For the Native Americans to break free of their nomadic ways they needed to cultivate a stable food source. ... Also the Native Americans were faced with the problems of forming a government. ... The battles between the Native Americans and the Europeans continued for some time. ... The Native Americans intention was to kill John Smith once captured. ... Native Americans are people who respect one another regardless of the color of your skin or the religion you may choose to practice. ...

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The only native religions Taoism, is not like other religions on the world. ... To Chinese, all the gods are equal, no matter he or she is a native born god or a foreigner. ... Why do so many Americans believe in God? ... The film made Americans angry. ... But the tradition on religions make Americans inherited the spirit of Europeans. ...

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Well the early Americans thought that they were better than the American Indians, from religion, to race, to their whole lifestyle. ... First is Thomas Jefferson's view as the early American coming into the Indians native land. ... the seeds of extinction" for Native American culture were sown under Jefferson. ... Jefferson had known and been interested in Native Americans all of his life. ... He had always been interested in Indian folklore and the origins of Native Americans. ...

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THORTON ON RELIGION Religion was created because every one does not worship in the same way. ... What is religion? ... When different lands and continents were discovered by conquerors, they came upon the natives of these islands and place who had a much different way of worship than they did. There were stone gods or idols that these natives prayed to. ... Thornton express knowledge of the afro - american culture using the Santeria of Cuba, Cuba is a spanish caribbean island. ...

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The Gender Construction of Women in Early America Life was difficult in the early colonization of North America by the Europeans. ... All three of these cultures believed in different religions, held different values, and allocated different responsibilities among the sexes. ... In most of the Native American cultures, women were valued beings. ... Besides religion and one's family, gender is also constructed by society and those who are in power, which in this social order was men. ... As in the Native American culture, in most West African societies it was the women who dominate...

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The treatment of others by the European powers has recently been uncovered as a degrading time for the Native Americans. ... (Knaut 154) The diseases introduced into the Indian communities would force the natives to become more dependent upon the Spanish; albeit, the Spanish would exploit this fear through religion and tribute. ... Indians were forced into religion one of two ways. ... This forced the Native Americans to accept Catholicism in exchange for food and goods, especially maize. ... These external battles between the Spanish and Native Americas would continue for at least t...

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The story does not just represent the good of America, or all the bad that the English unleashed on the Native Americans. ... Some of the Native Americans wanted so badly to eliminate New England of the English. ... While all this was happening, there were times when the English and Native Americans worked together. ... Also, interactions between the Pilgrims and Native Americans were not any easier. ... Likewise, the Pilgrims had to keep a lookout for the Native Americans. ...

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The Natives believed that they had always been in the Americas, or rather what is now known as the Americas. ... Apart from religion, family was very important to the Cherokees. ... Almost undeniably, the greatest cause of harm, unrest, and tragedies in any society is religion. ... President Jackson was the worst adversary of the Native culture. ... What the United States did to the Cherokees, and every other Native American nation was worse than anything we had done to any other culture in history. ...

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Aztec religion required mass human sacrifice. ... One quality was the religion that Cortes preached of. ... The most important aspect of the religion was the complete lack of human sacrifice. According to Aztec religion Quetzakoatl was the god of thunder. ... Because horses are not native to America the Europeans had cavalry units. ...

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The groups include women, African-Americans, and Native-Americans. ... In the 19th century, Native-Americans had to fight for their power, rights, and land. ... Indian wars broke out between European settlers and Native-Americans. ... Along with women and the Native-Americans, there was yet another group struggling for their rights. ... The Native-Americans did not end up much better than the slaves at first. ...

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Chapter 2: Native American vs. European Women Native American Women were living on the land that is called North America today for thousands of years. ... Native American women did most of the farming and agricultural work. ... This was a disadvantage for Native American women. ... With the shift in religion came a shift in gender roles. ...

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In Richard Wright's Native Son, Bigger Thomas, the main character, attempts to attain personal freedom in a racist prohibiting society. Richard Wright's "Native Son" demonstrates how the racist white society oppresses personal freedom and perpetuates evil. ... Throughout his book, Wright depicts religion as something Digger views as suppression against African Americans. ... Bigger goes on to exclaim the cross is nothing but a lie, implying that he has lost all faith in religion, seeing it as only another tool of white society to control African Americans. ... In Native Son, Bigge...

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Lacrosse is considered to be America's first sport. It was first invented by the Native Americans well over a century ago and then adapted to be part of the French and Canadian cultures as well. ... Lacrosse was invented by the Native Americans in the early 1500's as a part of their religion. ... While on a missionary trip around the Native American tribes of the northeast, he encountered forty eight different tribes playing lacrosse. ... The violent play in this league resembles the way lacrosse was first played in Native American tribes, when the strategy was to disable as many pla...

