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The Native American culture is based on an oral tradition, passed down by the elders of a tribe generation to generation. The elders were central to the survival of the Native American culture; teaching the children the history and traditions of their ancestors. In 1645, after disease visited Martha’s Vineyard, a survivor lamented that all the…

discussed the oppression that African Americans face in America and the reasoning behind why this struggle continues to plague our society. In America the issue of race, equality and justice has become a conversation that no one can escape having. Although slavery ended in 1865, it did not bring about the complete solution of freedom from racism, violence and prejudice for African Americans in America. This work represents the feelings and injustice African Americans face today and gives an…

After reading Fred Anderson’s account of the siege of Fort William Henry in The Crucible of War, and watching Michael Mann’s film, The Last of the Mohicans, several distinct differences are evident, but overall Mann pays attention to detail while still maintaining historical integrity. Mann added theatrical elements of romance and dynamic characters to make the film entertaining, but rarely used those elements as a way to mask the historical significance and reality of the events. The movie…

he was born. He hears of the great American dream and he starts to raise money to go to America. However, on arrival he discovers the dream is hard to accomplish than he had hoped.…

Facing the continuing decline of their population Native Americans called upon neighboring missionaries to aid them. This turning away from traditions was an added challenge to medicine men and traditional culture. Native Americans understood that European medicine came with the expectation of an earnest study of Christianity. Missionaries initially welcomed the desperate natives who were willing to study whichever religion in exchange for medical aid. In Oregon, the Whitman massacre is one…

Leonard Peltier is an imprisoned Native American. He lived on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation and was arrested after an incident on the property. May events lead up to his arrest. The first incident happened on February 27, 1973. Members of the American Indian Movement, or AIM, staged a seventy-two-day occupation of land called, Wounded Knee. Their mission was to protest injustices against their tribes, such as violations of the many treaties. The United States government responded with a…

Great Britain emerged, this conflict led to a war called the War of 1812 or the Anglo-American War in which the United States defended trade law freely with other countries. During this war there were different ideologies and different points of view, there were four main perspectives which were: American perspective, British perspective, Canadian perspective,…

wives and mothers who wanted to know more about money and the economy. She also wrote An Appeal in Favor of That Class of Americans Called Africans in 1833, which talked about the inequality of education and employment for African Americans, and she was later ostracized for doing so. Along with working with and for African Americans, she also wrote in support of Native Americans some of her works include, Hobomok (1824) and An Appeal for the Indians (1868). And in the midst of all of her…

Between the years of 1778 and 1871, the United States was entering many treaties with the Native American Indians living in the territories and states of the country, promising benefits, protection, and a better life. There was an estimated of more than five hundred treaties, most of which were never ratified. The Treaty of the Apache was one of them. This paper will provide information about the United States government offering rights, protection, and guarantees to Indians that were never…

There is a current sociological event happening right now, where thousands of people have passed or are passing through the camp of Standing Rock calling themselves water protectors. A 1,200-mile-long pipeline is being constructed by a Texas based energy company called Energy Transfer. The pipeline also known as the Dakota Access Pipeline, is designed to transport 570,000 barrels of crude oil per day from North Dakota to Illinois. The Pipeline project originally proposed to go over the…