Summary Of Jeannette Armstrong's History Lesson

This section highlights that history has created a false narrative depicting the natives as a victimized people, which they were to some extent but only in the fashion that they did not possess the same technology for warfare, immunity of communal diseases transmitted, and they were not anticipating combat. All other factors considered, the natives stood to be a potential threat. In regards to knowledge obtained by Spaniards prior to arrival and knowledge gained from observation, it would be remiss had they not prepared for battle. This argument is not to be misconstrued in approving their actions; I do recognize colonization as an evil for both the reasons employed and its damaging effects, but rather to change the narrative surrounding that of the native people. While they did experience a tragedy, I feel that it is erroneous to write them into history as being incompetent resulting from their

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.

History is relevant and significant to each and every individual. Our ancestors, our culture, our laws, our earth... all of these finite factors have contributed to the posterity of human nature from the macro levels to the micro levels. In the Native American culture specifically, history is exceptionally influential, it burrows itself in the minds of individuals in many ways, consciously and unconsciously. Louise Erdrich and her novel, Plague of Doves, portrays the real and potent effects of historical context on the descendants of Native Americans. In this paper I will be comparing Plague of Doves to another traumatic historical event, the Sand Creek Massacre, and unravel in a transparent way the relationship between history and behavior.

Our nation’s history has been deep rooted in the conflict involving Native Americans, ever since the beginning of America and it is one hard to get rid of even as the days go by. The impact of colonialism can be seen in Native American communities even today, and it can only be understood through a cultural perspective once you experience it. Aaron Huey, who is a photographer, went to Pine Ridge reservation and it led him to document the poverty and issues that the Sioux Indians go through as a result of the United States government’s long term actions and policies against them. One must question all sources regarding these topics because there is a lot of biased and misinformation about Native American struggles, and sometimes schools do not thoroughly teach the truth so students can get an insight. There are also different sociological perspectives in this conflict, along with many differing opinions on how to approach the problem and deal with it. This is where ideas clash because people believe their views are right regarding how to handle it.

As I struggled to learn to kayak I pushed through the same water the Edisto’s paddles had touched. My experiences mirror those of Joseph Bruchac, in his work “At the End of Ridge Road.” Bruhac has a cabin in the country that is very close to “the homestead where [his] grandfather and his twelve brothers and sisters were born…Even closer to us are the unmarked burial places of Abenakis and Mohawks and Mohicans” (215-216). Bruhac’s modern home’s proximity to places of cultural importance for Native Americans shows that the way the land has been impacted and used by Native Americans should not be overlooked. The Native presence on the land is often overlooked since the Edisto people had all died from disease or war by the early 1700s. The Edisto people are often overlooked because of heavy focus on Civil War history in the area. The land that I’ve been walking for twenty years has an entire culture buried beneath it and I haven’t thought about it once. The Native Presence is not entirely gone. The Island’s infamous Captain Ron, a white man raised by the Cherokee, has had arrangements with my family for decades. Like the Edisto people before Ron uses the land to procure majority of the food his family eats. His children Rain, Tide, Marsh, and Wind learn these same skills and continue to grow up on Edisto Island.

Thomas King’s The Inconvenient Indian tells the story of Indigenous people in Canada and the United States, it challenges the narrative on how Indigenous history is taught and explains why Indigenous people continue to feel frustrated. King’s seeks to educate the reader as he provides a detailed accounts of the horrific massacres Indigenous people endured, yet he simultaneously inserts humorous moments which balances out the depressing content and enhances his story. The books highlights the neglect and assimilation that Indigenous were subjected to and how their survival was seen as an inconvenience to western culture. King directs his message at a Euro-centric audience to offer an accurate explanation of Indigenous culture and

If that was all in the past, it’s all good now and we’ve made more progress, right? As Angela Cavender Wilson ("Educating America: The Historian's Responsibility to Native Americans and the Public") recounts her story, she remembers feeling dread as her class talked about her ancestors as they have depicted them as “hostile, savage, and primitive”. This statement alone shows the continuity of how Americans have depicted these people with bitter images and yet time may have healed some wounds but then how can we judge fully how bad the colonists feel.           In contrast to those feelings, people still view that some relations were really good. As an example, Ned C. Landsman remarked that in their relations with natives, they had

