American Indian History Research Paper

Founded in 1891, the United States Industrial Indian School at Phoenix, later known as the Phoenix Indian School, was a coeducational, federal institution for American Indian primary and secondary students. The school temporarily operated out of the West End Hotel, but in April 1891 a 160-acre property was acquired with money from both the federal government and a group of Phoenix businessmen, and in June 1892 a main school building was completed. This Indian school was created for the purpose of indoctrinating the indian children into the American lifestyle and to eliminate all knowledge of their culture. It did this through the banning of any language that was not english, forcing them to adopt american values and american beliefs, and violating

Thesis/Introduction- Have you ever wondered what our lives would be like if we had to get our resources from the environment around us? There would be no fast food, no stores. We would have to hunt for our own food. This is how the Plateau and Coastal tribes lived. The Chinook and Nez Perce tribes interacted with the environment differently and similarly to provide food, shelter, and clothing for their people.

Did you know that the Haida peoples live on a group of islands called the Queen Charlotte Islands today? There are multiple types of native american tribes living in Canada and the area around it. Some of those tribes are the Haida, Iroquois, Inuit, and more! This essay will be about three of the Native American tribes from Canada, the Inuit, Haida, and Iroquois. I will be speaking to you about how the tribes are alike and how each tribe is unique from one another. Such as, the Haida are the only ones, in this essay, who live on islands. As I said, I will be speaking to you about the similarities and differences between the Inuit, Haida, and Iroquois.

After the arrival of the Spanish into the New World,the Native Americans lives changed drastically during the 15-16th hundreds. It brought major changes,politically,socially,and economically. The Natives were obviously vulnerable and submissive towards the Spanish.These events that I’m going to talk about shaped and changed the lives of many of Native Americans.It's the most unforgettable history of all times because it was the most unbelievable story.

The Seminole Indians have lived in what we now call Florida since about 10,000 BC so it would be fair to assume their culture was in a way born out of the land they live on. They live in Florida’s everglades and hunt out of the swamp. The Seminoles were at one time many tribes they only joined into one after we forced them of their land and then gave them some back years later. Florida’s geography and climate affect several major parts of their culture including food, clothing, and housing.

Under the custom of Native American tribes that lived in what would become Vermont, land was used by the community, and not owned by individuals or families. They believed that land was a living being, and that people should live in harmony with the land, not dominate it. In contrast, the European settlers thought that people have a moral right to rule over the land. (Hands on the Land, page 70) Samuel D. Champlain in 1609 was the first explorer to sail through the lake between Vermont and New York, that he would be named after. He represented the French, who were the first to want to claim the land.

It’s strange to think that even after my commitment to the military, here I am living with Sioux natives. You really humble out after you give up all your materialistic things and live for those around you. There is another white woman here named “Stands With a Fist” and her and I are getting married. My priorities have completely changed. I cared about my family a lot more and I even have love for some animals. I abandoned the fort because I’m very happy living with the natives and “Kicking Bird” has provided me with my very own teepee. These Sioux people are so loyal to their friends, passionate, and loving to their families. Every since I arrived at the Great Plains, there has been a wolf following me. I decided to name him Two Socks because

When settlers first came in from Europe, there was no conflict. The Cherokee allowed interactions with the new inhabitants through simple trading, deerskin for household goods. Their tools, like guns, opened up life with better efficiency for hunting than bows and arrows. This trading built the base for their trust and respect for one another. The Cherokee began assisting the Whites with their transition to the new lands, consistently providing resources that were valuable to their own people. For a while, the Cherokee and Americans had a strong alliance, giving recognition to each other’s culture. However, the Caucasians gradually began to take advantage of the hospitality they generously shared. Eventually, the abundant amount of agreements

Sovereignty is very important to American Indian tribes, and they take many steps to preserve it. In this paper I will talk about how American Indian tribes peruse protecting natural resources as a strategy to strengthen their sovereignty.

Humans across all cultures try to explain why they came to be as well as where they came from, and from these explanations become stories. These stories all begin as oral traditions, they change generation to generation and at some point, they are written down or not. Native American genesis stories are often not written down as they are viewed as detracting from the story, they are meant to be oral stories and once written down they cease to be "alive". The Cherokee tribe has a very interesting origin story, that can lead to some interesting possibilities of where this story could have stemmed from. The Cherokee genesis story originates from an early group of humans crossing the Bering Strait and leaving an impact on their ancestor's memories

By the year 1838, there were only a small amount of Cherokees that left their homeland in Georgia for Indian Territory. The current President, Martin Van Buren directed General Winfield Scott and a large amount of soldiers to start the process of removing the Indians forcefully. Scott and his militia forcefully made the Cherokee Indians go into stockades at a place called Bayonet Point while their homes were robbed for their belongings. Then, they made the Cherokee walk more than a distance of 1,200 miles into the Indian Territory. During the trip plenty of problems happened. They encountered sicknesses such as dysentery typhus, and Whooping cough. Along with starvation becoming a widespread problem along the way. As a result, a large amount

In the year of 1827 the Cherokee Indians declared themselves a nation by drafting a constitution. “The discovery of gold was made just after the creation and passage of the original Cherokee Constitution” (“A Brief History of the Trail of Tears 1”). Aware that the native Indian land was in danger of being encroached upon by new settlers, the Indians went to the government to create an arrangement to protect their lands. “The Cherokees signed treaties ceding portions of their land to the United States” (Bjornlund 8).

Many textbooks attribute modern day democracy to the Europeans who landed on and colonized North America. It’s often taken for granted that the Native American people had systems of social and political organizations established long before first contact. The Iroquois Confederacy is an example of such an organization; one of such great significance that its’ extent and impact can be observed in present-day American democracy. On Wednesday September 16, 1987 Congress passed Senate Concurrent Resolution 76 which acknowledged “the contribution of the Iroquois Confederacy of Nations to the development of the U.S. Constitution.” In the book The American Heritage Book of Indians an introduction from John F. Kennedy states that “When we forget great contributors to our American history-when we neglect the heroic past of the American Indian-we thereby weaken our own heritage. We need to remember the contribution our forefathers found here and from which they borrowed liberally. When Indians controlled the balance of power…the pioneers found that Indians had developed a high civilization with safeguards for ensuring the peace. The League of the Iroquois, inspired Benjamin Franklin to copy it in planning the federation of States.” The following thesis will explain what contributions the Iroquois and their Confederacy made to the American form of government in existence today.

Cherokee Indians As stated in the “Cherokees,” Robert J. Conley said, “Cherokees are a Native American people whose ancestral lands were a vast area of what is now the southeastern United States.” They adapt to their surroundings rapidly when they settle in the southeast. These lands are very helpful for the Cherokee Indians to survive. Some factors of the Native American Tribe, the Cherokee Indians, are their advanced tools and weapons, their variations of clothing, and their religion.

The effect of being Plains Indians located on a reservation in Oklahoma during the 1900. Between 1865 and 1900 there have numerous events that have occurred for the plains Indians that changed their way of thinking, and their way of life here in the United States of America. It all started with as a simple introduction of the horses, buffalo, boarding schools, loss of land and major attacks on the Indians.