Native American Family Research Paper

Native Americans and Americans today share many values and disbeliefs also. We all have families and try to do everything to protect and help them. We also try to not discriminate against other people. Doing this helps us connect more as people and a nation. Chief Joseph said “I believe much trouble and blood would be saved if we opened our hearts more.” We have opened our hearts and live together more peacefully.

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Growing up Native American, I champion the issues of our society. Irene Vernon, a professor at Colorado State University who specializes in Native American health put it simply, “We are the sickest racial, ethnic population in the United States. “ Poverty, unemployment, lack of formal education, domestic violence, incarceration, alcoholism, substance abuse, poor health, and even suicide rates all significantly exceed national rates for any ethnic population.

The Navajo Native Americans experienced multiple struggles throughout their tribe’s history, mostly surrounding the problems to do with the United States military and the Spaniards pushing them from their territory. Although this was the fate of multiple tribes of Native Americans, the Navajo struggled intensely to leave their homeland. The Navajo were a beautiful tribe with multiple hardships. The Navajo tribe was formed sometime around the 1500s, and developed to become the largest Native American tribe. The word Navajo comes from “Tewa Navahu”, translating to mean “highly cultivated lands” loosely.

No one wants to hear stories about domestic violence and sexual assault, but it’s a big issue that needs to be heard out, especially for Native American women. It is estimated that over thirty percent of women in the general United States population have experienced domestic abuse and an even higher percentage for just sexual assault, many of which are based on women of color, which primarily consists of natives. This problem has been around for too long and there’s still limited resources for abuse victims, which needs to change. Too many women are put through abuse which could be prevented if more people knew and were educated on what is happening and sexual assault as a whole.

Navajo Indian Tribe Are Native Americans from the Southwestern United States. They are one of the largest tribes of American Indians in the world. They lived in the Southwest areas that are today known as New Mexico, Arizona, Utah, and Colorado. Their "Navajo" came from the Spanish who called them the Apaches of Navajo. They called themselves "Dine" or "the People". I chose to write about the Navajo Indians Tribes because I would like to learn more about them.

In the 1500’s Navajo people began creating their tribe. The Navajo indians call themselves “Dine”, which translates to “The People”. Navajo represent the largest of all Indian nations in The United States. The Navajos have lived in North America, Alaska, and Canada. At present they have the largest reservations in Arizona, New Mexico and Utah. This tribe happens to be the largest tribe in the United States today.

American Indian children face a number of significant challenges. Like many other oppressed populations, many are born into communities that experience widespread of poverty, substance abuse, domestic violence and chronic health problems at much higher rates than non-Native communities. Historically, US government policies have tried for years sought to destroy some characteristic of the American Indian culture, dominion, and way of life contributed greatly to these tragic circumstances.

There are 529 federally recognized Indian Nations in the United States (National Congress of American Indians, 2003). The United States Constitution currently recognizes these Indian Nations as sovereign nations; but this was not always the case, especially regarding education of Native American students. According to PBS, a program of assimilation education began on the reservations. This was in the hopes that the assimilation of the children would translate to assimilation of the parents. However, this didn’t work in the way that was hoped, so education reformers pushed for Native American boarding schools. Children were taken from their parents (with no legal backing other than assimilation) and sent to boarding schools, where they were

Going back as early as 1100, the Navajo culture is one of the more fascinating tribes in North America. Although their culture did not appear until around this time, their peoples have been around since 12,000 B.C, maybe even earlier. The Navajos originated around the “Four Corners” area, in south western Colorado and south eastern Utah. This group was eventually, and forcefully removed from their land, and mainly settled in the area of northern New Mexico and Arizona, expanding their territory although they would continue to feud with settlers that would take their land, and surroundings.

The start of the complications between white society and Native society began during the age of colonization when the English settlers viewed tribal people as uncivilized. They thought that hunting animals was barbaric and that the Natives should learn farming and Christianity. They misunderstood the Native Americans. Rather than pitiful, tribes viewed themselves as proud and strong communities with ancient roots and traditions. That wasn’t evident to Eleazar Wheelock, who had a grand vision for the Native Americans: educate them as he would English children, and train them to become missionaries who could spread the word of God to their Native brethren. Much like other colonists in his day, Wheelock thought the Natives would perish lest the

This essay will be examine the US government’s effort to “deal” with the Indians from 1877 through 1900 to include warfare, treaties, and the Reservation System. Indian Territory was a promising land with a lot of investing potential for railroad and mining, the perception of American’s ethnocentrism (white supremacy), and Americans think that Whites were more evolved than the Indians because they were more intellectual and educated than the Indians, so the US’s government put in their efforts to forcefully “deal” with the Indians to settle both parties’ interests.

“Man is not at peace with his fellow man because he is not at peace with himself; he is not at peace with himself, because he is not at peace with God.” Thomas Merton

Several Native American tribes called North Carolina home. Many still do today and haven’t moved much from their original places. The Cherokee are still over by the Appalachian Mountains and the Meherrin continue to be located in Hertford. Some are around but aren’t in the same area we originally knew them to be or just aren’t here (or recognized I should say) anymore such as the Tuscarora tribe from the coastal area that decided to move north when things got rough. Even the Croatan tribe isn’t recognized as a present day tribe and they were said to play a huge part in history here in eastern North Carolina, with the whole “lost colony” thing.

The myths, stories and purpose of this cluster of stars differs immensely among the American Indian tribes.