The Return of the Native

early 1900s. Although the relocation of Native Americans was far superior than the earlier genocide, it was still distant from the ideal “life, liberty, and pursuit of happiness” that the United States was hypothetically offering all people. When the English settlers first arrived to North America, they fought the Eastern Indians in a form of self-defense; however, in the late 1700s and early 1800s, the United States government started relocating Native Americans entirely because the government

an island. With his promise to the royal couple to return to the Spain with grandiose amounts of gold in mind, Columbus and his crew soon succeed in having the “Indians” show them all of their gold. A group of crew members stay on the island to start building a city. After a brief time in Spain, Columbus and his crew return to the island, only to greet dead bodies of the crewmen that stayed on the island. Columbus and his troops confront the natives, but they tell him that someone attacked them. Columbus’

it is a land that is referred to as ‘the dark continent.’ The natives that are helping the two Caucasian explorers are shown to be afraid of animals that they have been coexisting with, while the white men protect them. In one scene two natives are shown to jump into a box while the explorers point out a lion that is approaching from the distance. In a separate scene the explorers appear to be offering salt to a native, and the native immediately and without hesitation shoves his face into his hands

difference. They were both explorers of the New World and came to convert the natives into Catholics. The two explorers worked on the Spanish’s behalf. Columbus wrote accounts of the New World in his journal. La Casas wrote the Brief Account of the Devastation of the Indies. Both gave accounts of the native people they saw. Columbus’s journal entries aim to give a positive light on the Spanish and their relationship with the natives. La Casas’s Brief Account does the opposite. While this is true, both explores

Not only that, but the land they were living on was also home to a tribe of Native Americans. Once Smith was released from custody, he was sent by the new president, John Ratcliff, to trade with the natives for food and explore the area. During one of his small explorations, he was captured by a group of Algonquian natives to their chief, Wahunsonacock (English called him Powhatan). Once Smith was captured, the natives had attempted to kill him though the chief’s younger daughter, Pocahontas, stepped

America and named its natives “Indians.” However, I have grown to realize that this glorified hero Columbus is portrayed as is as realistic as the Easter bunny or tooth fairy. The actual truth about Columbus is far more complicated and less magical than what we have come to accept as fact. In fact, despite the tactics used to claim land that did not belong to them, I consider Christopher Columbus and Hernan Cortez savages whose agenda was not to

between these groups that led to their differences? The history between the early Europeans and the Native Americans had different conflicts as in religion, manners, way of life, and inequality. One of the tension reasons is religion. Native Americans believed in the Earth and the Spirits that blessed them with their crops and hunting skills while the Colonists are Christian and wanted to convert the Native Americans to Christianity. “ ‘What I delivered to you were sacred Truths,but what you tell me is

co-inhabitants, the Native-Americans has been recognized on a global stage since the very first interaction between the two groups. Although several hundred years has passed and the two populations may not be chasing one another down on horseback, a fruitful relationship still does not exist. This poor relationship is a focal point of Sherman Alexie, a Spokane tribe member, in his story, “The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven.” Through the interactions and events of his Native-American character

Louise Erdrich is a Native American author from Little Falls, Minnesota. Her mother is a Chippewa Indian and her father is German American. Through her writing, she demonstrates native ideas and culture. Native American themes are often present in her works. She shines a light on both perspectives of her background. Some of her works mention reservations in Minnesota and North Dakota which connects to her birthplace and where she grew up. Erdrich did not really look into her native heritage until she

answered, what happened to the settlers of the Lost Colony of Roanoke? Since their disappearance historians have come up with multiple theories about what could have possibly happened. The most popular and widely accepted theory suggests that a hostile Native American tribe abducted the colonists and either killed them or made them slaves. An alternative theory suggests that the Spanish attacked the colony and killed the settlers. Another less credible, but still popular, theory is about the Dare Stones