Western Ways of knowing is significantly different than the Indigenous ways of knowing for several reasons. One is that Western ways use linear and step-by-step method. Further‚ the organization of knowledge depends on the preexisted laws. For example‚ to distinguish if it is living or nonliving‚ one would start with a hypothesis and go through the scientific methods and categorize it in such manner. This is an example of reductionism where everything is taken apart in small parts to distinguish
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Columbus noticed that the Native Americans were well formed in their physical features: handsome bodies‚ good faces‚ and coarse hair. He also noted that they used body and face paint. Some would use it only on their eyes‚ while others would coat their entire body in it. In comparison to Europeans‚ they had wider faces and foreheads and flatter stomachs. Columbus concluded that "they were a people very poor in everything" because the Native Americans would "go around as naked as their mother bore"
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In 1450‚ North America and Europe were each home to complex societies with their own distinctive cultures. (Textbook‚ pg.2) Native Americans and Europeans were similar in many ways‚ though still having differences among themselves; their distinctive ideas on gods and the spirit world informed their political systems and animated their approaches to trade and warfare. (Textbook‚ pg.2) Horticulture societies allowed for a more sedentary lifestyle‚ which in turn led to greater social‚ political‚ and
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Interactions between North Americans and Japanese : Considerations of Communication Style The Summary Communication style has a very big impact on the dynamics of face-to-face encounters‚ that is‚ whether a conversation proceeds smoothly or by fits and starts‚ whether both continually interrupt each other or are both able to talk simultaneously without interrupting and whether their style of listening match. Differences in ethnic background coupled with those of communication style probably
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The Native American have not had the easy way of obtaining land that was actually theirs to begin with. The following topics will be why the Dakota Indians have communities instead of reservations‚ ways that have made the Dakota historical experience different from that of the Ojibwe‚ and the barriers that the Dakota communities faced that were similar to the Ojibwe. Also about why treaties matter so much to the Native Americans. The Dakota Indians were forced to move many different times before
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were surprised to find that other people had already populated the land. These people came to be known as Indians to the Europeans‚ and Native Americans to us today. They were called Indians due to the fact that the Europeans at first thought that they were in India‚ as they stumbled across the Americas whilst looking for a quicker shipping route to India‚ not knowing the fast land masses that separated Europe and India. Eventually though they discovered that they were not in India and they were in
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all cultures of the world‚ every period of change from teenager to adulthood has a way to mark the changes. Rites of passage are a common event that marks an individual’s transition from one status to another. Globally‚ every culture has its way of conducting the rites of passage. It reflects the change of life of an individual from one status to another. The Maasai of (Kenya and Tanzania) and the Native Americans have something in common when it comes to initiation ceremonies. In order to become
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contrasts the difference between the Spaniards and the English and their relationships with the Native Americans. Although there are some noticeable differences between the two‚ the pattern of interaction the English used on the natives was essentially the same as that of the Spanish. When the Spaniards initially arrived‚ Queen Isabella had deemed the natives equal beings to the Spaniards and were to be treated humanely‚ Christianize‚ and Europeanize. The Queen had intended to make the Natives subjects
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The American Revolution and the time before the Revolution occurred in the Seventeenth Century was the start of building America as an independent nation away from outside influences and control. The Thirteen Colonies had been divided into the North and South. Even though both the North and South were experiencing and working on becoming independent from outside influences like the British‚ there were changes that not both were existing in their colonies but there were some changes that were occurring
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Native Americans and Criminal Justice Paper One Katlyn Ford Valdosta State University Native Americans and how they have been impacted from colonization and established criminal justice systems is a complex and detailed subject. How is it complex? It is complex because there are numerous different reasons and contributions to the colonization of Native Americans and how this has created criminalization for their so-called “primitive ways/ideology” some of the topics that will be addressed are
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