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(Guiley 289) Their religion told them that witchcraft could be a cause of illness and that witches were involved with the devil. ... The Puritan religion, now far less popular than in seventeenth century Salem, dictated the lives of its followers. ... Due to the fact that the villagers had allot of contact with Native Americans, they were well aware of their pagan religions and their belief in witchcraft. Tituba and her husband were originally from a tribe in Barbados, and because of the villager's previous involvement and distaste for Native Americans; she was accused, tried and convicte...

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Westward Expansion The Affect on Native Americans Writer and historian Noel Ignatiev posed the question, "What is the role of westward expansion in American culture?" ... However, from the perspective of the black slaves or Native Americans, the story of our heritage and the subsequent expansion west is much less than heroic. ... The label "Civilized Tribes," came from those tribes that adopted Anglo-American practices like farming, education, Christian religion and slave holding. ... By the turn of the 20th century the Native Americans had reached their lowest population in history.7 ...

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Land of Opportunity America confronted the colonists with unforeseen problems. ... Up to the point of departure from England to the American continent the soon to be named Puritans struggled to persuade others that the English religions had become too self-serving and caught up in the things of the world. With each change in the throne, they experienced a different view of religion, depending upon their leader. ... The separatists set up a religion where each congregation constituted an independent church with no need of bishops (Williams p.97). ... One of the problems the Puritans foun...

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We are a Slavic nation native to the Balkans (southeast Europe). ... Religion is one of the key aspects of what makes us Serbs, and it is claimed by us as a whole that those who are not faithful to our religion are not Serbs. ... I'm a Serbian-American. I am an Orthodox Christian surrounded by Catholics and other religions. ... Serbs view Americans in a negative light, and Americans view Serbs in a negative light (for the most part). ...

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As for Yellow Woman and a Beauty of the Spirit by Leslie Marmon Silko is about the Native American life on How they thought was the correct way of living life, such as the way the world is lived today. The Native American life was the way of living the perfect life. ... But she mostly explains how it was even harder for her to be a woman with a mix culture, being half white and Native American. ... Mother Catherine "Mother Catherine's religion is matriarchal. ... (page 101) She allows her people to be different in expressing themselves, not like a lot of religions. ...

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Chester Nez and other Americans shared similar experiences with schooling, personal hygiene, death, and religion before the war. ... Plenty of Americans practiced religion in their own way. ... It was against Navajo religion to touch anything that belonged to the dead. ... Many soldiers found comfort in religion during the war. ... The boarding schools at which Chester and his siblings attended tried to rid them of their native language and culture by making them learn English and adopt the Catholic religion. ...

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She was born in Thailand and prior to moving to America, lived in Bangkok with her parents and two sister's. ... E.S. came to America to get married after meeting her soon to be husband on the Internet. ... s cultural definition is Thai and she remains culturally oriented and continues to practice her religion as well as cooking Thai food and listening to her native lands music much of the time. ... While speaking with her husband in her native tongue she speaks in a strong voice, rapidly, with a high pitch and to me sounds as if she runs her words together. ... She does however report ...

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For tradition to survive in family, culture, or religion an effort must be made to consciously repeat. ... Even in cultures such as Native American culture that are rich in tradition, without exposure to these traditions children like Turtle cannot be exposed to traditions without repetition. Continuing cultural tradition is impossible for the Native American unless their traditions are taught to the next generation through repetition. ... A good example of a lack of cultural tradition is present in the modern day American culture. ... Tradition must have a forced effort to exist in famili...

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She writes, I choose to describe myself on my own terms, as an American, rather than as an Asian-American. ... She felt proud of being an American. Mukjeree believes that all citizens should be treated equally regardless if they are native born or an immigrant. ... Stereotypes create a misconception of how people are and how they exist in other cultures, religions, or countries. ... It is also important to teach them to be open-minded of each other regardless of sex, race, culture, and religion. ...

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Penn returned home shortly after embracing his new religion. ... The religion slowly began to gain more followers all over Europe. ... William Penn visited the King and requested a land grant in the Americas and told his intentions to create a colony for the Quakers. ... Soon after he signed a treaty with the surrounding natives that declared peace which stopped employment of natives. ... William Penn played a huge role in religious tolerance in America. ...

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Native American workers were worried that their wages would be lowered as well. The Irish had cultural effects on America also. One major effect was their religion "Catholicism." Since America consisted of mostly protestant Christians at the time the immigrants influenced the American society with their beliefs and traditions. ... Evans Family Before they migrated to America they lived on ...

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Schools and churches were built for natives and now, after Alaska was sold to the USA, the Orthodoxy is still the predominant religion there. The friendship between Russia and America began before the first settlement was founded in America. ... Life is not easy for Russian-Americans. ... What the Americans obviously do not see is that the Russians are enriching the American culture day by day, because there are many respected Artists of every kind among the Russian-Americans. ... American media showed all Russians as communists. ...

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