Islamic Society of North America

social practices, and more than three hundred separate languages has evolved in North America before European conquest. Members of different groups trades goods over extremely long distances. Burial mounds in the Ohio Valley, for example, have yielded obsidian from western Wyoming, shells from Florida, mica quarried in North Carolina and Tennessee, and copper from near Lake Superior. Yet how ever advanced the Native America cultures of the south and Mississippi Valley may have been, both…

Leif Erikson is the first person to ever set foot on North American soil. We do not know the exact time of his birth and all of his travels, but it is known that his travels are true. He found Vinland, a place that we now know as North America. Leif Erikson was the second of three sons to Erik the Red, the first person to discover and establish a colony in Greenland (Staff, 2010). Most historians believe he was born around 960 A.D., although his true birth date is unknown. Despite being most…

General racism, environmental devastation, and poverty on Indian reservations makes it burdensome for many Native people to live according to their traditions. As many are simply trying to survive daily life, they do not have the energy, money, or time to be taught and teach their indigenous languages and cultures. For some Native peoples, their very survival is dependent on preserving their language and particular ways of life. While it does seem that some languages and cultures are in danger…

The end of the Plains Indians was caused by many factors, including the rising tension between the Indians and the settlers, decline of the Buffalo population, and the assimilation of the Indian people. The most important factor in the decline of the Plains Indians culture was the assimilation of the Indians. The tension between the Indians and the settlers had been built over many years. The settlement of the white men brought disease and death to the Indians and they were not equipped to…

go to unlocking some of its unknown history? The way Tennessee became a state is truly surprising. It came to statehood on June 1, 1796, with the help of North Carolina of course. “Land grant acts passed in North Carolina created a booming market in Tennessee land before actual settlers had ever arrived” (“From Territory to Statehood”). North Carolina helped put this state on the map and did not even fully know it yet. In addition, the four major periods of native people that came way before…

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 agriculture which allowed for large cities and settlements to develop, while those in the Great Plains developed migrant lifestyles, following…

Are you aware of the problems the Native Americans faced during the Westward Expansion? The theme of this paper is to explain how Native Americans were affected by Westward Expansion. Native Americans faced many problems when the whites moved west. Three ways Natives were affected was how the whites moved them off of their land, sent their children to boarding schools and many were killed. It changed many lives and gave Natives a different outlook on their past. One way that the Natives were…

that there was no story to be told on the reservation. These feelings are understandable when life before the reservation and life after are compare. Before the encroachment of whites into the plains, Plains Indians were in the golden age of their society. There were no drawn borders, Plains Indians traveled and hunted as they pleased. As horses and guns were introduced to Native Americans by Europeans, the qualities and…

If you are planning to take a cruise boat set in the Caribbean Sea, then, it is not sufficient that you scream for joy. It is best to set your feet in the immaculate white sands of Aruba. This place was acknowledged to be a spot for honeymooners. However, this is not the case any longer as it can be a place for the family. You can see the place offering a romantic setting for pairs. There are also diverse zones that showcase quaint view. If you think that Aruba is just drenched in the sun, you…

As a proud and humbled Native American, that is apart of a group of people who were the first settlers on the face of the American Continent, and to go up against the disadvantages and unfairness that we were treated with, makes me feel disturbed and enraged. The settlers deprived us from our land, enforced their religion, shifted us onto reservation camps and had the audacity to call us godless savages. According to them, the only reason why they came here originally was to get out of the…