When you look at a Native American`s life, you can see very clearly that culture is a huge part of their life. ... Since the Europeans came in to America, the natives have been being treated as the inferior race. ... Between 2008-2010 the graduation rate for Native Americans dropped from 54% to 50%. When Native American students comprise less than 1% of the U.S public school system, that means that very few Natives are graduating high school. ... The Native American languages used to be spoken all throughout America, but after Columbus and the Europeans came that changed. ...

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This proved problematic for the new settlers as well as the remaining Native Americans. ... However, Ericson did not stay due to the Native Americans and the constant war he was at with them, which caused him to lose his brother. ... When Columbus decided to stay in North America, he began fighting over the land with the Native Americans. The Native Americans, also known as Indians or natives, were the first occupants that were already settled on the New World's soil. The Native Americans did not have the cannons, guns, and other advantages of the white men. ...

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Smallpox was not only seen by the Aztecs, but became a problem for many other Native Americans as well. ... The European's overall desire for god, gold, and glory had horrible effects upon the Native American's as well. ... In other ways the Europeans greed negatively affected the Native American's, too. ... The land that was once tribal land for the Native Americans were quickly overrun by Europeans, and because they saw the Native Americans as enemies, it was done quite brutally. ... In the end, due to diseases, European greed and desire to expand for agriculture, the Native A...

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Native Americans not only lived in the Western Hemisphere but also North America. All of these Native Americans had their own tribes, that spoke many different languages and dialects. ... Another big part of Native American's society was their kinship. ... Men and women both played parts in a Native American tribe. ... Therefore, Native American clans were different than the European's views on many matters. ...

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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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One part of the Spanish conquest of the Americas focused on religion: on their need to convert Native Americans to the one true religion. ... This was fair in the Spanish settlers eyes because if the Native Americans did not become Christian they would spend eternity unhappy. Not only did the Spanish get the Native Americans to convert, they also got them to be their employees. Having the Native Americans do the work that the Spanish settlers didn't want to do. ... It wasn't a mistake that they settled in the Americas with the Native Americans. ...

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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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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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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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America's identity is made up of many cultures put into one. Spanish colonization has had huge impact on the Americas in ways such as shaping the American character, contributing to American ranching practices, and by obtaining vital territory for its survival. ... Beef is a big part of the American diet today. ... They killed tens of thousands of Native Americans and enslaved even more in the first decades. Many more also died from European diseases to which the Native Americans had no immunity. ...

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The Columbian Exchange had a gigantic effect on the American societies. ... These effects have greatly affected the Americas and the world. ... This had an enormous impact on the American civilizations. ... Cattle, horses, and goats found there way over to America. ... The smaller amount of people that made their way across the Atlantic were the Europeans who came to America in order to settle the vast land that was vacated by the natives because disease wiped them out. ...

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The Native Americans who live today are a small fraction of their population in the mid-fifteenth century. ... The Spanish sent a wide range of people into the Americas. ... These black slaves had the will to survive and did not commit suicide, and they had already been introduced to the diseases that were quickly killing off the native Americans. ... Many Native American groups then are lost cultures today and much of it was because of the Europeans. ... Today hardly any Native Americans remain due to their continued opposition through the twentieth century. ...

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The Spanish came to the Americas seeking gold. ... Essentially, the Spanish sought the exploitation of Latin (or the beginning of Latin) America's resources for the mercantilistic economic benefit of Spain and encountered little resistance from the natives in achieving this end. ... Hence, the lines between God and Spain were blurred by ordained design, further decimating the shards of Native American culture that remained in Latin America. The church became very much a tool to be wielded unhindered by Spain in that the church welcomed conquest for purposes of conversion- in fact ow...

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Columbus' writing can also be compared to that of Native American authors in that in their writing they both seem to have a great respect for the land and its importance. ... Columbus' descriptive style of writing is very similar to that Native American description. ... In the Navajo Origin Legend the importance of nature is emphasized because the Native Americans are so dependent on the land to survive. In his journal, Columbus notes the importance of good water and he relies of the help of the natives to find it. Just like the natives, Columbus must depend on the land for surv...

