Native American use of fire

Native American Music When contemplating different topics for this paper, I was trying to decide which type of music would be of the most interest to me. After thinking about the numerous subjects that I could write about, I decided to research and further my understanding of Native American Music. I have chosen to write about Native American Music because I myself am from Native American decent. It really made me think twice about my understanding of the subject when you asked us in class who…

between the Native Americans and European settlers, one must first learn the cultural differences between them. While, some Native American’s learned to “coexist” with new foreign settlers trading and interacting with them, other natives did not like these invaders and were eventually destroyed, usually by force. These new Europeans tried to bring their new way of life to the natives while these people just wanted to maintain their traditional and natural way of life. Native Americans wanted to…

the harshness of the world for someone from the dying Native American culture, because that is indeed his own point of view. As stated, Alexie grew up in Wellpinit, Washington, located on the Spokane Indian Reservation. He has a great deal to say about the reservation and very much of it is negative, falling in line with a childhood surrounded by poverty, alcoholism, and ridicule for being different. Alexie’s portrayals of Native Americans living on the reservations are very real and human;…

The Cheyenne Native American Dull Knife once said, “All we ask for is to live and live in peace” (332). The quote exemplifies the relationship between the Native Americans and the United States government. The Native Americans did not agree with the American settlers coming into their territory and using their beloved natural resources. As more policies were enacted and more settlers came into the unsettled territories inhabited by the Native Americans, the more likely a violent dispute…

article “Insult or Honor,” Alessandra Potenza talks about the professional football team, the Washington Redskins, and their controversial Native American Mascot. While many other sports teams, from elementary schools on up to college and professional teams, have names with roots in Native American culture, the Redskins have recently come under fire. Native American groups have targeted the team, claiming the name is “offensive” and “racist,” and have peppered them with letters, lawsuits,…

Native Americans have been overlooked when dealing with Colonial history due to a lack of evidence and bias. Early historians did not have access to evidence that came directly from Native Americans. Most of the evidence came from journals, diaries and other forms of record that belonged to the colonists, which described their encounters with Native Americans. This lack of evidence leads to pro-European bias because early historians only had the Europeans’ perspectives. The exploration of new…

brutal conquest of the Native Americans. “There are other causes of just wars less clear and less frequent, but not therefore less just or based any less on natural and divine law, and one of them is the conquest by arms, if no other way is possible, of those who by natural condition must obey others and refuse to do so. The greatest philosophers state that this type of war is just according to the laws of nature…” (Sepulveda, 66-70). According to this, the Native Americans are essentially…

The great American plains bison has had a very interesting past in America and has served a various amount of purposes. The American bison played a crucial role in the native American tribe’s ways of life here in Colorado. The American Bison also made an impact not only on the settlers of Colorado but on the north American prairie. On the verge of extinction, the bison was able to repopulate with help with Americas National Parks. After sometime Colorado cultivated its own herd of genetically…

by having good survival skills, being a successful healer, and respect with the Native…

Indians in Indiana. Prior to knowing about Angel Mounds, I thought I would have to travel to the Southwest to see any type of structure left by early Native Americans. It was interesting to learn what that the mound were built for many purposes and that you can tell by their different shapes what they were used for. In The Sacred Wisdom of the American Indians, there is an explanation on the different types of mounds. Burial mounds are either “conical or linear” and they “often contained more…