In the late 1400's and early 1500's, Europeans began spreading their influence and interacting with communities in the New World. In the New World, Native Americans had long been developing society and tools at their own pace. ... Throughout history, Native Americans also were able to capture hostages, and the Europeans were disgusted with standard of life and the customs of their captors. ... The methods of food collection and production also varied between the Europeans and the Native Americans, due to the underdeveloped material culture in the Americas. ... Lack of material cultur...

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It is through these surviving traditions stories of early times are salvaged. ... Besides the translations of oral stories and legends from early Native Americans come pieces written by Indian authors about history. ... This history of literature goes along with the history of the white migration across the United States. ... The literary history of American Indian writers started in the 1850s with John Rollin Ridge's publications. ... He attempted to show his white audience the world views, customs, literature, and history of the Indians and though this, hoped white Americans might a...

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However, many American's are ignorant of the correct history behind shaping America. ... This is one of the most commonly inaccurate facts taught throughout the entire history of the United States. ... More European settlers followed them in the early 1800's. ... Through the misinformation of who discovered it, the covering up of how the Native American's were treated, and how the new settlers polished of the Indians by destroying their homes, sabotaging their waters supplies, and killing off almost all of their food source, America's discovery has proven to be one of the ...

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Abstract this paper will explore the histories of both Native American and African American cultures and their interactions with the dominant white population in America. ... A Comparison of Native American and African American Cultures Native American and African American cultures each have had their own long rich histories from before the white majority arrived in America. ... Native American History What is often referred to as the Native American population is actually comprised of over 500 unique tribes (Jackson, 1995). ... African American History with Native American Comparisons While N...

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Native Americans are the indigenous people of the America's and they had to endure some major changes to their lifestyles due to the arrival of the Europeans. ... As with most changes this was also forced on the Native Americans because the early European settlers considered their lifestyles and customs primitive. ... As a more socially tolerant America has arisen most Native Americans are enjoying a better life both on and off the reservations. ... As more Americans come in contact with Native Americans, many will realize just how ridiculous these misconceptions are. It is also i...

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My perception of American Indians has come from a compilation of American history textbooks, movies and television, and, although the majority of what I have learned is probably not true, it does correspond to the stereotype of an American Indian. ... This, in part, comes from many stories of the government using Indians for these purposes during early 1800's to the mid 1900's. ... Even to this day, we try to rid ourselves of the stereotypes of American Indians but it seems we still see the stereotypical Native American appearing repeatedly on television, resulting in mainstream ...

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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. ... Native Americans were actually not given many choices. ... At that time, many Americans believed in manifest destiny that American was destined to expand across and occupy all territories that now constitute the continental United States. ... In sum, the early 19th century history was a hi...

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"Before the arrival of the white man, North America was inhabited by a mere 600,000 Indians. ... Gibson, The American Indian, p.9). ... The Native American women were well respected and given plenty of freedom. ... They were often taught from an early age to work in the home and even the fields. " In Spring, both men and women worked in the fields planting the crops, but thereafter the women were expected to do all the hoeing on their own" (M. ... Although few histories of the European settlements in North America in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries have acknowledged it, women played...

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American Revolution of 1765-1783 was one of the most important events in the U.S. history. ... The history of Native Americans, or American Indians, is unique, tragic and at the same time full of optimism. ... American Indians, or Native Americans first came to North America during the last ice age. ... Spanish settlers arrived in North America in the early sixteenth century. ... Thus, American Revolution had a great impact on Native American population. ...

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By examining the issues such as race, religion, and gender between minority groups, one can better understand the history of United States territorial expansion. ... They believed some of the earlier treaties signed with the United States were invalid or unjust (Document 11). ... According to Greenberg, "in order to ˜prove' that Anglo " Saxons were destined to dominate lesser races, leading scientists of the antebellum era, many from the South, posited theories of racial difference that expanded on earlier ideas of a racial hierarchy " (Greenberg 18). ... However, discrimina...

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American Indians suffered a great deal at the hands of the U.S. government. ... The Euro-American perception of American Indians changed at different points in American history. ... There were approximately 14,000 American Indians around the Jamestown area. ... The events that occurred in the early years of American history are yet one example of how American Indians were oppressed simply because they were not as technologically advanced as white settlers. ... In the early nineteenth century, many Euro-Americans believed that, "civilized," whites and, "savage," Indians could not live side by s...

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"Founding Brothers" had a structure somewhat like a wheel; each chapter telling stories, the spokes of the wheel, of the problems dealt with by the U.S. government and its founding fathers, which congealed on the center point that early United States history was burdened with conflict. ... This question of slavery was a main reason why early America was so fragmented and prone to implosion. ... America was fractured and each state was separated by ideals and ideologies. ... Many other works don't go into as much depth and as a result you lose the full significance of what occurr...

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In order to commune with the spiritual plane, both the Native Americans and the early European settlers used ritual. ... The Native Americans on the other hand, believe that the spirit world is more closely related to the earth than the early European settlers. ... The belief systems of both the Native Americans and the early European settlers differed mostly because of their creation myth beliefs. ... Now, the lack of written history of the Native Americans lends to the inability to track down any antediluvian creation myth but perhaps there was never one to begin with. ... Even later in hist...

