

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    remains in the present day is the deterioration of Native religions, which can be see through the religious patterns of Native American tribes. According to the University of Baltimore, Dr. Jerry, Fremand stated that there has been a considerable drop in those who subscribe to the traditional animistic religions- in which the premise is centered around the close bonds between people, animals, and the natural environment, and the harmony that must be shared. Fremlo stated that especially amongst…

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    like smallpox, measles, and influenza. Majority of the Europeans were immune to these diseases due to the fact that they raised live stock for quite some time. Therefore, the Native Americans had no immunity to these diseases, because they did not tend to livestock, they were strictly hunter gatherers. But, Native Americans were generally healthier than the European for several reasons. First, they had better diets, and secondly, they migrated to North America during the cold harsh winter, which…

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    Empire was located in the central and southern regions of present-day Mexico, this meaning that resources weren’t always as easy to get. Being isolated geographically made it difficult to know different cultures and it made it difficult to meet other people. Because they lived in the desert, it was often hard for them to transport things…

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    specifically, the video covered the struggles faced by the Native American population and the indigenous Hawaiian population. These two groups of people have had many injustices done to them. They faced similar types of discrimination and in both situations there have been attempts to take the culture and history away from these people. The video also focused heavily on the aspect of land. Both groups, Hawaiians and Native Americans, were settled on their respective land long before white…

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    But the people were not the civilization he thought and the people did not show the characteristics…

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    showing good-will towards the natives he conquered. There were indeed a few rules Cortés stuck by that can be considered honorable rules of engagement, and so good-willed. An example of these rules is that Cortés does not let his soldiers pillage the people they come across. Castillo tells of a time when the Sempoallans under Cortés’ control had plundered a local town unbeknownst to him. His reaction was one of fury as he ordered them to return the items they had stolen. Cortés went on to say,…

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