During the course of history the relationship between Whites and Native Americans changed drastically. A bond was created between the White traders who arrived in the Pacific Northwest and the Native Americans due to a mutual dependency for a wide range of commodities. This mutual bond was vital to both sides and kept the relationship between them on more equal standards. Later on the mutual bond and respect between them deteriorated and resulted in the Native American’s being categorized as inferior to the Whites. Such relationship changes were a result of two main factors; social changes, mainly the change in the whites in the region from white traders to white settlers, and cultural changes that resulted from White American’s sense of racial

　　When European imperialists moved into a colony, many did not pay attention to the Indigenous peoples of the land and their needs, especially those that were centered around their relationship with the land. As a result, when Europeans needed land for settlements, railways, lumbering, mining, and large plantations, the Europeans displaced Indigenous peoples from their home and they ended up damaging a lot of their traditions and cultures, something that is still noticeable today. Additionally, when the European government made boundaries in a foreign country, they completely ignored the pre-existing boundaries of the indigenous people and their communities. The colonizer’s disregard for the Indigenous people’s lives, beliefs, and traditions left legacies of civil war, poverty, and starvation. Cultures and communities were also destroyed by the displacement.

From the time of Columbus’s arrival in America in 1492, there was an overlying theme of conflict and oppression that encompassed the European, and especially the Spanish’s, efforts to colonize the native land and peoples. These conflicts ranged anywhere from small skirmishes to rebellions and in some cases to outright war. The Europeans were determined to colonize the Americas and as a result, many people on both sides were killed in the process. This struggle between European and Native Americans, however, did not take a linear path towards a final resolution. In fact, the timeline of exploration and colonization in early America was dotted with interactions and events that challenged the norm when it came to Indian-European relations,

Native Americans played an undeniably important part in shaping America’s history. Without them, settlement in the “New World” would have been impossible with supply shortages and fighting ravaging many early settlers. For their helpfulness, though, many Native Americans were murdered, plagued, and forced off their lands. History has shown them as hopeless victims, with their options steadily dwindling as Europeans gained more and more control. However, James Axtell provides a different idea in Beyond 1492.

The Seattle Washington City Council is taking a great step towards healing the suffering America experienced as Europeans began to inhabit the land. Christopher Columbus and the travelers of his day had the opportunity to honor the Natives and trade peacefully with them. Some of the Natives even welcomed the Europeans to live among them. Instead the Europeans treated the Indigenous people as slaves and stole their land. The terrible illnesses that wiped out so much of the population is a tragedy. While some Europeans were kind, the injustice that occurred has not fully washed away from the Native American people. The negative effect from horrific treatment and illnesses are still evident, they carry a great burden for their ancestors. “Indigenous

This ended the army’s conflict with the Plains Indians, the work situates the glories of Native Americans in the past. In a tight, very defined, darkened interior, we see a tribal leader watching over five individuals who are all slumped over, looking defeated as they reread there hieroglyphic history. This work captures the suffering of the Native American people faced when America was founded, their people were being massacred and realistically there wasn’t much that could have been done. It perfectly captures the sadness and bleakness the subjects are feeling, so much so that you can feel the anguish echo from the

Starting with a perspective that settlers had no right to invade or claim land that was already occupied, the disruption of the Native’s lifestyle by the settlers is the mark

It is easy to see that current events and issues of the world around them have had an impact on authors and what they have written from the stories in this time period. The Native American authors wrote stories describing life during and after white man came to America. We read Oratory’s by two Native American’s COCHISE and CHARLOT. They gave heart-wrenching speeches, giving great details into the history of the tribes and the devastating effect the white man had on them. Author Zitkala Sa gave us a powerful interpretation of her life as a Indian and how the white’s coming to America affected her life.