The Return of the Native

The natives daily duties consisted of mixing mud with straws to make adobe bricks to build. The Spanish soldiers lived a more foreign like lifestyle because the mission and their teachings were rather new to the natives. Some natives were blacksmiths and would build and repair the tools of Spanish society. Gradually, Chumash stone implements gave way to iron and steel. The Natives also lived by three basic laws.

superiority played in the colonization and conquering of The Aztecs. Cortes displays a Eurocentric outlook, “for they had left their native land so long ago and as I had only recently arrived from there, I would better know the things they should believe” (Cortes 58). With this idea that Europe is the nucleus of the world, Cortes has a cultural and religious duty to return the natives back to the fold. Cortes, having painted his view of the world creates a sense of belonging to him and all of Spain, in that

As the chaos of the world unfurls, the forces of good must counterbalance this force for without good, chaos holds no reference to compare it against to make chaos chaotic. This notion holds true for all forces in the universe as Newton’s famous Third Law states that for every action there is an equal and opposite re-action, thus when chaos reigns, good reacts to counterbalance chaos and bring the system into equilibrium. However, this relationship may not hold true forever as the reaction between

"Should white people go back to Europe, and give Indians [Native Americans] their land back?" asks shawnhooper online. I don’t know why we had to ask—possibly to get people to answer, opening their eyes?—but s/he should know that the answer is: YES! Read ‘The True Story of Pocahontas’ by Angela L. Daniel and Dr. Linwood Custalow and your eyes may be opened to the sadness of the world, the cruelty Native American Indian tribes have faced, the unfairness the European heart hasn’t noticed; why don’t

Amadas and Arthur Barlowe, were sent out to scout the land and find a suitable spot for a settlement. It was then that they laid eyes upon Roanoke Island. Barlowe’s reports on the island filled London with excitement. The two men returned with two natives, Manteo and Wanchese, to prove of their expeditions. Queen Elizabeth knighted Raleigh for his successful scouting operation, and the land was named “Virginia” for the

men. The natives became slaves to the European colonizers. The native people that colonialism was a “gift”, King Leopold wrote that colonizers were bringing the “gift of civilization”. King Leopold stated that he would send soldiers who will be seen by natives as a “powerful protectors” and benevolent teachers. Leopold was not only bringing Christianity to the “pagans”, but he was improving their material lives. European colonizer did not care for the natives. As long as the natives were being

the host's surplus of food and supplies, and it also a show of wealth and prosperity. The potlatch is a connection to their native spiritual ways. It's a way for a community to strengthen those social and emotional bonds within their town or village. It is hard to believe that potlatches were once banned by the government because they believed it promoted poverty among native peoples. Europeans saw that owning property was the only stable and Christian way of an effective economy. The potlatch undermine

films that have helped in the teaching of this time period. One supplemental reading that I found particularly interesting was the "Bones of Contention". This reading was about a dispute between the Native Americans and physical anthropologists. The dispute was over whether the anthropologists, or the Native Americans got to keep skeletal remains. The physical

European culture had on the Native Americans were extremely detrimental and trickery with very little benefits; while the Native American culture was the beginning foundation to the introduction of abundance of raw natural resources and survival skills to be used in the new world to prepare them for the biggest economic boom ever. The Europeans brought to America many great products both intentional and unintentional with both positive and negative effects on the Native life and culture. Seeds of

Substance abuse began when the Native Americans became in contact with Europeans colonizing in America. This was in the 17th century, and since then Native American substance abuse has grown into a more serious and common problem within their culture. Binge drinking is the most common form of substance abuse among native americans. The heavier the drinking is usually because they are depressed, anxious, or hopeless. A lot of these native americans feel powerless and conflicted, a reason they