Iroquois

The Indian Removal Act, or Trail of Tears, was a massive forced migration of many Indian tribes in the southeastern United States in the mid 1800’s. The Indian Removal Act caused a massive disturbance in the Native American tribes of the southeast United States. In the early 1830’s thousands of Cherokee Indians lived on a vast expanse of the southeastern United States, however, in the end of the 1840’s hardly any remained as a result of the Indian Removal Act (History). The Indian Removal Act…

defend their territory. Each tribe had to choose an enemy to support, because the Natives did not have a strong enough army to defend themselves on their own. Most chose the French because of their economic ties, including the tribes part of the Iroquois Confederacy. The colonists also participated in the war by helping supply the British forces and sending men to fight. Despite their…

Anthropology appeared as a distinct field of study during the nineteenth century. Europe’s successful efforts in geographical exploration, and the colonization of the America facilitated public intrigue regarding the relationship between human evolution, nature and culture. Early anthropological theory was highly concerned with the classification of cultures and peoples along a static, evolutionary timeline, ascending from savagery to barbarism, and finally to civilization, typified by European…

It is estimated that the first habitants of North America moved there from Asia. Over time, a large group of them began to slowly expand southward, occupying most of the territory we now call "United States". They came to populate a fairly large area whose main areas were the shores of the Pacific Ocean in the northeast, in the mountains and deserts of the Southwest, and the Mississippi River in the Midwest. As we can see, the main groups of early settlers of America were expanding into areas…

John Adams- During Adams's presidency, a war between the French and British was causing political difficulties for the United States. Adams's administration focused its diplomatic efforts on France, whose government had suspended commercial relations. Adams sent three commissioners to France, but the French refused to negotiate unless the United States agreed to pay what amounted to a bribe. When this became public knowledge, the nation broke out in favor of war. However, Adams did not call for…

susceptible to influenza, measles, and smallpox. It spread like wild fire and struck many communities throughout the region. With the decline in their population, many Munsees accepted adoption into other Indian nations like the Susquehannocks and Iroquois. Others decided to leave their land and escaped the invading colonists and their…

The second half of the twentieth century brought great changes to both anthropological theory as well as the perception of mental health. After the end of World War II and throughout the Cold War, a large demand for new university programs and faculty emerged due to the GI bill. This allowed many more Americans to study anthropology as a profession, shifting professional positions from governmental work to teaching jobs in new universities. The tension during this time of war gave way to new…

South America. There were all different kinds of groups of them. There were Mayans and Aztecs in South America just south of the Gulf of Mexico (5). In North America, there were a vast majority of tribes of Indians. The best-known tribe was the Iroquois Hurons. and next came the Inca Empire that Francisco and Pizarro discovered (16). This empire was one of the most sophisticated empires, they had ever seen in the Americas, by far (15). Some of the first settlements in the North Americas were…

militia established in French and English speaking communities throughout the colony. It was this system of British soldiers and sailors supported by the volunteer Canadians who responded to the American invasion. A significant role was played by the Iroquois federation and other aboriginal warriors who rose to support the British and who played a prominent part in the defense of Canada. Together, the heroism of these groups during the War of 1812 helped establish our footing on the path to…

The only way to truly understand someone is when you have gone through what this person has gone through. In Custer Died for Your Sins, Vine Deloria Jr. says “Anyone and everyone who knows an Indian or who is interested, immediately and thoroughly understands them.” White people believed that Indians are so easy to read and so understandable, meanwhile they have no idea what difficulties and struggles they went through. The Indians got stereotyped for being something that isn’t true and their…