Native Americans in the United States

sparked legal controversy and scientific debates. Scientists asserted that the Kennewick Man neither belonged to Native Americans nor related to the tribes in the Northwest areas of Pacific region. These two groups advocated for the repatriation bones because they believed they were related to the Kennewick Man. The main law that warranted the return of the bones to natives was the Native Americans Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA). However, the outcome of the scientific analysis…

Niema Poindexter Professor Guevara Pols 197 9 December 2014 Natives and African Americans The race relations with races within the United States are damage and needs to be repair. The damage was created the day they set foot on Jamestown. The whiteness was created by the greed for power, money, and domination; whiteness has belittled groups that we see as minorities. The minorities have very little power compare to the majority. Given that, the majority group was created from the whiteness…

Natural history, is just one of the museums that house Native American materials and open in 1910. The NMNH has exhibits spanning a variety of topics including animals/plants/ecosystems, dinosaurs/fossils, earth sciences and human diversity the collections are world renown, making it the most visited natural history museum in the world in addition to being the third most visited museum in the world. Although the museum is 350,00 square feet, the Native Cultures of the Americas Gallery is one of…

encountered many problems such as; a lack of knowledge of the land, unknown food sources, and, the Native Americans. The two books, A People’s History of the United States, by Howard Zinn, and, A Patriot’s History of the United States, by Larry Schweikart, discussed different view about how the Natives were treated by the explorers. Zinn’s book had a critical view of the explorers and their treatment of the natives, while Schweikart’s book had a more conservative view, due to each author’s…

fields, and feeling the breeze hit against his or her face. On the other hand, in the American culture, a white horse depicts death. In the movie, Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee, directed by, Yves Simoneau, the symbolism of the white horse that Sitting Bull looked at before the Native Americans were massacred, plays a huge role in depicting what has been happening and what is about to happen to the Native Americans at Wounded Knee. Throughout the movie, many people can come to the conclusion…

Throughout American history, it’s clear to see that the majority of white interaction with Native Americans didn’t end well for the natives. Although this is the case in most circumstances, there is one instance that boded well for both parties. In the case of the Lewis and Clark expedition, the treatment of native people was intended to be fair and kind from the onset, and was executed as such. Thus, Lewis and Clark were respectful to the Native Americans and their cultures. The beginning of…

So many things transpired between 1850 and 1900 when we talk about the history of the United States. The Civil War (1861-1865) alone is full of significant events that usually fill our history books. Slavery was prevalent and resulted in violation of human and civil rights. In California, started to advocate for statehood, and civil leaders who wanted to develop a growing region and also to gain power were so excited to have a new civil government. Thus, the California Constitution was drafted…

Chapter 1 of Howard Zinn’s A People’s History of the United States discusses the lives of natives of the Americas both prior to and after the arrival of European explorers, and includes a statement by the author on writing history. To begin, Christopher Columbus’s voyages to the Americas are covered heavily in the chapter, and I consider these themes regarding him to be the most important: • “The information that Columbus wanted most was: Where is the gold? He had persuaded the king and…

almost extinct and native americans were forced into reservations or are taken to private schools to change them from their unpropitious ways, and turn them into “perfect” christians (Docs 1,7, 12). Their land has been taken, their buffalo have been killed, and their culture has been ripped out of them. Before the mid 1800’s Native Americans were peripatetic. They would travel from place to place without a government, or rules. They covered most of the western United States, then in 1820 the…

chose for my written report project is the Northern region of the United States. The Northern region of US consists of cold and snowy winters and semi warm summers. The Northern region mainly consists of states along the border of Canada. I chose this region for my project because I like snowy mountain areas and colder environments. The main place I chose for this project is Minnesota, which is in the Northern region of the United States. The absolute location of Minnesota, Minneapolis is 44º 59…