Appropriation of the Native American culture in fashion merchandisers has degraded the significance and power behind each element of the Native identity. ... They way that fashion industry has interpreted Native American culture and/or style, has influenced the way Americans now think of Indians. ... For example, Victoria Secret presented a bathing suit inspired by the Native American culture. ... The Native American culture holds a lot of value in their clothing making process. ... They have promoted misconceptions of the Native American's cultural history. ...

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In general, however, Native Americans are portrayed as a form of civilized wildlife. ... This naturally led to plenty of misunderstandings between the emigrants and Native Americans. ... There were many instances when Native Americans would risk their lives in order to save drowning Americans (72,79). ... The American emigrants would have never been able to complete their journeys without the vital aid provided by the Native Americans. ... These narratives seldom mentioned the social interactions that occurred between the Americans and the Native American tribes. ...

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The culture of the Native Americans has definitely not been an exception to this over the past years in America's history. ... From religion, to clothing, and even Native American food, the culture is just not the same as it once was. ... The Native Americans lived a very simple and peaceful way of life. ... When the European settlers arrived in America, their western way of life completely clashed with Native American culture. ... The Native Americans were often slaughtered by the Europeans, drastically declining their population. ...

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There are many people that realize what problems Native Americans deal with that are expressed in the book, The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian. ... To begin, one of the problems expressed in the book, is the living conditions of the Native Americans, this a huge problem because majority Native Americans live in low quality houses, this are major problem because it has a huge impact on the family and the community. In the Meriam Report it states that "The Native Americans are easily sickened because they are closer together.... Based off of these fact people can conclude tha...

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Native Americans, many of whom sided with the British in hopes of stopping colonial expansion onto native land, had large tribal territories relinquished to the newly formed United States after the war. The next 50 years following the end of the war saw a myriad of American sentiment towards Native Indians. U.S. policies of the 1880's and 1890's attempted to force American culture and education on Native Indians in an effort to form a docile relationship. As American expansion continued West following the Louisiana Purchase of 1803, Native Indians were seen as a nuisance impeding t...

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The land grab and expansion west placed all native Americans into harms way. The establishment of the United States of America would be the defining point for the Native American Indians because this created a government with colonial motivation. ... After the independence from England America turned its attention toward Native Americans who were in the way of expansion. ... The quest for more land and gold were the driving force behind the destruction of the Native Americans. ... This hurts the image of Native Americans, but I still support the issue if it betters the quality of life for Nati...

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One movie that is mostly referred to for people studying about Native American Cinema is Smoke Signals. The film is credited be the first movie that has been produced, directed, and even has actors of Native American origin. ... In light of this very aspect, the film Smoke Signals can be portrayed as a plight of two Native American sons. ... This feature is easily recognizable by anyone who would have closely interacted with Native Americans in their life. ... The film also delivers quite a bit of criticism about the numerous Native American stereotypes that is well-deserved, while in the ...

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These views that the first settlers had of the Native Americans influenced the way that many people categorized Native Americans throughout history. ... The settlers did not even give the Native American religions a chance they set out on a mission to save the Native Americans by helping them find their God, they basically were taking away the Native Americans freedom to their own religious beliefs. ... The Native Americans also looked different than the settlers. ... That is one of the major factors in the perspective that white man often has regarding Native Americans, they group all ...

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Cultural interaction had allowed for the impending impact to be staved off for a little longer – some Native Americans were employed as day laborers by the English, and some indentured servants had fled their English masters to Native American villages. ... Firstly, one must consider the culture and social structure of the Native Americans before they came into contact with the Europeans. ... This separation did not exist to Native Americans – rather, everything was connected and coexisted. ... Although the Native Americans did not technically consider the land to be theirs, here c...

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African Americans, Native Americans, and women during the American Revolution experience a small amount of equality. ... The Revolution held no promise for the Native Americans. Territorial expansion was one problem Native Americans faced during this time. ... Native Americans attempted to retain their identity in spite of the Revolution's promise of a changed nation. ... Native Americans did not experience any benefit as the blacks and women did during this time. ...

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Native Americans occupied the land in North America as far as 15,000-20,000 years ago, there were even bands of these people living there during the Ice Age. ... The American Indian Wars were the set of conflicts between the new American settlers and the Native American people from their initial arrival all the way until as late as 1890. Most of these quarrels were local and compact between small groups of colonists and individual tribes of Native Americans; they were usually over some kind of resource or over the expansion of the population onto already claimed territories. ... In other circu...

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Native Americans lived on this land that we now call America for centuries following their own way of life. ... This changed the Native Americans structure of society and life for the worst. ... An interesting question that comes to mind and brings up an ideal topic for discussion is why did Indians (Native Americans) have trouble understanding Christianity? ... Native Americans already had a civilization of their own, including religious beliefs and practices, that closely paralleled the beliefs and practices of European civilization. ... Native Americans did not understand Christianity since...

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The two clearly split economic systems did not only affect whites, but also other subordinate racial groups as well; for example, black Americans' suffering under slavery, Native Americans' forcible removal, and Mexican Americans' experience of discrimination all have a lot to do with it. ... However, blacks were not alone; Native Americans experienced even worse situations; they were totally excluded from the Anglo world. ... So, the solution was to drive Native Americans, the indigenous inhabitants, away from their native land, all the way to the Indian Territory, which was l...

