Indigenous peoples of the Americas

is a domesticated grass plant bred to produce large grains, first domesticated by the native people of Mexico almost 10,000 years ago. 2. American southwest: Natives that dwelled in stationary villages that used agriculture as a source of food. Included tribes such as the Apache, Hopi, Navajo, Pueblo, and Zuni. 3. Irrigation, settlement, and diversification among societies: Societies throughout the Americas lived distinct lifestyles. Those in the southwest utilized irrigation to supplement…

groups of people. With people traveling to different parts of the world that had never been visited before they brought along with them diseases that these indigenous people have never been introduced to before. Smallpox was the main disease that claimed many lives but it was accompanied with others such as measles, diphtheria, whooping cough, and influenza that helped the death toll rise in the beginning of the sixteenth century. The reason that these diseases were so harmful to these…

perfect opportunity to take the wealth of these peoples, obtain territory, and maybe convert a few souls to Catholicism. However, these civilizations were very large and very strong. The courage, strength, and the will of an “almighty God” of a small band of Spanish conquistadores would not be enough to lead to the downfall of these mighty empires. Rather, regardless of how “superior” the Spanish thought themselves…

‘discovering America’. He helped grow the trans-atlantic slave trade and introduced deadly diseases to the population that eventually killed thousands of native americans. When he captured them as slaves, he made them work on plantations and search for gold in mines. By doing this, he took advantage of the natives. In fact, he would trade small trinkets like compasses and scissors with them for their most valuable possessions. Him, his family, and his followers also went after the indigenous…

The creation and introduction of the Bering Land Bridge hypothesis provided Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples with an explanation for how the peopling of North America came to occur that is separate from traditional Indigenous origin stories. However, it is key to note that, as with any hypothesis, there are academics who agree and disagree with the idea that people migrated from Asia to North America along the Bering land bridge (McIlwraith, 2016). The book by Dan O’Neill entitled The Last…

racial ideals and constructions that exist in modern Latin America. Race and ethnicity know as fixed referents that people grow up learning. The word “race” can be traces back to the sixteenth century European languages. During this time period, race was mostly used to discuss the lineage of a group of people. However, this all change when the Portuguese, Spanish, Italian, and the French sailed into…

The Imperialism of Latin America throughout History Latin America has constantly been colonized or influenced by outside entities since the new world was discovered in the sixteenth century. Subsequently, these outside influences have constantly shaped Latin America into a part of the world that continuously benefits a small number of elites, and foreign interests. While the average Latin American citizen does not gain any advantage from outside influence, they are constantly fighting for a…

Columbus Day holiday. However, as the Columbus Day holiday reaches its 524th anniversary, it is noteworthy that the subject has grown into a conflicting and controversial matter in recent years. The topic of debate is whether Columbus’s arrival in the Americas should be memorialized or not. The Columbus Day holiday trademarks the triumphant encounter that gives us today’s society, but it is also a reminder and a constant manifestation of the sorrow that came along with the development of our…

specifically chapter 6 titled: Colonial Identity Rhetorics, author James M. Córdova explains the impact that visual art had on the people of a blended society in which combined Euro- Christians and the indigenous mesoamericans of Mexico. During the eighteenth century, Mexico was under Spanish ruling and was called New Spain. Spanish monarch forced the indigenous people of mesoamerica to worship their God and follow their religion of christianity. As both cultures fused together, there was a…

The United States was one of four countries who originally did not sign the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous People, (UNDRIP) in 2007; it has since signed but has not fully committed to the Document. This begs the question, is the United States in compliance with this Declaration? The United States was the last country to endorse the UNDRIP in 2010, three years after its ratification. The UNDRRIP was established to help aboriginal populations save their culture and…