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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authority. Unlike the Christian world from which European newcomers arrived‚ Indian religion did not pose a sharp distinction between the natural and supernatural‚ or secular and religious activities. In some respects‚ however‚ Indian religion was not that different from popular spiritual beliefs in Europe. Most Indians and Europeans held that a single Creator stood atop the spiritual hierarchy. Despite the disapproval of official churches‚ numerous Europeans believed in witchcraft and magic and interpreted
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Dealing With Cultural Differences Native American Native Americans have respect of individual differences among people. Their expressions of this value include staying out of others’ affairs and verbalizing personal thoughts or opinions only when asked. In many cultures‚ it’s the man makes the decisions for the woman. They are very religious people who work also with tarot reading‚ and wicca/pagan things. How I would deals with a Native American is to treat them all with respect
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These factors also were the underlying reason to the differences between the American Indian’s and European’s society. The principles the different groups held were long seeded before having produced contact with one another ultimately affecting each ones way of life. The diversity between these people both in physic and civilization was so enormous it really did show them as being from opposite ends of the globe. The beliefs of the Native American Indians were extremely similar to that of animism
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As the Europeans arrived to the Americas they seen the land as very prosperous. They wanted the land for power and riches. These lands were full of valuable resources such as rich soils‚ timber‚ gold silver‚ and precious metals. Due to the Seasonal Cycle in England it was very difficult to cultivate crops. The Europeans had to constantly work extremely hard to break the soil‚ they had to wait for the ground to thaw and dry before they even began this process. Therefore the lack of agricultural quality
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share a number of similarities‚ the Europeans of the early 16th century had many differences with the Native Americans of the same era. When the Europeans first "discovered" the Americas in the late 1400s-early 1500s‚ they expected to find a land filled with savages that had little or no intelligence or technological advancements. However‚ these European explorers came to realize that the Native Americans were far more civilized than they had imagined. When the first European explorers reached
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region’s past‚ such as the Gothic churches and cathedrals in Europe or the temples and shrines in Asia. However‚ even with several regional distinctions‚ there are still some striking similarities in the architecture of places that had not established any former contacts. One of such cases of similarity is between the castles in Europe and in Japan. Most of the castles whose vestiges remain to this day were the result of a long military evolution. In the case of Europe‚ wars and crusades throughout
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Disrespect was a major cultural difference. From the beginning of the relationship between Native and European Americans‚ the European Americans(Europeans) repeatedly dishonored the treaties which they agreed to uphold. Usually‚ they established the same treaties they betrayed‚ such as the Treaty of Fort Laramie (1851); which eventually led to the tragic massacre of the Cheyenne Indians at Sand Creek.[1] “The Treaty set forth traditional territorial claims of the tribes as between themselves.” [2] Greedy
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century shared many similarities and differences to that of previous American expansionist ideals. In both cases of American expansionism‚ the Americans believed that we must expand our borders in order to keep the country running upright. Also‚ the Americans believed that the United State‚ being one of the strongest of the nations‚ had a need to become even stronger. This is shown in the "manifest destiny" of the 1840’s. Apart from the similarities‚ there were also several differences that included the
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RUNNING HEADING: The European influence on Native American The European influence on Native American By Eric Orr COM 220 Axia College Melanie Jeffrey‚ Instructor By early 1600s the Native American formed a confederacy to work against the Europeans. The Europeans influence the culture of the Native American by bring diseases‚ constant warfare because the over taking of land‚ guns‚ steel hatchets‚ pots‚ and kettles of brass ‚and even the way to
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