make sure the Indian Removal Act was put into effect. Settlers called a particular group of southeast Native American groups the “Five Civilized Tribes.” These five groups were the Cherokee‚ Choctaw‚ Chickasaw‚ Creek‚ and Seminole. The five groups established representative governments. In 1827‚ three years before Congress passed the Indian Removal Act‚ the Cherokee established the Cherokee Nation. They created a government based on their own
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North American Indian Timeline (1492-1999) 1492 From their nakedness‚ Columbus inferred the native people to be an inferior race. Columbus wrote of the Indians he encountered‚ "They all go around as naked as their mothers bore them; and also the women." However‚ he noted that "they could easily be commanded and made to work‚ to sow and to do whatever might be needed‚ to build towns and be taught to wear clothes and adopt our ways." Although Columbus also wrote that "they are the best people
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According to Oxford University agriculture is the science or practice of farming‚ including cultivation of the soil for the growing of crops and the rearing of animals to provide food‚ wool‚ and other products (“oxforddictionaries.com”). Agriculture‚ natural resources‚ and related food industries have been important to Florida’s history and remain a significant force in the economy of Florida to this day. Agriculture is an important part of Florida’s economy‚ and still is today because it was an
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only the activist within these tribes whom are bothered because they feel they the teams are being discriminative when they are just showing pride and spirit in their team. The activist need to think about how it would look if the Florida State Seminoles changed their name to the Florida State Kittens‚ that would make the team look like a bunch of wimpy babies and the other team sure wouldn’t be very worried about beating them. When the team mascot dresses up‚ it is done with the up most respect
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Native American Mascots and Sports In his novel The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian‚ author Sherman Alexie introduces his readers to the issue of Indians used as mascots in sports. It is an issue that has plagued sports for decades and Alexie brings up the subject throughout his book and in interviews. He brings the topic to light to open the reader’s eyes to the idea that Native Americans are still thought as historical but not culturally relevant to society. Thousands of sports teams
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Native American refugees from around the South formed an alliance with African runaways to create the Seminole Nation. The name Seminole is from the Spanish word cimarrón‚ meaning runaway. The 1842 agreement between the United States and Spain‚ which ended the Seminole hold on Florida‚ caused a migration to Indian Territory (present-day Oklahoma). Some Seminoles followed Spanish protectors to Cuba and to Andros Island in the Bahamas. Aspects of West African heritage have survived
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successful it lead the student to drop out of school‚ but their different ways in which Seminole State can help to achieve students goals and be successful and graduate. There’s going to see a counselor to help student’s choose classes and make suggestions on what to do. There’s student success center which offers student’s tutoring on any of their classes the student is having problems with. Also Seminole State also offers different places where student’s can do their work without distractions
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Eva Benson US History Mr. Fazzio Due: December 7‚ 2012 Treatment of Native Americans From the very beginning of American history‚ settlers have poorly treated the Native Americans. As some people know‚ “poorly” is an understatement. The treatment of the indigenous people was horrible during the 1800s from being forced to move west‚ having laws made against them by the government‚ and mass murder‚ even though that isn’t what our history books like to tell us today. In 1804‚ fur trading was established
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personal life. (Preview) Transition: So‚ where did Coach Bowden’s career begin? Body I. Bobby’s career started as an assistant football coach and head track coach at Howard College in 1954‚ which is now called Samford University. (Seminoles‚ Bobby Bowden) A. Bobby also graduated from Howard College in 1953 so he was coaching for a school he was familiar with. 1. He left Howard College and coached at South Georgia College for a short time‚ eventually returning to Howard and
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During westward expansion many Native American Tribes were forced out of their homelands and moved into what was known as “Indian Territory” which is modern-day Oklahoma. The Cherokee‚ Choctaw‚ Chickasaw‚ Seminole‚ and Creeks‚ known as the “five civilized tribes” and the Plains Indians‚ which had been relocated to the western part of the territory on land leased from the Five Civilized Tribes‚ were moved into this area. Many of these tribes were enemies and were now being forced to live next to each
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