Matriarchal Cultures: The Native American There has long been debate among anthropologists about matriarchal societies. But that is a historical result of last 500 years of European military expansion and extermination of native cultures. There are a few societies whose status as matriarchies is disputed among anthropologists and this is as much a debate about terminology as it is about interpreting how another society defines status and such‚ their self-understanding as opposed to our
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AP U.S. History: Unit 1.1 HistorySage.com CONTACT: Europeans & Amerindians I. Overview—big ideas By 1600 Europeans had created the world’s first truly global economy. Meanwhile‚ the "age of discovery" resulted in the greatest human catastrophe the world has ever known: 90% of Amerindians died by 1600; slavery of tens of millions of Africans. Cultural differences between European and Amerindians were so immense that major conflict occurred in the 15th‚ 16th and 17th centuries. Summary
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For this project‚ i choose to write about the Mohawk Indians. These native americans are are group of fierce warriors‚ where both men and women had vital roles. They were orginally apart of Iroquois Confederation‚ which included various tribes in the north eastern territory of the United States. They are also one of the most famous and surviving native americans. They were unique and had different traditions. The Mohawks were located in the area‚ which‚ now we call New York. This in in the
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years after being forced to Catholicism. ( when they came back‚ the compromise was that they would be half Catholic and the other half would be their religious belief) * Albuquerque was established and had more toleration * New York * The Iroquois League prevented the French from spreading south into NY and parts of the Ohio Valley. * New France (Canada) * They were the most interested to trade and were the most successful in creating an effective trading relationship with the Indians
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Vol. 48 Issue 4‚ p587. Parker‚ Arthur C. Seneca Myths and Folktales. University of Nebraska Press. Jan. 1989. Thompson‚ Justine. “Native Beginnings.” Scholastic Scope. 1/10/2003‚ Vol. 52 Issue 7‚ p12. White‚ Marian E. “Ethnic Identification and Iroquois Groups in Western New York and Ontario”. Ethnohistory. Winter71‚ Vol. 18 Issue 1‚ p19‚ 20.
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Since the beginnings‚ creation stories have been a key part to the foundation of a culture. Creation stories were told and past own to generations by word of mouth until they could later be transcribed. In the early twentieth century‚ the creation story of the Pima‚ was transcribed by one of their own‚ Edward H Wood. The creation story of the Pima was created by Thin Leather‚ the uncle of Edward H Wood. According to “Voices”‚ these native people tried their best to stay away from influences such
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togetherness had become a distant memory. The willingness to help a fellowman was null and void at this time. Due to the white man’s many gifts including poison (alcohol)‚ and also the witches was corrupting them. Several new teachings were needed for the Iroquois people. First they had to know how the evil came about in order to correct it and move forward. Secondly‚ they had to understand how they were living was not of God (religion tradition).Third they had to realize life that they once new were no more;
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Britain and its American colonies? Document 1 NORTH AMERICA BEFORE 1754 Use the documents and your knowledge of the period 1740-1766 in constructing your response. Document 2 Source: Canassatego‚ Chief of the Onondaga Nation of the Iroquois Confederacy‚ speech to representatives of Pennsylvania‚ Maryland and Virginia‚ 1742. We know our Lands are now become more valuable. The white People think we do not know their Value: but we are sensible that the Land is everlasting‚ and the few
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expanding into that area. Another important factor in this war‚ were the Native Americans of that area‚ who lived there and wanted to establish a presence as traders there. While most Native Americans sided the French‚ the most powerful native group‚ the Iroquois Confederacy allied with the British. The beginning of the war started when the VA government sent a militia under Geroge washingotn to challenge French expansion. Washington created Fort Necessity‚ and
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HIST 121 SAMPLE TEST (Chap. 1-6) revMT 1. One distinctive characteristic of the society of the Iroquois Indians was the A) peaceful nature of their society. B) unusually high status and importance accorded Iroquois women. C) lack of agriculture. D) construction of huge and elaborate stone pyramids. 2. The Aztec culture was famous for its A) ritualized human sacrifice. B) peaceful nature. C) written constitution. D) representative government. 3. A disease that may have originated
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