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Enraged by what king did, the colonist resolved this by disguising themselves as Native Americans and dumped 18,000 pounds of tea into the ocean. ... When they met the Native Americans, they survived through their friendship and began having good relations with them. However, over time, the colonist's and the Native American's relationship became rocky when there were many bad rumors going around. The colonist became more aggressive; being greedy in taking more land and deterred the Native's trust when the Pilgrims first attacked them in 1623. In return, to keep up with their p...

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Another impact on both the Native Americans and the Europeans was the sharing of native crops to each other. ... The horse highly effected the lives of the Native Americans by improving their hunting abilities. ... Europeans unknowingly brought with them many diseases that eventually plagues the Native Americans. ... Also, the ill treatment of the Native Americans by the land hungry Europeans virtually wiped out their civilization. ... Europeans brought the crops of maize, manioc, and sweet potatoes, which they had received, from the Native Americans, to Africa. ...

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Racial disputes largely involved Native Americans, African Americans, and Mexicans, while religious disagreements involved mostly Catholic discrimination and the ideas of strict Protestantism. ... This new concept influenced Americans to start believing they were the only race fit to live and govern the nation of the United States, and this created somewhat of racial discrimination between settlers, African Americans, Native Americans, and Mexicans. It was clear that Americans justified taking away Indian land, and they continuously pushed Native Americans westward in order to extend and expan...

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Reading through this book allows you to see not only how America has become the nation she is today ecologically but it also shows the ecological state of New England during Native American inhabitation and the radical changes that were caused by the European way of life. ... They had never really encountered landscape they had not been "domesticated," where as the Native Americans thrived in such a land. The Native Americans saw their lives in the land as symbiotic relationship meaning that they respected their environment and the laws of nature in all regards. ... The Europeans tho...

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The Spanish grouped all of the natives and forced them to participate in their haciendas. They fought many battles with the native populations and disrupted their previous customs and traditions. ... After being put in camps, however, the natives grew apart from these ideas and wanted the Spanish to leave. ... Because of all of this harsh treatment to the indigenous cultures during the exploration of the Americas, many people with the native roots of the Americas still hold a grudge against other populations. If the Spanish never explored the Americas, the native populations would probably hav...

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Chief Joseph also raise the issue of equality of Native Americans and unrighteousness that they are witnesses. ... So as we can easily compare: in 1881 Native Americans held 155 million acres, in 1900 they retained almost half of that. ... They were fully supported by Bureau of Land Management in selection of the lands that are based on the best interest of Natives. ... Money from selling the former lands of American Indians to White settlers will be spend in future for teaching young Natives and for ideas connected with improvement of Indians life. ... Previously said act was focused on &quo...

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The study focuses upon predominantly Chinese American people, but also discusses the likes of African Americans and Native Americans. ... " (Yep 43) This displays how these men were used for the use of entertainment even though they were only speaking their language of their native tongue. ... It wasn't only the Chinese facing scrutiny and racism; all other minorities in America faced the same oppression especially the Native Americans in the Midwest. One of the team members on the Kues recalled an incident from their traveling days about how they would not be served beer because the...

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That image changed in recent years to a more sympathetic feeling toward Native Americans. ... Native American authors have shown this for a few years. ... Their characters portray the lack of understanding present in the American society for the Native Americans and the anger prevalent amongst the culture. ... Both authors indicate how the Native American of today has been forcibly separated from the land and thought of his ancestors and what a devastating effect this has had on Native American society. ... Endrich gives the unique perspective of mixed blood on her views of the Native America...

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For the other Latin American countries Spain's influence and presence was not welcomed at all. ... If the natives of the individual countries resisted the oppression brought upon them, there was documented Spanish law that was set to keep the natives in check. ... Along with the tyrannical European rule in their native countries, there came some of the radical reformative thinking of the Age of Enlightenment. ... They were reluctant to give up on the maintained status of systematically oppressing the native people. ... The human condition overall in Latin American was such that no one ...

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Years of Latin American oppression by power-greedy and money-hungry imperialist countries prompted the poet Pablo Neruda to write "Ode to the Americas."" ... Through the portrayal of Latin American economic and political exploitation, Neruda conveys his intricate feelings, resulting from the destruction of his native country. ... Thus, the speaker is deeply saddened and melancholic as he recounts the current situation of his native Latin America. ... The speaker's recollections of the Americas' natural beauty, as exemplified by the imagery of "ocean waters,""(line 62) and "dizzyi...

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The Land Ordinance of 1785 that surveyed western land and sold it to Americans was passed to gain some money, but although it provided the government with money, it didn't account for the greater financial loss. ... The Articles of Confederation was ineffective in solving the US's problems with the British, Native Americans, and Spanish. ... The Articles also failed in prying trade concessions from Britain, which meant that Britain had virtually halted American trade with its Caribbean colonies and Great Britain itself. A few British anti-federalists in the west along with the Span...

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1491: New Revelations of the Americas before Columbus is a ground-breaking study of the early Americas and Native Americans. ... Mann uncovers new conclusions, made by more recent researches, including the facts that Native American population and arrival in the Americas were probably different than previously thought and cultural advancements were broader. ... " Later, Native Americans were massacred using this same belief and self-proclaimed land entitlement. ... Something a reader could learn from this book is how racism shaped the way early America came to be- colonists separated from...

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