American Indian Being Savage

The tribe lived in thatched houses before which were grass huts shaped like beehives. They had a communal way of life in their permanent habitations. When men went to hunt they build temporary shelters from buffalo hides. Before the modern times, the men dressed in breech clothes and occasionally putting on leather chaps to act as leg protection. Their hair was cut in traditional Mohawk or complete shaving of hair and wore single long tassel of hair on the top of the head. Women kept long hair styled in a bum or braid. They wore wrap around skirts and ponchos. In the modern times traditional dress and face paints are only reserved

American Indians have been discriminated against since the Europeans came to North America. They were driven from their homes and forced to surrender their land. They tried to build an alliance with France during the Revolutionary war, but ultimately they were defeated by the English. From then on, they were referred to as “savages”. The Proclamation of 1763 tried to separate the Native American land from the American colonial land. In the end, the American Indians lost their land and were forced to occupy smaller land areas, referred to as reservations, which were given to them through treaties. In 1979, a report from America’s Compliance with Human Rights Accords stated that

In 1492, Christopher Columbus sailed west and found himself on the shores of a new world. His mission was to secure new land for Spain. Other European countries heard of his findings, they too crossed the ocean in hopes of securing new opportunities in this newly discovered land such as fur trading and gold mining. Little did they know that a community of indigenous people had already settled in this land thousands of years before. The Europeans decided to negotiate with the natives in order to set up their own communities in the land but the Native Americans held beliefs about society and religion that were far different from their European peers. Europeans thought the Indians to be “Noble Savages, gentle and friendly, but uncivilized, brutal, and barbaric” (citation). They could not see past their own

When the Europeans and Spaniards first “discovered” North America all was well. The Indians at first were truly intrigued with the white man as the brought all sorts of new stuff to trade. Matter a fact the first set of settlers would not been able to survive without the help of the Indians. Unfortunately, the settlers had very little respect for the land and resources. The Europeans then starting using violence to get what they wanted and as the number of settlers increased the Indians new that they were in over their heads. With all the new settlers came diseases such as small pox and measles. These diseases hurt the Indian tribes severely, and with the ignorance the settler’s wars began; the Indian Wars, the Indian Removal Act, Wounded knee, and the trail of tears are only a few of the many. The U.S. Government took it upon themselves to start relocation programs, with these programs the Indians were ripped from their homes, required to speak only the language of the settlers and robbed of their customs. The children of the tribes were taken away and sent to special schools to Americanize them and forget about their heritage. Then in the late 1800’s the government started

These indians were doing horrific things to these people. They were doing things that only an evil person can think of. "Women were laid on the house floors and great stakes driven up through their bodies. Pregnant women had the unborn children ripped out and hung upon trees. "(historic bath)

“Our nation was born in genocide when it embraced the doctrine that the original American, the Indian, was an inferior race.”

Their clothing was inspired by the French-Canadian fur traders, and native clothing in the area. The women of the tribe were in charge of making the clothing, for their families. They used tanned animal skins, like moose and deer, or cloth obtain from trading with the Europeans. Mentioned previously, Métis decorated their clothing with beadwork and floral patterns. The most recognizable part of Métis clothing is the sash or L’Assomption Sash. The sash is a symbol of the Métis people and were originally made in a small Quebecois town called L’Assomption. The sashes were used by voyagers of the fur trade, but became popular with the Hudson Bay Company, and Northwest Company. The sashes were originally used by the voyagers as back support in their canoes. The sashes are hand-woven made of bright colored wool, mostly red and blue, with a fringe on the end. Specific colors and patterns represent different families, and fringes are actually used as an emergency sewing kit. The sashes are wrapped around the mid-section, keeping the coat closed or to hold

Only men were selected to lead the tribe until 1880. Men from the Omaha Tribe commonly wore leggings and buckskin shirts with breechcloth. The wore moccasins on their feet. However, in colder weather, they made long robes out of buffalo hide and wore them in the cold. The shirts were usually fringed and dirty. The women of the Omaha tribe wore clothes made from buckskin

To conclude, as we saw, the native body was a burden for the American government, and they did everything in their power to erase them, physicaly but also culturally, because for them they were just uncivilised. There was only the traditional American way of life which was "correct" for them. But also because they were standing in the way of the westward expansion. As time went by, the native situation kind of improved, not that much, but the improvement we can note is that everyone was granted the American citizenship with the Indian Citizenship Act of 1924, although it is even quite late in history. Throughout the rest of the 20th and 21th centuries, several apologies were made by the United States to the natives. But the harm has already

Garments were typically made of materials extending from coarse to fine surface. Men as a rule wore a short skirt called a kilt. Ladies wore a straight fitting dress held up by straps. The well off men wore creased kilts, and the more established men wore a more drawn out kilt. While doing diligent work, men wore a loin fabric, and

Crinolines, also known as hoop skirts, were cage-like

American society pressures affected continually on Native Americans and Middle Easterners to change the way they dress and their cultural identity to be suitable for American society. In some tribes Native American men wear a long rectangular piece of cloth tucked over a belt, so that the flaps fell down in front and behind (breechclouts or breechcloths) and sometimes with leather leggings attached in colder climates and in other tribes men wear a short kilt or fur trousers instead of a breechcloth. Native American women

Even in the nineteenth century, there was specific fashion trends that women followed. Kirstin Olsen explains that women wore decorative petticoats with ornamental bands as undergarments (164). Sarah Downing mentions that old dresses were even “recycled” as petticoats (18). Daniel Pool notes a frock dress was worn over the petticoat that cinched high under the breasts, creating the illusion of a higher waistline (213). Because frocks

The first photo in this image was taken between 1900-1919, when women were required to wear long dresses and shirts to cover up their body because it was not acceptable for women to show their legs. Then in the 1920s women began wearing knee length skirts because they felt they shouldn’t be shamed for their bodies along with the necessary need to save material so the skirts were made shorter. Many women greeted this new look with pleasure and saw it as more practical and better suited to a time when women were entering the workforce. Women started fighting for their rights which they deserved in 1924 with protests by many women who felt the shorter skirts were more youthful and modern.

Through the eighteenth century, Women's styles kept a narrowed shape of the torso, while the silhouette of the skirts changed throughout the period. The wide panniers, which held the skirts out at the side, came into style several times. The typical style of the of this period was a low-necked gown, that was worn over a petticoat. Many of the gowns were opened in the