The Influence Of Life On The Seminoles

For the Lakota Indians, stories were passed down through the generations as a way of teaching lessons. Their creation story places an emphasis on maintaining a balance between man and nature. This balance was broken for the Indians when, after violating the Dawes Act, a treaty that gave them full rights to their sacred land, white men pushed them out of their homeland and forced them into a society that they never wanted to be a part of. In doing this, their culture was greatly diminished, along with their hope of a better future. Today, the Lakota Indians face poverty and other challenges that all stem from a time when their rights were violated, peace broken, and stories forgotten.

considered to be ignorant and hostiles by the “White” settlers, forced to live on reservations, lost

One famous Indian tribe is the Cherokee. The Cherokee are original residents of the American southwest region, but now they occupy most of Oklahoma.There are three recognized Cherokee tribes. Most Cherokee people speak English today, but many still speak the Cherokee language. Children had jobs to do after school just like men and women had their own jobs. Many Cherokee Indians died when president Andrew Jackson forced them to leave their homes in Georgia. In the following essay I will be talking about the Cherokee life before,during,and after the Westward Expansion.

The conditions of the Native Americans are difficult influenced their struggle. Like Junior and Little Tree were very young and didn’t really understand why the white men made fun of them or why they got teased, or why they didn’t really have any friends. For example Junior got bullied almost everyday he went to school all the kids would hit him and tease him and no one helped him, because he didn’t have any friends to help him. Little

Many of the Native tribes of the time met the resulting dismissal of their rights as landowners and citizens with confusion, disbelief, anger

Vires, a Latin term, on base represents strength; force; and power. However, through the realm of the Seminole Tribe of Florida, Vires epitomizes standing tall and remaining “Unconquered”. During the Seminole Wars many Seminoles were forced out of their homes and pushed into smaller groups around the state, notably around the Mississippi River. Though few Seminoles had still remained in Florida leading to the rich culture we have the privilege of seeing represented around the Florida State community. These Seminole Indians pushed on looking to the days ahead, knowing that they may very well not see the people who they began this journey with. Fostering a culture of staunch independence, creating a platform of self-government and understanding

Alexie, in his essay, talks about how his life was growing up on a Native American reservation in Washington state. A lifestyle that most Americans never know. Life as a Spokane Indian surrounding by a growing American society had its hardships, as Alexie explains. According to Alexie, most Spokane families living on the reservation lived a life that we in modern American society would label poverty, but the Spokane call it “middle-class.” Growing up, most of the food brought to the table in Alexie’s home was that of government surplus, thanks to federal sanctions on Native reservations, but his family managed to scrape by like any other Spokane, usually through a minimum wage income.

In the 1700's many Natives Americans from Georgia and Florida came to gather looking for protection. At the beginning they were differentiated for their cultures, but little by little they cultures blend until forming the Seminole. Over the next century other Native Americans and even African Americans escaping from slavery cross the border to join the seminole looking for protection.

Sports teams should not worry about changing their name, mascot, and pride. The cost would be outrageous. The Washington Redskins are a big NFL team. Auerbach states, “Changing the name of these well-established teams would not be easy . . . they would have to spend millions on marketing in an effort to keep long-time fans and attract new one.” Companies would not be willing to spend millions of dollars on a name change. All of the merchandise would have to be changed, it would be very time consuming. According to the article, written by Auerbach, it is stated that “The Seminole tribe . . . has for generations played a major role in Florida’s maintaining an extensive partnership with Florida State University.” The Seminole tribe gets a special

