Native Americans in the United States

Have you wondered how everything started? How the Native Americans lived? How the Native Americans get their food? Native Americans were a member of any of the indigenous people but especially Native Americans of North America. We have inherited a lot of things from them like the way they build, the way they make clothes, their music, their religion and the way they get the food. They had many ways to get their food but they had four forms that they usually used that were hunting and fishing,…

westward expansion of the United States began in 1803 when then President Thomas Jefferson completed the Louisiana Purchase, which doubled the footprint of the United States. This massive purchase of land covered 828,000 square miles at a cost of just 15 million dollars. (Louisiana Purchase) This massive purchase did not come easily for President Jefferson. Over the history of the United States many factors played into the colonization of the western part of the North American continent.…

and that some racial groups are superior to others. When we are children, we are taught not to judge a book by its cover, but for most of us this is easier said than done. Although, racism and discrimination is the key to any, but many of the United States downfalls, racial profiling is the correct term that occurs just as often. Racial profiling is a practice that targets people for suspicion based on their race, ethnicity, religion or national origin. It…

divorce, adoption, and other topics. Family law is governed by each state, but there are some areas of family law that have been federalized. Native Americans have faced adversity throughout history and the ability for U.S. recognized tribes to have sovereignty is fair. Sovereign Native American tribes have the power to govern their family law matters. Tribes have their own courts and family law codes that resemble existing state laws with a few variations…

In 1838 The Trail of Tears was an exodus that the United States government enforced for many Native American tribes including the Cherokees, Seminoles, Chickasaws, Choctaws, and the Creeks to migrate to reservations west of the Mississippi River to an area in present-day Oklahoma.. American Indians’ homelands were destroyed and taken from them. Their cultures were also dramatically altered or even destroyed. The Creeks lost 22 million acres of land in southern Georgia and Alabama. A man…

“In the beginning of the 1830’s, nearly 125,000 Native Americans lived on millions of acres of land in Georgia, Tennessee, Alabama, North Carolina, and Georgia. This land was passed down generations to generations.” (History) The idea of the Indians owning so much land, angered white settlers very much. President Andrew Jackson, had to do something about this issue. To the white settlers, Indians were uncivilized, unfamiliar, and alien people. They hated the fact of the Indians occupying so…

Christopher Columbus should be remembered for his mistreatment of native americans, not for him ‘discovering America’. He helped grow the trans-atlantic slave trade and introduced deadly diseases to the population that eventually killed thousands of native americans. When he captured them as slaves, he made them work on plantations and search for gold in mines. By doing this, he took advantage of the natives. In fact, he would trade small trinkets like compasses and scissors with them for their…

Throughout the United States America, Indians, and Alaskan Natives face many challenges and health disparities. Health disparities facing these populations have not showed large improvements due to the lack of research and data on the healthcare of this population. Literature throughout this grant proposal will make it evident that knowledge and geographical location predisposes this population to healthcare deficits. A Telemedicine grant will help to address challenges within the American…

dominant Western society in the United States is a common undercurrent of American history. White oppression causes various reactions within the Native American community, ranging from acceptance of assimilation to violent resistance. In Leslie Marmon Silko’s Ceremony, Emo, the direct antagonist to Tayo, represents the idea of adopting the morally controversial ideas of white culture, and his actions are the product of the Western civilization’s belittlement of Native American beliefs. The…

hunts and dances. Because of this, many tribes in the Powder River dispersed all over the Big Horn Mountains and the Black Hills. When Star Chief Connor of the U.S. Military learned that theses various tribes were scattered, he said that the Native American people “must be hunted like wolves”. He then assembled three columns of soldiers to invade the Powder River area. These three columns were commanded by three different military leaders. Another column, which was not in any association with…