Native American cultures did not yet know how to work metal‚ but quickly learned to use firearms and acquired them through trade. Champlain tried to block guns from leaking into Native culture‚ real izing that it would undercut his military advantage. He was able to win his battle on Lake Champlain in 1609 because guns had not yet fallen into the hands of the Mohawks. Other European traders were not so careful. The English traded guns for fur pelts‚ but only with their allies. The Dutch trading
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individual more comfortable. Despite the many negative effects it might have‚ it typically outweighs the resistance to not drink. For decades now‚ the resistance to not drink in the Native American culture has been a battle. A study was done by the centers for disease control and prevention found out that 66 percent of Native Americans‚ who died from alcohol related cause‚ were younger than 50 years old. These deaths come from homicides‚ suicides and even cardiovascular disease. Alcohol has become an underlying
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and the American wilderness liked and respected Native Americans. They even interbred with them and sold them guns‚ which was very often illegal. Traders had a special status in Native American society. A trader could travel thousands of miles in his canoe without once being robbed or molested. Contrast that with Europe‚ where anyone from another town was fair game. However‚ the English settlers‚ after a very brief period of good relations in Massachusetts‚ came to loathe Native Americans. There
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The Europeans first started building settlements in North America in the 1500s‚ bringing not only germ cover blankets‚ but also new art techniques. Before contact with the Europeans the art style of the Native Americans consisted of carved totem poles‚ pottery decoration to show lineage‚ and complex paintings on stone. Imagery was used as a symbol of sacred events‚ rituals‚ and natural forces‚ which could include everything from celestial bodies and weather to the indigenous animals of the region
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We are who we are because of Native Americans; their history is critical for this generation to acknowledge and understand. Native Americans can teach us many things that are of great worth to us. When we learn about Native Americans‚ we can understand what values we should have‚ what to learn from the past‚ and who we are today as a country and as an individual. The stories from and of Native Americans can communicate values that are important for the students of this country to obtain. Everyone
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United States in 2010‚ I was teased for being African not by white students but by black Americans; they were always trying to play with my intelligence. Many African Americans are ignorant about African immigrants; they think we want to kill them so that we can eat them. I remember back in high school‚ a black student once asked me if I had seen a Lion or a Tiger. I told her‚ “Yes‚ we all lived together in our tree house.” In Africa‚ we admire the American struggle for civil rights‚ but when some of
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The Impact of Disease on Native American Culture Though warfare and attacks on entire villages took a definite toll on the populations of Native Americans‚ disease was by far the biggest killer. We’ve all heard the stories of smallpox infected blankets being given to the Native Americans‚ and other such atrocities‚ but I was simply dumbfounded at the actual numbers of dead due to Old World diseases being introduced to the New World‚ North America. While it has been somewhat difficult for scholars
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The Many Cultures of America American culture includes both conventional and liberal features‚ controlled and religious effectiveness‚ political structures‚ risk taking and free expression‚ materialist and moral elements. In spite of certain dependable principles such as‚ individuality‚ equality‚ and faith in freedom and democracy‚ American culture has a variety of terminologies due to its geographical scale and demographic diversity. The elasticity of U.S. culture and its highly symbolic nature
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Nearly two hundred and fifty years ago the United States Constitution was ratified by nine of the original thirteen states. The ratification of this document would lay the framework for the land of liberty that is currently the United States of America. I wish I could have been present in Philadelphia to watch the proceedings of this defining moment in history. As with all great things‚ controversy has followed the Constitution. Many theories have been presented that outline a group of powerful and
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Culture is the arts and other creations of individual’s intellectual accomplishment regarding a lot of feelings‚ customs‚ and exercises. They say “never judge a book by its cover”‚ but your average person does it on a daily. People look at your appearance and try to say which culture you come from. On a daily basis‚ I have people come up to me and ask me am I Jamaican; and am shocked when I say no. The two cultures‚ I have chosen to compare and contrast are African Americans and Jamaicans. Both cultures
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