Negative Effects On Native American Culture

Assimilation of the native Indians occurred in different phases. The United States in the early years adopted an Indian policy that they used to build good relations with the bordering tribes which helped politically and in trading with the natives. However, they reserved to stop the good relationships in order for them to acquire more land as the moved west to expand their territory. (Keller,1983)

The lives of the Native Americans was negatively affected by the arrival of the Europeans as their populations were wiped out by disease introduced from European exploration and trade, as well as becoming oppressed by conquests and enslavement; however, the transatlantic trade that they participated in greatly benefited both worlds.

The Cherokee tribe is known as one of the earliest and largest Indian tribe in North America. They are federally recognized even today among several states(museum). While they slowly became Americanized by the Europeans who came over to America, some still practice their typical Indian rituals publicly today. Most converted to Christianity and their government in Oklahoma is based off the American government with three branches. One would believe that the Trail of Tears could have completely vanquished these Indians but many made it through the horrendous trial and kept the Indian bloodline going even present day (Conley).

Conquest and disease are often the primary negative factors analyzed when discussing European interaction with Native Americans in the Americas. However, with the use of bioarcheology, Historians particularly Clark Spencer Larsen, have been able to learn more about the lifestyle and diet of mission Native Americans in Florida from remains which paint a broader picture than traditional European sources. The mass introduction of corn and hard labor into the diets and lives of Plains Native Americans had a detrimental effect upon the wellbeing and health of those living under Spanish rule. These effects become much more pronounced when compared to the distant ancestors of the Native Americans.

On 1492, Christopher Columbus was the first person who found North American. After that, European people increasingly started to go North American and they tried to survive in the new world. But North America still had many native Americans to live there. So in my opinion, when Europeans found native Americans and Europeans began to comprehend native American’s living habits. But Europeans came to America that had positive impact and also still had negative impact to native Americans.

The physical environment of Native American cultures greatly impacted their way of living. Throughout North America, there were many different regions that had different environmental features. The people and tribes of these regions had to quickly adapt to the changes in the physical environment in order to survive. By doing so, they created and introduced simpler ways to live and grow.

Since the migration of Europeans to the New World relationships with Native Americans tended to be tense and exploitative. With time the white Americans were able to wear down the Native tribes through growth of population along with the rise of advance technology. These advancement often led to bloodshed between the two groups as they fought over the land and survival. The Indians were also greatly affected by the many new disease brought to the New World from the Europeans. The government and the American people were looking for a permanent solution towards the Native Americans. President Andrew Jackson created and submitted the policy of Indian removal to the west of the Mississippi River to Congress. The Indian Removal Act gave the

A large part of the formation of our country and Western society involved interaction with tribes of Native Americans that inhabited North America well before Europeans settled it. It started with Spanish conquistadors and explorers, then British colonies which would mold and change into the revolutionized American Colonists. Along this succession, the Indian tribes on the east coast experienced extreme prejudice, regime changes and war. Among these tribes are the Cherokee. The Cherokee were at the forefront of Indian-European relations. They remained strong in the southeast, despite war and epidemic. The Cherokee underwent significant culture changes yet not always by choice. War and disease tore apart the Cherokee as well other tribes but

In the last five to six centuries, Native Americans have somewhat become nonexistent. They have been stripped of their ethnic identity along with their unwanted belongings. The impact of the acculturation are: manners, morals and habits of the European

Native Americans have been around for centuries. They were some of the first people to ever come to America. Native American’s have different tribes, cultures, and ethnic groups. Native American’s fought hard to protect their land and people. One of the largest, and culturally advanced tribes are the Cherokees. The Cherokees have unique traditions, customs, and heritage.

In the late 19th hundreds Americans have begun spreading more and more through the west which meant people could move out to new land and explore. They could make crops more crops, people could have more homes instead of staying in one place, and they could ding mining as well. But with new place come new neighbor the Native Americans and they had some back in forth interactions with each other. On that note I am here to explain the good the bad it may get a little crazy.

The European conquests mostly had a negative effect on the Native American culture and population in general. Diseases that the Europeans brought over inadvertently helped wipe out a majority of the Native population. They were forced to move off their lands and totally change their way of life. I am sure the conquests brought some modernization to the Native American culture and life that could have made things better for them. Though the disease, loss of land and loss of life far out weighed any good they brought over. The European explorers also felt they could exploit the Indians for labor to aid them in developing these new lands. The Catholic Church also made it a priority to convert them to Christianity and try to “civilize” them.

Expansion in America during the ninetieth century was inevitable, and the Indian lifestyle sat in the way of this new development all across the country. Americans would not allow the Indians to hinder profitable business, whether it is cotton in the southeast or cattle and wheat in the west. Americans were expanding, and there wasn’t a thing the Indians could do to prevent that. Since expansion was so prevalent, there was no longer place in America for the Native American culture

Socially and clinically these can have crucial implications for Native American populations. At the social level, it indicates a large problem as the possibility for social maladjustment not only becomes seen through the eyes of subjective settler citizens within the United States, but it also makes these subjective opinions objective through the scientific gaze (Foucault, 1988). This, therefore, not only ensures that Native Americans be prevented access to things like jobs (for employment screening), but may also be at a higher chance to be criminalized due to their cultural beliefs since the MMPI-2 plays a role in forensic psychology (Butcher & Williams, 2009). Not only that, but, as Oliver (2004) points out, “It is not so much that the

First, the colonial expansion meant a violation of the natural process of historical development of the conquered countries and forced involvement into the scope of the global market and world capitalism. Changes in the culture of Native Americans under the influence of trade with the Europeans were apparent. For example, trade with the British has had a huge impact on the Cherokee tribes (Kelton). At the beginning of the 18th century, their trade in reindeer skins, dried plants, and slaves captured in wars with other tribes was fairly balanced, but their dependence from the British has increased over time (Kelton). The gathering of plants for sale led to the decline of their own agriculture while the use of European agricultural tools led to the rapid depletion of land fertility (Kelton).