Native American Analysis

This is the culminating project for the Native American unit. You will review what you have learned in this unit and create a picture book.

After reading and listening to the lectures, I would have first enacted laws that would do away with underminding the Great Plains Indians knowledge of their homeland and authority they had over their people. Having dealt with Indian relations for over 200 years, I believe that the people of the United States, white or indian, should be treated fairly on their own land. Creating individual towns and territorys for both whites and indians would create even more tention, so rather than seperating each race the I would create united communities consisting of both whites and indians on both white land and indian land. Living in a community were both races are next door to each other and are trading items, would allow for relationships to grow much

The definition of Sociology is the study of human societies through the synthesis of theoretical analysis and controlled research, focusing on the social patterns and the different factors that influence humans. I was born in a small town with roughly five hundred people in it; Terrero Negro the most beautiful town in Honduras is where I grew up for the majority of my childhood. Sadly do a corrupt government the majority of the population lives in poverty, however that does not stop anyone from always offering you a cup of coffee or any type of beverage when you arrive at their house. This is one of the most important norms, thus from a young age everyone is taught to be courteous and make your guest feel at home by offering them a beverage.

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.

Over the course of the expedition, Lewis and Clark developed a ritual that they used when meeting a tribe for the first time. The captains would explain to the tribal leaders that the their land now belonged to the United States, and that a man far in the east – President Thomas Jefferson – was their new “great father.” They would also give the Indians a peace medal with Jefferson on one side and two hands clasping on the other, as well as some form of presents (often trade goods). Moreover, the Corps members would perform a kind of parade, marching in uniform and shooting their guns. Fifty years before Lewis and Clark, the Blackfeet Indians had a reputation of being hospitable to Europeans, who occasionally even

How did the Native American people groups who shaped North America for centuries become reduced to stereotypes portrayed in movies and other media? What is the place for advocacy and social justice ministries in these communities? These questions captured my attention during my education at Taylor University. At Taylor, most students are not aware of Native American tribes beyond the media portrayal in westerns or sports logos. As I conducted research for the Butler Undergraduate Research conference and the Emmaus Initiative, a nonprofit tracking religious freedom for Christianity, Islam, and Judaism in the United States, it became evident the blind spot regarding Native American studies and advocacy was a national trend. During my future

Roughly 16,000- 40,000 years ago a group of nomadic people known as the Paleo-Indians who are the ancestors of the Native Americans followed the herds of animals from Siberia to Alaska across a land bridge called Beringia that connected Asia to North America (Mintz & McNeil, 2013). The land bridge that was used has been covered by water due to the rise of the Bering and Chukchi Seas (United States National Parks Services [NPS], 2014). The timeline for this journey has been in question because nothing was recorded so archeologists have an approximate time this took place. By the year 8,000 B.C.E these nomadic people spread and settled into different tribes throughout North and South America

The first article is called Digging Out a Lost City’s Secret. It’s basically about Teotihuacan remains found by archaeologists. Many possessions resembling boxes filled with shells, jaguar remains, and rubber balls. The second article is called Skeleton Dating Back to the Ice Age Sheds Light on Native American Origins. Briefly, the previously mentioned article is about a young girl who died 12,000 to 13,000 years ago in Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula by divers diving in the area. The last article is called Guatemala’s Finest Clothing Shops. It is pretty much about Guatemalan trends working ways into design studios to make shoes, night gowns, and purses. The one that states more informational facts, in my opinion, would be the second article, Skeleton Dating Back to the Ice Age Sheds Light on Native American Origins.

Zinn explains different forms of equality towards men, women, and children in Native American tribes and compares them to the equality in Europe and the colonies. When Columbus and his successors were not coming into an empty new world, but into a world which places was as populated as Europe itself, where culture was complex, where human relations were more egalitarian than in Europe, and where the relations among men, women, children, and nature were more worked out than perhaps any place in the world. Zinn said “the status of women in Indian tribes are equal, it was better than the status of women in Europe” (5). Women were important and respected in Iroquois society, the senior women in the village named the men who represented the

Should settlers take into consideration the heritage and cultural ties to geographic areas of native people when instituting policies? The past has shown that native people have been mistreated. But we still see hatred towards them currently. History shows that Native Americans should have every right to decide what happens on their land in the United States. Not only is this true for Native Americans, but it is also true for the First Nation in Canada, Indigenous Australians, and Amazon Natives.

Patricia, great post. I do think that a culture that needs some attention is the Native American culture. There are many reasons why this culture needs attention from the medical community. Some of the issues that could be covered when seeing the Native American culture are mental health, heart disease, stroke, infant mortality, HIV/AIDS, diabetes, and cancer.

Native Americans have had quite a different amount of struggles ever since the immigration of Europeans into the country. However, the United States government has been able to improvise and slightly help the Natives whose land has been taken away from them. There have been a numerous amount of policies given that have impacted their daily lives. Three of those policies would be the Reorganization, Indian Gaming Regulation, and American Indian Religious Freedom Acts.

There are many important points in this paper. First of all, the predisposition that the new arrivers had towards Native American people, I believe that that selfish and wrong way of thinking that they had was the source of the holocaust that followed. Because, these new arrivers had the belief that everybody that thought in a way different to theirs, was mistaken and that they have the right to change the others’ “wrong” thinking, simply because they thought that the way they perceived things was the “correct” one. Therefore they did not allow the Native American people to show them or to share with them their beliefs, they simply imposed all their rules, beliefs, values and way of thinking. The previous fact also reveals the feeling of superiority

The concepts of today’s Native American Indians has changed considerably, however, our conception relating to the history of the Native American Indians has not changed much, but should.

Following the end of World War II, Native American soldiers returning from the war found themselves returning to a situation in which they were treated as second-class citizens in their own country despite their impactful contributions to the war effort. The era that followed would continue to illustrate some of the issues that plagued the relationship between the government and Native American communities, which, in turn, was destructive to the aims at improving the lives of those that lived in these communities. Many of these issues stemmed from the government’s lack of awareness or insight of the culture of the tribes that they were dealing with. However, contrary to policies used in order to help sustain Native American reservations and