Native American Culture Vs. Western Culture

Have you ever wonder how the world was created from another culture’s perspective? Native Americans used creation myths to explained to their people how the world was developed overtime. Creation myths are a big part of the Native American culture. they have been passed down from generation to generation. In the creation myths, harmony with nature, rituals, and strong social values are shown in each myths. The purpose of having strong social value in these myths is to teach younger Native Americans valuable lesson if they ever do something bad. These myths reveals how the rituals were created and their intentions for doing it. Creation myths has harmony with nature in it to show a very close kinship between them

Throughout the course of history there have been numerous accounts regarding Native American and European interaction. From first contact to Indian removal, the interaction was somewhat of a roller coaster ride, leading from times of peace to mini wars and rebellions staged by the Native American tribes. The first part of this essay will briefly discuss the pre-Columbian Indian civilizations in North America and provide simple awareness of their cultures, while the second part of this essay will explore all major Native American contact leading up to, and through, the American Revolution while emphasizing the impact of Spanish, French, and English explorers and colonies on Native American culture and vice versa. The third, and final, part of this essay will explore Native American interaction after the American Revolution with emphasis on westward expansion and the Jacksonian Era leading into Indian removal. Furthermore, this essay will attempt to provide insight into aspects of Native American/European interaction that are often ignored such as: gender relations between European men and Native American women, slavery and captivity of native peoples, trade between Native Americans and European colonists, and the effects of religion on Native American tribes.

European families always put the males first, whereas African and Native American cultures saw the woman as the symbol of family bond. The children were said to be descended through the mother’s side more than the father. Religion was somewhat similar between the Native American and African cultures where the Europeans strongly disagreed with. Africans believed that there was a center power and Native Americans believed there were several deities, where they both believed that focused on nature and the its forces. They both believed that objects (usually scared to them) held sprites of the dad and spirits that can be evil or good. On the other hand, Europeans believed that there was a single deity with written scriptures which was all run through

Between Native American Culture and the society we live in today, there are ample amounts of similarities between the two cultures. Some of the things we share in common are ceremonies, respect for animals and nature, good and bad competition and good and evil create a common world. “Coyote and the Buffalo”, “World on the Turtle’s Back”, and “Brother Bear” show us the many similarities we have with the Native Americans. For example we have just about the same respect for animals and nature as the Native Americans did. We also have ceremonies like church, wedding, funerals and much more. We are also in constant competition. It may may not be the same competition as the Native Americans but we are constantly fighting for our grades, our sports and sometimes our friend. It is not always good

There was a broad diversity on the view of the world between the Native Americans and Europeans. Together, they created the story of the clash of people, religion, ideas, and cultures.

There are many interpretations and comparisons of philosophy that can be made. These views come from different cultural and intellectual backgrounds—from Native Americans to the scientific community within the western world; all of which seek to answer the question of the relationship between self and nature. The Native American culture has several different ideas that shape their philosophical way of thinking. These ideas include circularity and relatedness, conceptualization of person, poetry of performance and two world principles (Smith 2010). Conversely, western forms of intellectualism stem from making clarifications that distinctively set apart knowledge in science, religion humanity and technology.

It is no secret that Europeans and Native Americans have an intricate history of conflict and cooperation. Going all the way back to the 16th century, where it all started, their encounters were mostly unpleasant. Indians were the first ones to settle in the Americas, so they had to be creative when it came to living with all this new land. Each tribe had their own culture, beliefs, religions, ideas, and ways of living which for the most part, were not in agreement with European lifestyle. In my opinion, all of those differences are what lead the Europeans and Native Americans relationship to frequent destruction.

Many were forced to evacuate to other regions within the country and endure the infamous Trail of Tears. While Native Americans are not forcibly removed from their homes anymore, this story shows a modern-day example of mistreatment or borders that Native Americans deal with. While the mother faced many different conflicts, externally and internally, she readily accepts the challenge and is not willing to step down. She displays the pride of the Blackfoot Indians and is not willing to let the government tell her who she is and let them define her. She sets an example for Native Americans, standing up against a government that has held them down for so long. That they should always have pride in who they are, and where they came

　　Natalie Diaz's debut collection, When My Brother Was An Aztec, is a book of poems that accounts Diaz's skills in imaginative and lyrical language. The collection explores her past in unexpected form and images, tackling the subjects of her family, most notably her meth addicted brother, life on the reservation, and being a Native American woman. In this collection Diaz has filled the pages with rich and interesting images that rely on Native American culture, experiences of her own as a Native American woman, and mythology. As I read this collection I was struck by how heavy her images rested on the page and yet how weightless they seemed to fly off.

Native people have been living in the Americas for thousands of years. The first picture is of Plains Indians in the year 1870, it shows the ways that they have always lived. In teepees on the great plains ready to pack up and move following the animals they have survived on for thousands of years. Many things changed their living style, most of these being white culture and power. In the second picture, Forest Grove Indian School in 1891, shows young Native American children in an industrial training boarding school. This school teaches the children many white ways like industry and their religion. The main goal of white people was not to kill off all Indians, just to take their land and civilize them. Some events leading to this change are the Battle of Little Bighorn, Helen Hunt Jacksons book “A Century of Dishonor,” and the Dawes Severalty Act.

Back in the time the Native Americans had two types of cultures and they were social and material. Each of these cultures were based on a different characteristic. For example, material people were simple, they had language barriers, body painted themselves, lived in villages and used their most common boat called the Tule Balsa . Meanwhile the social group outnumbered the rest, they were peaceful, unaggressive, lived near Rivers or Southern, Northwestern, Northeastern, had a lot of wealth and knowledge. I feel like the reason why there are many diverse cultures developed was because they wanted to organize their culture based on the abilities that the family had or even putting them into classes by their wealth status. This gave them the

Given the many cultural differences between the native nations and European settlers, hostile relations among the two gradually developed due to a multitude of controversial issues. These issues mainly stemming from the contrast of both sides’ everyday lifestyles and traditions. The native nations and Europeans had polar opposite ideas about what women and men should be and what their roles entailed. “ The difficulty that Europeans had in understanding the alternative gender realities to which they were exposed tells us how strong is the impulse to view established gender definitions in one's own culture as natural rather than socially constructed” (Evans, 1989). Naturally developed gender definitions and norms for the natives were mainly rooted from religious and cultural background. Europeans did not hold the same amount of religious value as the natives did.

There was a group of people in North America way before the Europeans made the lands presence known to the world. These people were called the Native Americans. The Native Americans had their world changed by the Europeans. The Europeans went through a plague called the “Black Death”. It whipped out about half of their population.

The Native Americans lives have been changed dramatically ever sense the Europeans arrived in America. They have experienced brutal treatment that no one should ever have to endure. Although much lose came from the European contact, there were some plus sides to the Europeans coming to America. European have changed the Native Americans lives as a whole for the worse because they were enslaved by the Europeans and they brought diseases killing off a huge portion of their population.

There are many differences and similarities between Native Americans and American popular culture. One similarity between Native American music and American popular music is that both have complexity. According to Indians.org, many researches feel that Native American music is complex when performed (Britannica.com). Many different aspects go into performing Native American music. There are releasing and tensing of the vocals combined with complex beating of the drums (Indians.org).