Native Americans Contributions To Society

Current American society is constantly affected by events from the past, but sometimes what society thinks is in the past is not so far behind. The way Native Americans were treated historically continually plays a part in current American society. Due to the racism and stereotypes carried throughout society the Native American cultural circle is constantly under fire.

THESIS STATEMENT: The Native Americans were historically doomed because of the Europeans inability to accept elements of Native American culture that they felt were savage, the natives inability to acknowledge the Europeans threat to their lifestyle and land, and the far superior European army used to defeat Indian tribes.

Our history is written by the winners of the bloody, and merciless battles that shaped our country. The hate that has slaughtered thousands of people, is also the hate that has made our country the beautiful tragedy it is today. We all know the history of how Christopher Columbus came to the native land, named the people here indians because he thought he was in the Indi mountains and brought disease and colonists to the land to make it part of spain.

Many people think that the African-Americans are the most oppressed group of people ever in the United States. That may be true based on the quality of oppression, but not the length of this type of treatment. The Native Americans have been the most oppressed group of people ever in the United States, and even in the colonies that preceded the US. From the early 16th century until even today, the Native Americans were and are being oppressed in this country. The cause was because of colonization. The Europeans colonization of what is now America led the Natives to despair and destruction.

These individuals spent their lives researching cures or vaccines that would protect civilization. It was very admirable that they did this even with them knowing the dangers of the virus. I learned that a hot agent is a deadly virus which has no vaccine or cure.

I did not know anything about this part of the US history either and it is interesting how all these things happen to the American Indians back then. It still haves a big impact in today’s society They are still fighting for their rights, fighting for land that is sacred for them. There is a lot of money saved on that federal account but like you said each one would get about ten thousand which is nothing compared to what the land is worth to them.

When starting this class I personally did not have a very detailed understanding of what or who indigenous people were, what made them important, and how they helped to shape what is now American history. To think that when settlers first came to the new land native americans made up one hundred percent of the population but now are roughly only one percent of the total population is very disappointing to see. This decline of population was due to many different factors such as, territorial conflicts, war, disease, and being forced to re-settle. When resettling, the journey alone that the native American had to take caused a huge decrease in population. Any population that is still here today is comprised of federally designed reservations. Although it is said that Hawaii and Alaska are two sates that have still refused to put in place any policies with Native Americans that seek out the rights to restrict them. I have learned that many native tribes that were geographically similar, often times came together to form nations, as well as confederacies. With these tribes being so similar yet so different, geographically and with the language, it often times lead to unity or division within these native communities, before the arrival of new settlers. With these differences we saw how each tribe played a part in the history of new settlers in the states as they each contributed something different to our history. This fact however gets looked over a lot of the time,

When you feel worthless, and are told you are completely worthless, and start to believe it, would you have the strength to break down the walls? As a Native American it was hard, and still is, to feel as though you “belonged” in America. They struggle with high rates of suicide, are told they aren’t going to be anything but and Indian, and some overcome. But why do they have to be put through it?

The United States government has always been quick to dismiss minorities. Many movements are happening today to gain the rights they never had, such as Black Lives Matter, feminism, LGBTQIA+ rights, and more. Yet, one of the most oppressed groups has silence in the media - Native Americans. Their struggles are rarely addressed and remain relatively unknown. Their cultures are continuously appropriated by fashion companies and slandered by the film industry. Since the beginning of the United States’ interaction with Native American people, they have been treated with complete disrespect; even now their basic rights are compromised as they are continually treated dishonorably.

The Native American people and their history have greatly impacted modern day America and created the world we all know today. without their inspiration and help, Europeans would not have been able to colonize America on their own; furthermore it would've been very difficult and most would not have survived. America was built upon the ideas that originated from the Native American people. Culture that has been introduced by them, agricultural development, and political views created the bases of how America grew and functions today. Many times, people image Native Americans mainly on their art. The natives of the Southwest are known for their turquoise jewelry, the natives from the Plains for their beads, and the Northwest Coast are known for

Throughout the history of America the thought of assimilation has been fought for and against. Many people, such as the Native Americans, were forcibly stripped of their culture and Americanized. Others, such as the German Americans, willingly assimilated in political views but tried to hold onto their culture. All of these situations lead to hatred from white Americans at some point throughout our history. The Native Americans during the westward expansion, German Americans during WWI, and Japanese immigrants during WWII. Even though some of these people had already assimilated, the fear that remained constant was the belief that people of different races and ethnicities were savages. That other cultures were an affront and could not

This act was devastating towards the Native Indians as it broke up the previous land settlements given to the Native Indians in the form of reservations and separated them into smaller, separate amount of land to live on, and most of the time the land requested by the Native Indians would not be given to them and instead would be designated a land that is not fruitful or is away from any body of water. This act gave the white settlers a great advantage in the expense of the Native Indians land where they plant and burn resources that helped them survive for generations. This document is important as it shows how much negative impact foreign people has done to Native Indians’ agriculture and towards the them as a whole. In addition, this document

In school when I was younger, Native Americans were portrayed in the history textbooks in a negative manner. After returning to school, it’s nice to see that textbooks are making a great effort to get it right. But after reading our textbook and studying about everything the Native Americans had to go through, at the beginning of our nation. I think their deaths were the results of a broken heart, along with diseases. Which were brought from settlers to North America, including measles, scarlet fever, influenza, chickenpox, and colds. The proverbial broken heart threatens Native Americans, who were brave enough to put their trust into the European settler’s hands or choose to believe what they were told. In fact, some Indians, surprisingly helped many English settlers. Which brought different conflicts between their own people, because some choose to believe the settlers were their friends. Consequently, we can say most conflicts between European settlers in America and Native Americans were about land. The Indians used large amounts of land to survive and the Europeans wanted it. In many cases, Europeans simply took what they wanted. The Indians were taken advantage of by the settlers for a long time, so the Indians were cheated out of trades, goods, and land. Other conflicts between the Indians and the settlers was due to their belief they could take over the Native Americans too. One example, is when settlers forced Natives to be baptized, stripping them of all their

The actions of the competing european nations following christopher columbus’ discovery of the new world were to make the native americans mine silver in order to benefit from what they had conquered. One thing that the native americans did to improve on society today was that they genetically engineered teosinte to create corn. This was probably one of the most important feats in human history. Something else that the native americans did to improve on society today was the color red. They industrialized red dye and this was extremely important for the europeans, since it was really valuable in their

When asking a child, educated or not, what they ideas are when they hear the term Native American where does they mind venture to? More than likely do they not consider the former House of Representative, Charles D. Curtis or professor pitcher Joba Chamberlain. But they also do not think of a Native American as being an average person, a boy/girl like themselves. What children believe to be Native American are descriptions such as, feather headdresses, tomahawks, and long braided hair or scalped hair. This cartoon, Hollywood based description is not limited to the mind of a child, but it is what most Americans think of when they hear the term Native America. This icon of Native Americanism is a by-product of the long-lasting term, savages. Savages, by definition are “people regarded as primitive and uncivilized” . Throughout their history American Indians have had the trademark of savagery which has allowed Europeans to isolate, assimilate and mistreat this culture. In result, there has been a phenomenon, in which this paper will discuss as well as the history of savagery in the United States.