Similarities Between Native American Indians And Native Americans

The development of the Comanche Indian identity is very unique. These people developed without overseas trade, settlement, and modern amenities for the time. Yet, those Native Americans were able to stand up against the developing Anglo Population that was immigrating to their land. The Anglo Population developed differently compared to the Comanche tribes. Even though the Comanche and Anglo people both developed vastly differently, they both had alike developments.

The Europeans and the Native American’s come from very different customs and cultures. The colonists had very

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

During the 16th and 17th centuries, when the Europeans started to come over to the new world, they discovered a society of Indians that was strikingly different to their own. To understand how different, one must first compare and contrast some of the very important differences between them, such as how the Europeans considered the Indians to be extremely primitive and basic, while, considering themselves civilized. The Europeans considered that they were model societies, and they thought that the Indians society and culture should be changed to be very similar to their own.

Indians and Europeans are two different type of people. Indians are people who immigrated to the Americas who divided into tribes and developed their own customs. Europeans, especially Spaniards and Portuguese, are Catholic people and that what they want are power and riches.

To better understand the conflict between the Europeans and the Native Americans, one must closely examine the state of Europe’s economy at the time. Europe struggled with difficult conditions. This included poverty, violence and diseases like typhus, smallpox, influenza and measles. There were widespread famines which caused the prices of products to vary and made life very difficult in Europe. Street crimes and violence were prevalent in cities: “Other eruption of bizarre torture, murder, and ritual cannibalism were not uncommon”.2 Europeans

This would later create conflict between the English and the natives as whole due to conflicts revolving around the territory and hunting grounds. This all culminated into the beginning of a series of conflicts later known as the American Indian wars which culminated into much hatred for the natives within the English people. The most infamous of wars involved with natives was the French and Indian war where the french rewarded natives for bringing English scalps to them. This is where native Americans received the stigma as being known as scalp hunters and gained, even more, hatred from the English people. Once the Americans won the revolution in 1783 things once again worsened for the native people due to the majority of native tribes allying with the British during the revolution. Once again giving the Americans another reason to detest the native Americans. Native Americans reached their breaking point when it finally came a time where the Americans to spread west during the manifest destiny period. This devastated and destroyed most native American tribes with only a few strong few tribes holding out in the Dakotas and Montana. After

The Battle of the Little Big Horn is one of the most memorable battles between Native Americans and the Cavalry. In this battle the Lakota, Northern Cheyenne, and Arapaho tribes fought against the 7th Cavalry Regiment of the United States Army. The Lakota, Northern Cheyenne, and Arapaho tribes became the major victors of the battle with only 40 dead vs the great loss of the 7th Cavalry Regiment being 268 dead. This battle famously serves as a symbol of the clash between the “civilized” men of the United States and the “barbarian” Indian men of the West. The United States government became even more determined to rid Native Americans of their freedom because they were perceived as dangerous. Thus they became even more strict in their Indian

It is important to remember this was not a New World to the Indians. The Native Americans felt as if their whole world had been taken away by aliens of an alien culture. Not only did the Native Americans have to change for one group, but many different settlers coming to this new continent. Many European groups of different nationalities defined the New World through conflict from differences of opinions. European colonists of different nationalities interacted with the Native Indians in different ways.

Although the Natives were more on the defensive side when the Europeans arrived, they did not act upon their notion during the initial encounters. Amongst the many ways the Natives reacted to the Europeans, Axtell stated that the Natives employed 5 different strategies being to incorporate them and when that didn’t work, they attempted to beat them, then join them, then parrot them in their ways enough to trounce them in their own game. When all of the above failed, they resulted to ignore them

In the 1500’s, America was a new found place for the Europeans. When the Europeans got to America, They found some Native American’s, which they found had a very different life style then they did. They saw that the Americans were unchanging, missing they were set in their ways and uncivil. The Europeans saw that the Native American’s culture was structure very different from their own. At this time Americans and the Europeans did not understand each other.

The Native American and European Civilizations interacted a lot when Europeans started colonizing. Although the Natives and Europeans shared the same land their government systems, economy, and technology differed greatly. Factors that contributed to these differences included the king and resources. The King regulated European countries controlling them under the constitution. As a mother country, Britain was able to control all of its colonies; because of this, the crown played a major role in distinguishing European Civilization from the Natives.

Social- Social ties between the Americans and Indians had always remained tense. However, the Indians were optimistic on the new found leadership of Jefferson, due to his earlier claim that “Where Indians lived within state boundaries they should not be interfered with, and that government should remove white settlers who encroached them.” (Zinn, As Long as Grass Grows or Water Runs) Despite Jefferson’s claim, he eventually decided that westward expansion was inevitable. Initially, Jefferson had high expectations for the relationships amongst the Indians. One of the highest being the belief that Indians would adapt to the American culture. Jefferson pushed for the traditional beliefs of the Indians to be abandoned. Once abandoned, both Indians