Native American history

When you see a historical movie, do you think about if it is accurate. Today Hollywood has revised history to make it an appealing story line for the audience. On June 27, 2000 the movie The Patriot was put out to the public. The Patriot has earned many awards such as BMI film and TV award and the Blockbuster entertainment award. It was a phenomenal film back then and today. But critics like Robert Ebert states “ None of it has much to do with the historical reality of the Revolutionary War.”…

considered myself a history buff, nor do I tend to indulge myself in any sort of history in my spare time. Like many others, I took this course, Role Playing American History, in order to fulfill a general education requirement, and my counselor said she has heard this course is pretty entertaining. However, I found myself truly enjoying this course for many reasons beyond being able to argue with my classmates. This course truly did help me to better learn about American history for several…

As more and more evidence surfaces, more artifacts are being dug up. Most people believe that artifacts should not be dug up. Why? You might ask. A lot of people are started to fight against the relocation of artifacts, (ex) If an artifact was found in Rome, and it was taken to a U.S Museum. This would first of all, defeat the main purpose of traveling, to see the artifacts that belong to the country/state. In other words artifacts look more natural in its original place, instead of a Museum.…

Native Americans all across North America have been mistreated since the Europeans first arrived. Despite being treated slightly better than the dust on the ground, they mainly kept to their ways. They never took too much from the land, and many tribes had a well formed way of life. Fast forward to around the 1800’s and they are still living this way, but many are being mistreated. Europeans explored and took land at every chance. This led to many of the remaining Native Americans to be on the…

The writer Howard Zinn recited this phrase "history is the memory of the states" in a reading called “A People’s History of the United States”. In my own opinion, this is related to the fact of production of historical knowledge and preservation which is an aspect of state power in a similar way to the following sentence that says "winners write history books" where states who have more power determine what story they want the world to know. An example that represents this is the movie "Damiana"…

History Adrift History, according to Edward Said, is an being that “leaves its traces on all of us whether or not we recognize them”. Said’s suggestion within this statement is that we all, whether voluntarily or involuntarily, become historical subjects and are intertwined through the relationship of past and present moments. Examples of the unknown traces of existence that history can leave be behind are found in modern academia, art, and many other areas of life. However, due to various…

History is constant, as each day’s action adds to the story of civilization. Some events and actions have a greater impact on the world and what is to follow. In the thirteenth century, such events and actions launched civilization on a path that would lead to the creation of the Atlantic world, thus changing the face of the Earth and world history forever. At the beginning of the thirteenth century, new inventions, new technology, and new civilizations would eventually prime the creation of the…

The values of a community are constantly changing as time passes. What is accepted as normal at one time could be seen as outrageous in another. The thing about history is that people in the present look into the past with their own thoughts on what the world must be like, so figures in history rarely remain evaluated as they are. Two historical figures that started off so similar but are seen as so different in the present day are Malinche and Pocahontas, both indigenous women who eventually…

interpret history. “Landscape and Narrative,” a chapter from Barry Lopez’s Crossing Open Ground, looks at a distinct dichotomy that exists between the authentic and the inauthentic, explaining that there is not just one way to see history. Lopez discusses different narratives, and how the true history affects which ones get passed on. There are two common narratives that have endured regarding the relationship that exists between Native Americans and the environment: 1. Native Americans had a…

Santa Fe Indian Market: A History of Native Arts and the Marketplace Bruce Bernstein allows readers to learn the history of Southwestern native artists and the marketplace that constructs the Santa Fe Indian Market. Many thought the market would preserve Native American cultures; some thought it would be the demise of Native cultures . The Santa Fe Market has not always been a widely known established place, but over decades it came to its present-day prestige. Bernstein writes from the early…