The Native American Indian Population

Cherokee Indians have been around for many years, but when the topic of Native Americans is discussed it is only about the struggles and hardships they went through but never their actual culture of how and where they originated or how they came to be. There are many interesting things to learn about Cherokee Indians such as their heritage, religion, language, and their traditional songs, dances, and food.

From David Jones’ point of view, it is important to note that these epidemics were just some of the causes of population decline during European contact. Poverty, environmental stress, massacres, dislocation, malnutrition, and destruction of traditional subsistence patterns also changed the composition of many Native American groups. Eventually, these changes caused substantial depopulation and cultural change. Jones agrees that disease carried a decisive role; however, he argues that it is not the key factor in their depopulation. “Many factors contributed to American Indian susceptibility to Old World diseases, including lack of childhood exposure, malnutrition, and the social chaos generated by European colonization” (Jones 34).

“The Indian presence precipitated the formation of an American identity” (Axtell 992). Ostracized by numerous citizens of the United States today, this quote epitomizes Axtell’s beliefs of the Indians contributing to our society. Unfortunately, Native Americans’ roles in history are often categorized as insignificant or trivial, when in actuality the Indians contributed greatly to Colonial America, in ways the ordinary person would have never deliberated. James Axtell discusses these ways, as well as what Colonial America may have looked like without the Indians’ presence. Throughout his article, his thesis stands clear by his persistence of alteration the Native Americans had on our nation. James Axtell’s bias delightfully enhances his thesis, he provides a copious amount of evidence establishing how Native Americans contributed critically to the Colonial culture, and he considers America as exceptional – largely due to the Native Americans.

Native Americans were once the only inhabitants of America, but today, while still technically around, they are really only a minority. Despite this, their influence is still evident in many of the values and overall culture that modern Americans have held, and continue to hold, close. In fact, a lot of the United States’ government systems are heavily inspired by, if not entirely based upon, the Iroquois in particular.

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.

In the 1800s Native Americans ate staple foods that they brought from their placed the were originated from. Native Americans celebrate things like: Powwow, this is a celebration that brings Native Americans together.Up North it is colder than normal. Up North the Native Americans had to wear Women had to wear dresses or skirts with leggings under them, and Men wore breech cloths made out of deerskin.The Natives colonized in texas because of the vegetation and the cheap land.The native Americans lived in small dome-shaped houses made. Mexican celebrations include Fiestas, Cinco de Mayo, and Dia de los Muertos( the day of the dead).Women wore tunics ( like dresses). A famous celebration is day of the dead celebrated for three days.Mexicans

From a European stand point, altering the lives of the Native Americans was a perfectly justifiable action. They were uncivilized, and thus must be welcoming of their attempts to convert them to a more advanced manner of living. At the same time, however, they must have notions of owning land, of claiming sections of the Earth as their own, of trade and association of certain objects with high value. This, however, was a paradoxical viewpoint. The main problem that resulted from the intermixing of European and Native American populations was a misunderstanding of what each culture maintained as important within their lives. To the natives, mourning wars, gods who were part of the Earth itself, sacrifices, and any other number of various traditions were natural to who they were. The Europeans, in contrast, valued war as a means of gaining territory, not people; they often were monotheistic, with odd customs all their own, such as self-torture or confession. The differences between the two cultures could have been overcome, perhaps, if there had been some attempt to understand one another’s values. However, as evidenced, Europeans did not attempt to understand without an ultimate aspiration to change.

The United States of America is known for its strong democracy and high level of freedom. Before all of this, came the gruesome reality of taking over the land in which Native Americans lived on. In modern day, we live comfortably because we have the freedom of speech, freedom to protest, and freedom of religion. We have a different relationship with nature in comparison to other people. There are tribes that believe in egalitarian biocentrism because they give value to entities based on their beliefs. Culture found within the Native Americans left in the U.S. is to be respected because our ancestors have done nothing but destroy the life that the natives knew and loved. Today, there is another issue against the Native Americans, specifically

In the late 1400s, King Ferdinand sent Christopher Columbus on a voyage to find a western sea route to Asia, with the purpose of finding resources for the kingdom. With the greed of treasure in mind, they set sail and stumbled upon new land, the land of the Native Americans where there was a plethora of resources. These new people were a different skin color, worshiped a different god, and were technologically inadvanced, consequently creating a shade of condescension within the Europeans. Thus giving the notion that these Native Americans were not people, and were not to be treated as such, making it virtually impossible for these two cultures to peacefully cohabit.

In the sixteenth century, many people from Europe, they went to America and make to the family. However, the most Native American are consists of Indians. They have a big difference, such as heredity, language, and society. They are mainly distributed in New England and California. All kinds of the Indians made up to tribal groups, and they have difference life style. Some people were engage in gathering, fishing, hunting, and farming; Other people were good at catch elephant seal and earless seal. In 1924, all Native American becomes citizens in the United States. In 1938, there are seven states still rejected to Native American has vote. The Indian’s tribe has its own territory and dialect. Clan has council that is all adult men and women

There are three distinguishable aboriginal groups in Canada First Nations People. Metis, and Inuit; these three groups make 31% of Canada’s total population making them the largest population in Canada (Jeffries, 2014). In the past year the indigenous population in correction facilities has increased by more than 50% (Office of the correctional investigator, 2016). Amazingly “ Aboriginal Canadians are imprisoned at a rate of 756 per 100,000, nearly 10 time the non- Aboriginal rate of 76 per 100,000”( Jeffries, p. 450, 2014). There is a verity of reasons as to why the indigenous population has had such a drastic increase in the past 50 years; some being that they are less educated, have addictions and mental health concerns, and

On Sunday, November 20, 2016, I visited the National Museum of the American Indian. The museum divided into South, East, and West Galleries. South Gallery represents historical exhibitions from the past of Native American culture. East and West Galleries present varieties of elements from the past and present life of Native Americans. The galleries include cultural objects, art gallery, and photography collections representing Native Americans’ stories. Frequently, collections contain interpretations to better understand the important historical aspects of Native American life. The museum items, which demonstrate white-Indians conflict, helped me to apply the theories and relate them to the articles we have read in the class. The article “A

Native American’s tribes located in Washington State are Chelan tribe, sanpoil tribe, Skokomish Indian tribes, entiat tribe and Cowlitz Indian tribe. Francis fletcher was someone famous that worked with Native American’s, Francis was born is Albertson, Yorkshire, England he was an early immigrant he immigrated with is parents and four of his brothers. He joined the Oregon dragoons and traveled overland on what was known as oregano trail. Francis was among the first American government west of the Rocky Mountains. Francis got married on the year 1843 to his wife miss Elizabeth smith, Francis and Elizabeth raised eight children together some of them joined the cayuse war, years later fancies passed way near Dayton, Oregon. Some items I found

There are three main Native American tribes in South Carolina. They were known as the Cherokee, Catawba, and Yemassee.

Native Americans are known as the group of people that were already here when the Europeans arrived. They were nicknamed the American Indians. Many stories have been told about the impact that Native Americans have had on the history of the United States of America. Although these stories are told about their impact on our history as Americans, they have struggles and challenges just like most Americans. Sometimes their struggles are much more worse than others. Their areas of challenges include economic development, education, healthcare, and environment. The one challenge I will analyze is the challenges in their environment.