Comparing The Chilkat Tlingit And Sioux Indians

The development of the Comanche Indian identity is very unique. These people developed without overseas trade, settlement, and modern amenities for the time. Yet, those Native Americans were able to stand up against the developing Anglo Population that was immigrating to their land. The Anglo Population developed differently compared to the Comanche tribes. Even though the Comanche and Anglo people both developed vastly differently, they both had alike developments.

Cherokee Indians have been around for many years, but when the topic of Native Americans is discussed it is only about the struggles and hardships they went through but never their actual culture of how and where they originated or how they came to be. There are many interesting things to learn about Cherokee Indians such as their heritage, religion, language, and their traditional songs, dances, and food.

A general history of Native Americans has been a part of my education for as long as I can remember. I remember how during the week before Thanksgiving, my 1st grade class did a skit about the “First Thanksgiving”. In order to look like Indians we made vests out of paper grocery bags and crumpled them up to look like leather and drew on them with crayons. When I think of my education of Native American culture, I think of going to North Pacific Reservations and seeing 10-12 ft tall totem poles with the shapes of animals carved into them. Most of the Native American tribes that I have learned about have been Western United States tribes because I grew up in California. When I read the list of Wisconsin Native

The Indian culture was negatively changed because the Indians’ religion was based upon believing many gods controlled their way of being, while Christianity was based on one supreme being who controls the universe. Common Indian gods included a god for the Sun, Moon, land or the Earth, the creator, and water (Nature). In the Cherokee tribe, the Creator is named Unetlanvhi (oo-nay-hla-nuh-hee or oo-net-la-nuh-hee) (“Legendary”). Some of the other “Creators” in other tribes include Maheu in the Cheyenne tribe, Gitchie Manitou in the Ojibway tribe, and Ahone in the Powhatan tribe (“Legendary”). With all the different types of gods in Indian cultures, the Indians used many spiritual rituals to worship these gods (Religion). Some of the rituals included feasts, music, dances, and other performances. The relationship of the Indian to nature (spirits, land, weather) was tantamount (Religion).

The Wampanoag and Cherokee were two native Indian American tribes that had remarkable stories to American history in the 1600s and 1800s. At that time, they were two native Indian American tribes that did intensive interaction and built great relationships with European Americans who just came and started to live in the new world. The Wampanoag succeed to maintain their relationship with the European Americans for fifty years. In line with the Wampanoag, the Cherokee also maintained their relationship with European Americans for a long decades. Unfortunately, with the greediness of territories, lands, economic, politic as the superior group, the European Americans expelled the Wampanoag and Cherokee from their own lands. The European Americans

The Sioux and Chippewa Indian tribes’ have a drastically different way of living compared to what other people are accustomed to in terms of their history, clothing, tools, and weapons needed for survival. The Sioux Indians were originally from Asia, but migrated to America about 30,000 years ago. Their long, straight jet-black hair resembles that of the Asian descendants. The Sioux tribes were located in The Great Plains, which consists of 7 different states Minnesota, Wisconsin, North and South Dakota; however, they were also known to live in parts of Nebraska, Illinois, and Montana. “The name Sioux is an abbreviation of Nadouessioux. (Britannica) The name was given to them by the Ojibwa (Chippewa). Sioux means, “Little snake”. The Sioux tended to follow the pattern of the buffalo, which is why they are found in multiple locations.

Saskatchewan was focused upon in this essay for two reasons. The first being that the author had lived in that province for the majority of time they have been in Canada and so is more familiar with the various customs and cultures that exist in the place. The second reason is that the natives have lived on this land for tens of thousands of years, hence an incredible amount of diversity exists among the cultures here . The two cultures focused upon in this essay are the Cree and the Lakota.

As many other tribe names, the name Tlingit means “the people”, or essential human being. The Tlingit are one of the many first nation tribes that lived and still currently live in Alaska. They live alongside many other tribes, which include the Northern Haida (Kaigani) and the Tsimshian (de Laguna 1: pp 13). The Tlingit have formed close ties with the Haida tribe. Though it is estimated that the Haida are a newer tribe to the area both tribes have common interests and have worked together to establish a Central Council; in 1935 which according to their website was originally established to deal with land issues on behalf of the tribes which relied on their lands for subsistence and survival (“About us” www.ccthita.org). Part of the need for the council is that unlike many tribes many tribes, particularly those of the lower the United

There are three key patterns seen in most Native American religions they are the human relationship with nature, framing of time and space and respect for gods/ancestors. The human relationship with nature known as animism, everything is seen as part of the same reality and every object has a spirt, is a practice where there is little distinction between humans and animals. Time and space is sacred, cyclical,

The story of Kana’ ti (The Lucky Hunter) and Selu (corn) revealed considerable amounts of evidence about how they perceived balance and harmony in their culture. In short, they maintained harmony and balance through their spirituality and rituality as Native Americans. Selu had her ritual for cultivating corn, as Kana’ ti had his ritual for hunting and gathering food. Both Kana’ ti and Selu offered a harmonious, ritualistic strategy to obtain food, which helped maintain an even spiritual balance in their system. (Spiritual)

The Plains Cree Tribe lived in Canada, north and west of Lake Superior in Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta and the Northwest Territories. Women wore dresses made out of deerskins, Men wore animal skin leggings,a loincloth which is a small piece of cloth or skin worn between the legs and a belt to hold the loin cloth. They did not speak english, their language is called Montagnais. They lived in teepees.

Once upon a time there was a girl named Chilam she is 14 years old. She is Native American in the Comanche Tribe. Her mother gave her the name. It means snowbird. The reason why she gave her the name is because her hair is as white as a snowbird all around and it was unusual to most people. Her family is really big so that they need to use a really big teepee because that is what they used in the 1800,s. When Chilam was born her mom was holding her and all of a sudden her eyes turned as blue as the baby blue sky. Only her mom saw she had no idea what to do but to just keep it a secret. One day when Chilam was three her mom finally wanted to find out why her eyes glowed blue. So she left Chilam in the teepee with the rest of the family so they can watch her.

What is a potlatch? A potlatch is defined as: "a ceremonial feast of the American Indians of the northwest coast marked by the host 's lavish distribution of gifts or sometimes destruction of property to demonstrate wealth and generosity with the expectation of eventual reciprocation" (Merriam-Webster definition). A potlatch, as I learned, is: a ceremony hosted by a chief, to showcase the family’s wealth and ranking, to neighbouring tribes, but plays other important roles—such as for weddings, comings of age, naming ceremonies, et cetera. However, the government, journalists or churches viewed it as as an unexplainable religious ceremony that is a “give away party” (New Law would Ban Indian Potlatch Entirely. The Globe). In 1939,

Don’t be confused when an Indian tribe is called the Chippewa or the Ojibway because they are the same tribe. French settlers could not pronounce Ojibway correctly so they called the tribe the Chippewa. Have you ever wanted to know about the Ojibway Indians? If you read on, you will learn many interesting facts about this tribe.

In studying the potlatch, which was a gift-giving event practiced by the natives in the Pacific Northwest Coast, Mauss noted that it entailed both economical and also symbolic interests. During this celebration