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It may look today that the modern world doesn't revolve around the sun but around the natives of the America's inventions and societies. ... No matter what part of the world one lives, traces of America will be there. ... All the way from the conquistadors to today, natives have been consistently exploited and forgotten. ... Because native Americans were not a greedy people, they were able to discover what world had to offer. ... The lasagna and sauces are made from the tomato that was grown in the Americas. ...

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An assumption exists that the "Indians'that inhabited the Americas prior to European inhabitance were a single, primordial race. ... First, the Indian race was as heterogeneous as the continent of Europe across America. ... From the tip of Nova Scotia to the depths of South America, the natives produced a vast, patchwork quilt that blanketed the continent with diversity. ... The French-Indian war, furthermore went to show the power and sophistication of some native tribes. ... Through modern archaeological exploration it is clear that the native peoples of the Americas i...

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#1: Why is it said that diversity rather than uniformity characterizes Latin Americans? ... #2: Some defining elements in the historical constitution of North American identity have differed greatly from those of Latin American identity. ... We can look back in history and ascertain that intermarriage between the British and the Native Americans was not a popular trend during the colonial conquest and that, in turn, halted any sort of new ethnic group from emerging in the New World until later on in time, leaving a majority of white inhabitants. On the other hand, during the wars of i...

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Such is the case with our conceptions of the American land. ... Similarly, in "Changing Woman and the Hero Twins" we can see the importance of nature to the Native American people. ... Unfortunately, we do not always value the land in the ways of the Native Americans or the Puritans. ... Indeed, Columbus did value the land for which he reaped; however, it is his intentions that differ from those of the Native Americans and Puritans. ... Moreover, are our own values toward the American land. ...

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Such is the case with our conceptions of the American land. ... Similarly, in "Changing Woman and the Hero Twins" we can see the importance of nature to the Native American people. ... Unfortunately, we do not always value the land in the ways of the Native Americans or the Puritans. ... Indeed, Columbus did value the land for which he reaped; however, it is his intentions that differ from those of the Native Americans and Puritans. ... Moreover, are our own values toward the American land. ...

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The native music of three different divisions of the American population originated Folk music from the seventeenth century until the early twentieth century in the Northeast. The Native Americans, who were the first inhabitants on the Americas, performed and enjoyed tribal chants. ... For example, this Iroquois verse is a typical Native American song that is sung to the accompaniment of rattles and drums ( Gusikoff 119). ... "Afro-Americans came to the Americas from western Africa beginning in 1619" (qtd. ... Such as the Native Americans, the Afro-Americans descended form tribal people, ...

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Their pursuit of gold and silver led them to colonize Central and South America as well as the west and east coasts of North America using slaves from Africa as laborers. ... The arrival of Europeans on the American soil brought diseases never before encountered by the native people. ... The manner chosen to accomplish this was to either massacre the native peoples who were left after illness or expel them from their lands. Additionally, many native peoples were enslaved and sold or forced to work their former lands. ... Today America is the wealthiest and most powerful nation on Earth and is ...

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The Europeans also introduced domesticated animals to the Native Americans. Animals like cows, goats, chickens, horses and sheep were strange but amazing creatures to the Native Americans. ... They also took Native Americans back to Europe as curiosities and novelties. ... The Europeans introduced the Native Americans to measles, smallpox, and influenza, killing thousands. The Europeans also carried home the Native American disease, syphilis, contracted in sexual encounters with Native women. ...

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In the mid 1500s the spanish expedition ventured into the North American continent and the missionary priests converted native americans into Christianity to any native americans they encountered. There were also religious battles that occured in north america trying to impose it with its own religious beliefs. Eventually Protestant English def. catholic rivals and won most of north america leading to anti - catholicism taking root in american soil. A Christian witness to the native Americans was one of the reasons for establishing Jamestown. ...

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Horticulture played a crucial role in many Native American cultures and the survival of their people. ... Native Americans suffered 80-90% population losses in most of America with influenza, typhoid, measles, and smallpox taking the greatest toll on them. ... Turkeys, llamas, alpacas, and guinea pigs are a few of the animals introduced to European lands from the Americas. The greatest impact of America on Europe, Asia, and Africa was the spread of American food crops. ... A variety of plants such as rice, barley, oats, coffee, melons, and daisies were brought from the Old World to the Am...

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