Islamic Society of North America

could you imagine drinking poop water? well, that's what the people in Jamestown drank. During winter 1609-1610, two-thirds of the settlement died. 1611 500 and more settlers that arrived from Jamestown 80% were dead. Why did so many colonists die? the early Jamestown colonist died for three main reasons: problems with the environment lack of key skills and the relationships with the natives Americans. problems with the environment caused death in Jamestown. in Doc A it says "because the…

The Indian Removal Act of 1830 was one of America's greatest rhetorical manipulations; as well as, a tragic fate for thousands of Native Americans. President Jackson addresses Congress stating, "It gives me pleasure to announce to Congress that the benevolent policy of the Government...in relation to the removal of the Indians beyond the white settlements is approaching to a happy consummation” (President Jackson's address to Congress). The language used not only misrepresents what actually…

There is a big question that has been lurking around for years. How did the first people get here? This article is about the first Natives came to the Americas. Some of the most popular theories are the Beringia Theory, the Maritime Theory, the South Pacific Atlantic theory, and the Solutrean Theory. According to the Smithsonian Institution’s website,The Beringia Theory is the theory that people traveled across a land bridge between Siberia and what is now known as Alaska by foot…

CULTURE & TRADITIONSNATURE QUICK FACTS SOCIETY Home / Society / Sweden – from Ice Age to IT Age SWEDEN – FROM ICE AGE TO IT AGE Some 100,000 years ago Sweden was covered in ice. Eons later the Vikings put Sweden on the map. And in the last 100 years, Sweden has transformed from a poor nation of farmers to an innovative high-tech nation. START READING Viking-like warriors in the computer game Scrolls, by Swedish Mojang. Photo: Mojang From stone weapons to runic script Welcome to the Ice Age.…

The Europeans infiltrated the interior of the northeastern territory approximately around 1634. The contact with Europeans had damaging affect on Native American populations and their resources. Trigger (1990) mentions, that the Dutch were looking to trade goods such as guns, for Beaver pelts (6). The demand for beaver pelts resulted in the Iroquois expanding their hunting territory into what was deemed Huron territory, and it led to bloody warfare, since Iroquois had larger populace they were…

discovered North and South America also known as “Americas”? Several thousands of years before Christopher Columbus’ ships landed in the Bahamas, a different group of people discovered America. The nomadic ancestors of modern Native Americans who hiked over a “land bridge” from Asia to what is now Alaska more than 12,000 years ago. In fact, by the time European adventurers arrived in the 15th century A.D., scholars estimate that more than 50 million people were already living in the Americas.…

The Columbian exchange was the extensive exchange of plants, animals, ideas, diseases, and technology between the Old World of western Europe and the New World of the Americas. Through this exchange of cultures and resources, both societies became introduced to new substances and concepts that would shape each population for years to come. However, not everything that was introduced proved to be beneficial, and this includes the horrific diseases which were introduced to the Native Americans…

Prior to the arrival of Columbus to the United States the land was primarily occupied by the native tribes. Columbus labeled them as the Indians as a result of his settlement on America instead of India for which he set sail for. The United States harbored various cultures, beliefs, cuisines, languages, dwellings, clothing, and much more from the diversity of each tribe. Studying about the everyday lifestyle of these tribes was of particular interest to me as they pioneered utilitarian ways of…

major ideas in his mind from his adventure in Spanish California. The first one if that he wanted to form permanent trade relations there. The second was that he wanted to found a trading base on what the Russians referred to as the “New Albion” coast north of Spanish territory. With these two ideas, he went to Baranov to convince him of his ideas and how valuable and important they were. So Baranov sent Ivan kuskov ( an employee of long standing) on a voyage to find a site that suits them for…

Oral storytelling is not as popular as it was when Native Americans first populated North America; however, one tribe is known for its legendary Windigo. A Windigo, a man-eating ice giant, who was once a human but his human form is trapped where his heart should be and the people of this tribe who committed sin were sent to him ("Legendary Native”). These northeastern Indians were known for their myths, maple sugar, wild rice, corn, Spearfishing, and squash. The second-largest tribe of Indians…