Native American Ancestry Analysis

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.

The biggest impact the United States had on the Native American society was that they kept pushing them off of their land. There is a quote from Chief Joseph from document 4, Perspectives from the Chiefs, talking about how the United States keep taking things that aren't rightfully theirs. He compared the US government to grizzly bears and Native Americans as deer. The grizzlies who repeatedly went at the deer needing more. Even after the US was given more land they asked for more. Year after year they were pushed further west and then all around when manifest destiny began. Document 1 shows a map of Native American land loss from year to year. The NAtive Americans have been pushed around since the first English settlers came over. They had lost most of their land between 1850 and 1870. (Doc 1) The US invaded peaceful lands of the Native Americans out of pure greed. In document 3, 2nd Treaty of Fort Laramie 1868, shows a map of a piece of land owned by Indians with a treaty and a few years after. In 1868 there was a treaty that was signed so that Americans couldn’t even enter the land. After gold was found in that area the treaty did not matter. ( Doc 2) The forced them into a reservation nearly ten times smaller than their original land area. Court actions made it worse, their land was even smaller. America forced the Native Americans to go and move to places they did not want to go despite treaties and people’s actions.

Due to the lack of transcribed history by the indigenous California Native American Indians on their own behalf, one must take into account the possibility for inaccuracy and unreliability of primary sources from immediately before and after the arrival of the European Settlers. There are several factors which contribute to the low value of primary sources. First, prior to first contact, the Indigenous People of America did not typically document their cultural heritage. Second, existing primary sources are written through translators which can lead to the value of the primary source to be only as reliable as the person performing the translating. Lastly, primary sources of indigenous people typically date to after European settlers began colonization, and the views of the primary source could have been influence by colonialization.

Your family came to America and was welcomed. And you are not any different then todays immigrants with the exception your ancestors got her sooner. But you are no more American than anyone else, unless you are a true Native American...You know the group of dark skinned people that was here when your Ancestors came over on their ships. Our Ancestors enjoyed the Native Americans hospitality and then promptly ran them out west and the ones who didn't go were slaughtered. Our Ancestors were terrorists, killing far more NATIVE AMERICANS then any other terrorist group. And if we are talking about keeping immigrants out because a few of them might be Terrorists then us white people should be the first ones sent back to where we came from. YOU ARE

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.

The classification of Native Americans by the United States government has long produced tension. Native Americans within the United States are classified using standards that differ from those used to classify other racial or ethnic minorities, specifically African Americans. While, historically, the classification of African-Americans as relied upon the “one-drop” rule, the classification of Native Americans over the past hundred years has relied upon varying, complicated, and ultimately arbitrary blood rules. However, the reliance upon blood laws does not illustrate the effects of self-identification or identification by others. Across the United States, there are various persons who would self-identify as Native American but are not

The exchanges made between the Natives and the Europeans are numerous. From a biological standpoint, DNA, microbes, plants, and animals were exchanged. Although taboo, Natives and Europeans did mate and swapped genetics which could benefit the children produced. Genetic diversity is extremely important to the survival of offspring. While the exchange of microbes was a tragic one, it’s still vital to history. It decimated the population of the First Peoples. This allowed the Europeans to take over even more. Plants and animals were also important trades. New foods were introduced to both sides. This could have helped farming technology and the amount of food production. However, invasive species like weeds were also introduced which could harm

The first Native Americans settled across North and South America between 500/1500 B.C.E, creating advanced and rich cultural, social, and political civilizations. Approximately 6-7 million Native Americans inhabited North America alone. In what would become the American Southwest, Native American tribes, the Hopi and Zuni, conducted a settled life for over 3,000 years. Hundreds of tribes were formed and the Native Americans lived in small villages. When the Spanish first arrived in the Americas in the fifteenth century, they forever changed the lives of the Native Americans. As time went on, more Europeans from different countries came to the Americas for different reasons, but all encountered the Native Americans. Europeans believed that

Sky is eight years old, we have had him since he was three weeks old, he was my baby brother. Sky was birthed and then left at the hospital with many complications, because he has fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS) caused from his birth mom drinking while pregnant with him. We were able to adopt him at the age of 1. Sky is Native American, he has dark brown hair and eyes, he is very small for his age because of FAS. Other than his small stature he looks just like any other kid.

Christopher Columbus is one of the most renowned explorers in world history. Tales of his conquests are celebrated and honored on a global scale. In reality, his actions were far deserving of the fame they have garnered. Columbus and his followers brutally colonized new lands through force and violence, often taking members of the native population as slaves. When he disembarked to find new lands, Columbus left little behind but disease and desolation. Many people revere Columbus for the discovery of modern America. However, the Native Americans had been inhabiting the continent for years before his arrival.

After reading the series about Native American children being taken into foster care, I was shocked about the the treatment of the children and the tribe. I could not believe that the social workers would just come and take the children away from the families in such abrupt ways. Janice Howe even states that she waited at the bus stop for the girls, and they were not one the bus. I could not imagine what could have been going through her mind. To not even get a call from a social worker to tell her what had happened. I believe that the state is essentially kidnappnig the children for a profit. As the series states, the federal government sends the state thousands of dollars for every child it takes. The state is making thousands of dollars

For this assignment, I had the chance to look up the Ute Native Americans Utah was actually derived from the name Ute, which means "Land of the Sun". Before the tribe had lived on their own reservation located in what used to be called Keanu, eventually turned into Colorado, Utah, New Mexico and Nevada. I remember a little bit in school when I was in the second grade learning about Native American history of course around the time that we were learning about Columbus Day and Thanksgiving. However, that was the only time that it was discussed again. I’m not sure how we really learned about them because it has been awhile but I do recall learning about local Native American tribes and bands within the Pennsylvania area such as the Delaware (Lenni

Point of view is vital in every story. The point of view directs one through the story in the manner the creator intended. An author can use point of view to make a situation seem more intense or highlight issues close to them. In Frederick Brown’s “Sentry” the author places the reader in an alien world where the humans are defending against aliens. He uses the point of view of a foot soldier to highlight the repetition of history. Even with all of the technology used to get to that planet the war is still fought by men and women on the ground. These people suffer the same way soldiers did in the first world war and the second and every war since. The Lottery takes a more objective point of view. Instead of having once characters voice narrate

In the age of information, the need to protect your personal information is greater than ever before. We are usually pretty vigilant when it comes to giving out our credit cards numbers and most of us try to create strong passwords to prevent our information from getting out. But what about our DNA? Do any of us really think about who we are giving our DNA to and what they use it for? There has been a string of articles recently about how genetic sites like Ancestry or 23andMe are using and storing our genetic samples. What makes this problem so scary is that we don’t necessarily know what we are signing up for when we send our sample to these companies because we didn’t read the fine

In our current times I am extremely appreciative because I am privileged. Having a white European background, being a heterosexual women, having access to an enriching education, and being brought up with two knowledgeable, and intelligent parents I have been sheltered from prejudice opinions. Exposing myself to this cruel fact of life, I feel saddened to hear that worldwide we are harshly judging people by their heritage or the colour of their skin and not fully understanding their aspirations and knowledge which would make a great contribution to society. As I reflected back to my own personal life I realized that many of my dearest friends have a mediocre quality of life because of individuals narrow minded beliefs. My point of view on