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The Plight of The North American Indians The history and culture of the American Indian is sadly misrepresented because of culture biases and inaccurate reports. ... Archeological evidence indicates early Indian cultures existed 10,000 BC. But the questions that still remains, how did early Indians arrive on the North America continent. ... Archeological evidence indicates early Indian cultures existed 10,000 BC. But the questions that still remains, how did early Indians arrive on the North America continent. ...

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In Becoming America, author Jon Butler persuasively argues that the late American colonial period of 1680-1770 was one of monumental change, the end result being an essentially "modern- culture. ... While many Americans consider slavery and the indirect genocide of the Indians to be regrettable, but concluded chapters of American history, the ethnocentrism that spawned those two phenomena is still alive in modern culture. ... Butler proves that these characteristics of American culture and the American people have their origins in the late colonial era. ... The rise in international trade of b...

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Massacre of Wounded Knee The reason that it interested me was because in one of my history classes, a student in my class was Native American. ... According to Dee Alexander Brown, author of Bury my Heart at Wounded Knee, suggests that many of the early protests which took place in 1890 was due from early preaches of an Paiute shaman called Wovoka. ... Sturgis, author of Brutal History, she believes that the conflict is still occurring in the today's society. ... American Indian relations, new investigations of the history between whites and American Indians are needed. ... Tha...

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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. ... (Aguirre & Turner p.28) American history easily provides us with the facts and intentions of early American settlers. After the independence from England America turned its attention toward Native Americans who were in the way of expansion. ... This hurts the image of Native Americans, but I still support the issue if it betters the quality of lif...

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The Literature of Colonial America 1620-1776 The Religious Background The early religion of the colonies was one based primarily on Puritan dogma. ... Among these early Puritans were the fabled pilgrims who founded Plymouth colony and countless others that followed. ... Native Americans The Puritan relationship with the early Americans was tenuous at best and downright vicious at worst. ... The early southern writers were farmers merchants and ministers. ... The oral history of the African slaves was becoming infused with their new American experiences. ...

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Racism Throughout history, prejudice and racism have played an important part. They have been the cause of most of the negative events in American history. ... The early Americans also acted on their hatred. Anglo- Saxons were the dominant group in early America, and they often looked down upon "other- people "that is, anyone who was different from them in any way. "Throughout out history many Americans looked upon outsiders as strange, inferior, or potentially disloyal."" ...

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This stream has a long and rich history. ... This history can be separated into four eras, the time before the Native Americans, Arrival of the Salty Men, the Industrial Revolution, and Modern Times. ... This Native Americans lead a very peaceful life. ... And finally early stages of water pollution appear at Naylor's Run at the mill sites. ... It spans from the early 1900's to the present date. ...

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"Oh, say can you see by the dawn's early light...... It's also known as one of the most overlooked wars in United States history, often bookended by the Revolutionary and Civil Wars. ... There were a few American victories at sea early on, but in the end, the U.S. ... America, having declared independence from Great Britain in 1776, had citizens that were English in descent; however, these men now considered themselves American citizens. ... Once again, the British involvement in American affairs led to a desire to ultimately expel them from North America and Canada. ...

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For example: "The English established settlements on the Atlantic Coast, and the French built towns along the Mississippi River Valley- (p.4-A People's History of The United States-HOWARD ZINN). ... (p.6-A People's History of The United States-HOWARD ZINN) In addition, the arrival of Europeans has also affected animals and trees of the Americas. ... Furthermore, on average Native Americans were bigger and healthier than the Europeans who first encountered them "They were straight and well proportion'd, having the cleanest and most exact Limbs in the world: They are so perfec...

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The flow of Immigration to the United States dramatically increased during the mid 18th century through the early 19th century. ... I believe that the Freed people fared low in rank because of the history before the Civil War. ... During the late 19th century and early 20th century women's typical role was maintaining the household. ... But, at this time in history the women's movement was not large enough and did not receive worldwide support. This would go on until the early 1960s where the war against racism included blacks and Hispanics, but a large portion of women too. ...

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The early planters of America's south, for instance, were staunch believers in their right and need to expand this fair country's borders when they took over and started settling and planting in the Florida territories. This move, having no political permission, is an example of the arrogance early settlers had toward the concept of expansionism and shows their belief in this "manifest destiny" by taking the land they believed was theirs. ... The Puritans departure from Britain and later the Louis and Clarke expedition; these are all earlier forms of this philosophy. ... Europeans...

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African Americans were found mainly in the North and South, while Native Americans were sprinkled all over the United States. ... There is a huge concept of "diversity" in American History. ... The Native Americans disguised themselves in the image to look like the Americans or the white people. ... Throughout it's history, American slavery has evolved and changed. ... In the early eighteenth century slaves made up more than seventy percent of the population in only South Carolina, and those slaves lived on holdings of more than twenty-five (Kolchin, 31). ...

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