Category: Native American

  • The Natchez: Native American Peoples History

    Table of Contents Introduction Main body Conclusion Bibliography Footnotes Introduction The Natchez is a Native American ethnic group that initially lived in the Natchez Bluffs area in the Lower Mississippi Valley, which is the present-day town of Natchez, Mississippi. They are greatly notable for being the only culture of Mississippian Native Americans that established a…

  • European Exploration and Effects on Native Americans

    After the end of the fourteenth century, many European world powers began to explore and discover new regions. This practice became a critical factor and redefined the culture and history of Europe forever. Several motivators made it possible for such powers to focus on the Americas. The first one was the desire to support and…

  • Native American Tribes Customs and Politics

    The west region, north region, and northwest coast region are all part of the Native American cultures. These are among the regions that the indigenous people of the United States inhabited when migrating. Each region has distinct tribes with unique cultures, languages, religions, customs, and politics. Each tribe developed diverse art forms, worldviews, values, and…

  • Native Americans History: The Other Trail of Tears

    Natives are people who live a life that is very different from the rest; this is because such people lack their rights of living in that particular country. Natives are indigenous people from the regions of North America who are covered by the continent of United States and parts of Alaska. It refers to a…

  • Heroes in Native American Legend and German Tale

    Table of Contents The Orphan Boy and the Elk Dog The Devil with the Three Golden Hairs Conclusions Works Cited Folk literature is a concentration of wisdom and moral values. Fairy tales open the world where good confronts evil, and good always wins. The main character is usually a hero: virtuous and courageous. He faces…

  • The Native American Indians

    Colonization is a process of settling the territories by people who cannot be considered the native population of these territories. The British colonizers were people who were eager to leave their native cities in Old Europe and move to the new continent which was supposed to give them a chance to start a new life.…

  • Native American Studies: Fools Crow by Welch

    Introduction Fools Crow is a novel by James Welch, and it has won several awards like the American Book Award and the Los Angeles Times Book Prize when it was published in the year 1986. The novel is set in the year 1870 and it depicts the lives of the Blackfeet people. The central character…

  • British Colonists Attitude Toward Native Americans

    Table of Contents Introduction Main body Summary Work Cited Introduction The history of the United States is that of constant competition, both among various groups of immigrants and between them and the indigenous peoples. It is not quite reasonable, however, to regard all of those conflicts through the identical lens, as the nature of the…

  • Native American Tribes Before and After European Influence

    When Europeans discovered America in 1492, there were more than 2,000 different cultures flourishing that, while having similarities, were different from certain perspectives. An example is a fact that the Native Americans spoke several hundred different languages depending on the tribe and the locations where individuals would either settle or travel through. The complex cultures,…

  • European-Native American Encounter After Columbus

    Table of Contents Contact Misunderstanding European Incursion Tribal Crisis Violence Displacement Confinement Forced Assimilation Work Cited Contact After Columbus, the contact between the Europeans and Native Americans was founded on the need to exploit and gain wealth from the Natives. The Dutch, the French, the Spanish, and the English established ways to enable them to…