They were pressed to leave their homeland and go to land with less farming opportunities and hunting. Oklahoma became a state in 1907 and the Indian land was lost forever (History-Trail of Tears). To this day there are very few Indian reserves throughout the United States. We stole the Indians land and changed their life drastically. Although we compensated with money for forcing them to leave their homeland, we could never repay them. 45,000 Indians were removed from their homes and sent westward by the late 1830’s and over 60 tribes (Seppi, Trail of Tears). The Trail of Tears got its name because it was just a heart wrenching thing for these tribes to leave their land behind; also, overall about 10,000 Indian lives were lost (Fryegaillard 42) The Indians did not flourish in their new home for 100 years; soil was not fertile for agriculture therefore few animals roamed. I would conclude that many died from exposure after reaching their new territory due to poor living conditions (Fryegaillard 41). A major problem for the Indians that rooted from the inability to farm was the lack of healing herbs. Indian tribes practiced herbal medicine and now they could no longer grow the resources they needed (Fryegaillard 136). The Seminole tribe originally lived in Spanish Florida where the seasons did not drastically changed the climate. It is relatively warm in Florida and the Seminole

Adapting to new places can be very hard, especially long ago when there was no modern technology. People had to get used to the new setting and environment. There were changes involved, such as materials that were available, food and water, and even a change in people. This meant that there were some challenges that these people had to face, and in order to survive, these people must find solutions to this. It is apparent in the texts, “Settlement: Jamestown and the Founding of America” by James Horn and “A Day on the Trail” by Jerry Miller. In these texts, they both show the similarity of having challenges with the Native Americans, as well as having different solutions to overcome it. The Native Americans were harsh to the people and

Not knowing how to cultivate the land or domesticate animals, the Cherokee at a standstill. The Whites, who knew how to cultivate the land and domesticate animals, would have been able to utilize the land to its fullest potential instead of withering away precious resources. The Whites tried various methods to persuade the Cherokee to part with their land, but they refused and were frequently abused. “… we have come to the conclusion that this nation cannot be reinstated in its present location, and that the question left to us and to every Cherokee, is, whether it is more desirable to remain here, with all the embarrassments with which we must be surrounded, or to seek a country where we may enjoy our own laws, and live under our own vine and fig-tree.” If the Cherokee had agreed to relocate further west, they would not have had to go through adversity. The Whites would have left them alone, free to create their own laws and free to do what they wanted. The Cherokee pushed their source of food westward leaving a shortage of deer and buffalo and they did not have the knowledge or resources to cultivate the land. Due to these facts, they were not self-sufficient and would not have been able to survive using their outdated methods of living. Compared to the Whites, the Cherokee population was miniscule, spread across a vast amount of land. “The

I learned how troubled many reservations are and how much they suffer. I found this to be extremely sad and disheartening as I heard one of the riders make this statement, “There is something that we suffer from”. Reservations suffer from poor income, drug issues, alcohol issues, and many broken families. One of the riders explained their situation like this, “A deep imbedded genetic depression. See, our people at one time, the Dakota people, or all Native Americans, had a very strong connection with the Creator.

During the Westward Expansion, pioneers faces starvation, Indians, and shelter. Along the way, pioneers traveling to Oregon went low on food multiple times. Families traveling to Oregon usually traveled for days at a time. As they stopped at night, families had to sleep on the hard ground. Pioneers also had to deal with indians scalping pioneers and taking their things. To deal with starvation, the pioneer families usually went without eating. In the passage Martha Williams said “Sometimes we had to live on boiled wheat.” Most indians were friendly to the pioneers traveling to Oregon, but there were some not so friendly indians. In the passage, Martha Williams said “ some indians found a person out of their company and took his jacket and

Upon the arrival of Columbus to the New World, there were approximately ten million Native Americans indigenous to North America. Today, only three million remain. This compounded deterioration of Native populations has left many tribes and nations behind in forgotten history. N. Scott Momaday, and award winning poet, novelist, and environmentalist, connects to his Native American culture by reminiscing about the traditions of the Kiowa tribe through the remembrance of his recently deceased grandmother. In his essay “The Way to Rainy Mountain,” Momaday addresses educated US citizens about preserving a rich, yet rapidly dying Native American, specifically Kiowa, culture. Momaday engages the reader in his experience of traveling to the numerous territories of the Kiowa, such as Yellowstone, by employing a nostalgic, reflective tone, reminding them of the importance of preserving culture.