Definition Essay On Conflict

With waves of the American population moving westward, government attempted to assimilate, or integrate, Native Americans into American society. Their goal was for Native Americans to live and behave like white Americans, and for them “to cast off their savage habits and become an interesting, civilized, and Christian community” (Doc 9). Children were sent to boarding schools where they were given new clothes and haircuts, and taught English, Christianity, and American ways of life (Doc 13). While many Americans believed this would be good for the Native Americans, it effectively destroyed their culture and identity. By forcing them to learn English, they were unable to communicate the concepts, beliefs, and ideas their languages were based on. Americans did not consider the fact that English could not substitute for Native languages, because they are based on different realities, histories, and cultures (Doc 3). Assimilation turned the lives of Native Americans upside-down, forcing them to give up ideas and beliefs they had been practicing their whole lives, without any say. Slowly, Native American culture and lifestyle faded until it was nearly

Native American’s greeted the new colonists in a friendly, welcoming manner from the start. The new colonists considered this a sign of weakness, stating how easy it would be to dominate the native people. When Columbus arrived, there were 12-15 million Native Americans in the Americas, in 1890 there was under 250,000, with 98% of the population gone. With the belief in Manifest Destiny, the colonists forced the Native American’s off their own land, farther and farther from where they originated from, and eventually onto reservations, removing them from their way of life and their culture. During the transition from their homeland to reservations, many of the Native American’s died due to disease, cold, hunger, and the hardships of travel. Along with the annexation, the colonists demanded assimilation.

The Family Stone: Elements of Conflict Conflict Management Resolution/HBD 6771.E1 May 4, 2011 Dr. Barbara Hollingshead The Family Stone: Elements of Conflict Conflict, according to Wilmot & Hocker (2011), is defined as an expressed struggle between at least two interdependent parties who perceive incompatible goals, scarce resources, and interference from others in achieving their goals.

During Westward Expansion, white settlers saw the Indians as a hindrance to civilization. Therefore the mindset of settlers were to convert Native Americans into white culture. To begin assimilating, the government should, “cease to recognize the Indians as political bodies,” adult male Indians should become a citizen to the government, Indian children shall be taken away and “be trained in industrial schools,” and Indians should be, “placed in the same position before the law.” Assimilating Indians wasn’t a simple teaching of a new culture instead, it was brutal. The boarding schools were merciless towards the Indians, mainly because they wanted to force Indians to drop their culture. Native Americans were obligated to change and lost their

Opening a discussion about assimilation reveals a double standard that has been present between native and non-native Americans throughout our nation’s history. From the day they stepped off the boat, white settlers expected Native Americans to change and conform, while they themselves refused to do any changing at all. Before the European settlers arrived in America, the native peoples were the “American Mainstream.” White settlers came into their home, disrupted and destroyed their way of life, disrespected their culture and religion, and then asked them to adopt a European lifestyle. We established a nation in a place where

Conflict allows us to reflect on which is important in our lives. THE AGE Paradise Road (1997) Encountering conflict is an inevitable facet of human existence, which by definition is the opposition of intangible entities. From conflict individuals and societies may be challenged and furthered in terms of social and moral values and beliefs, as each comes to encounter the underlying and intangible elements of conflict and through this, humanity.

Assimilation of the native Indians occurred in different phases. The United States in the early years adopted an Indian policy that they used to build good relations with the bordering tribes which helped politically and in trading with the natives. However, they reserved to stop the good relationships in order for them to acquire more land as the moved west to expand their territory. (Keller,1983)

Daklugie, an American Indian who attended the Carlisle Indian Industrial School later recalled, “we’d lost our hair and we’d lost our clothes; with the two we’d lost our identity as Indians.” The purpose of assimilation was to “kill the Indian and save the man,” in order to transform Native American

The US government adopted forced assimilation policy since the missionary schools were not able to assimilate the Indians from their culture. The assimilation policy, that the US government adopted, involved the establishment of boarding schools where the American Indian child would be forcefully removed from his or her home and taken to the boarding school. In the boarding school the child was not allowed to use his or her language and to practice his or her culture. One may ask him/herself that why the policy was targeting young kids. Its known that, to change people one should begin with their children. The other question one may ask him/herself could be why not change children mind while they were staying with their parents. The parents would be there to help their kids maintain their cultural practices and beliefs. Having this facts in mind the US government adopted the policy of establishing boarding schools to assimilate the American Indian children to the mainstream of “American people”.

It is very clear that the European American’s idea of assimilation was much different than that of the Natives. The Indian tribes were all civilized in their own unique ways. Each individual tribe had their own form of religion, currency and even government. The Cherokee Indians even created their own Constitution and laws. “We, the representatives of the people of the Cherokee

The Native Americans (Indians) found themselves pushed from their homelands and trapped into treaty after treaty with the American government. “The 1851 For Laramie Treaty [stated] the chiefs of the Plains tribes agreed to accept definite tribal borders and allow white immigrants to travel on their trails unmolested” (Tindall 804). Although it’s fair to say that when these treaties were signed both parties intended to abide by them; however greed always seems to get the best of society. The desire to expand westward would result in the dismissal of the treaties causing fights between settlers and Indians. The “Great Sioux War” is a prime example of just how ruthless things got for Indians during the westward expansion. The war lasted one year and three months across 4 (present day) states (Tindall 805). Ultimately, a lack of understanding of how settlers fought their wars would result in Indians losing the war and being subjected to reservations. Once there they were usually stripped of their traditions, culture and basic way of life. They were then forced to adapt to an “Anglo-Saxon” way of life. This meant anything from wearing the same clothes as settlers, to learning to read and write English instead of their native tongues. Once the Indians had reached a reservation they themselves were “conquered” right along with the

The process of Indian assimilation by the government started by sending Indian children to schools on and off of the reservations. At these school Indian students were forced to learn skilled trades and farming. They were also forced to go to church on Sundays regardless of their religion. Students had to learn English and abandon their native languages. This system failed because the students (mostly girls) became so used to the way of life at the school that going back to the reservations was almost impossible for them so many moved to the cities where they couldn’t find jobs that would hire them leading most to become prostitutes and dance hall girls.

            The Native Americans were forced to change their religion, culture, and ways of living to live as a white man. They had no say they either had to accept and if they did not there would be repercussions. According to Dr. Gayle, he states

Regarding this week’s discussion, I chose to interview my roommate’s grandmother Eliza who is about 67 years old. Eliza, or Liz as she prefers to be called, is part of the Baby Boomer generation since she was born in 1950. When I asked her about what major events happened in

CONFLICTS AND DISPUTES ARE INEVITABLE Conflict is defined as the behaviour due to which people differ in their feelings, thought and/or actions. Collins (1995) states that the conflict is a ‘serious disagreement and argument about something important’ and also as ‘a serious difference between two or more beliefs, ideas or interests’ (cf. Kumaraswamy, 1997, p. 96). In general it is believed that conflicts are the underlying cause of disputes. In other words, dispute is a manifestation of the deep rooted conflict. A dispute is defined as ‘a class or kind of conflict, which manifests itself in distinct, justifiable issues. It involves disagreement over issues capable of resolution by negotiation, mediation or third party adjudication’