the same people who enforced the rules and horrible actions of relocating the tribes. The Trail of Tears was a devastating, lengthy walk across the country for many Indian tribes. They were ordered to relocate to assigned Indian territory so that Americans could expand their land. The BIA played a big role in this, and they will most likely not be forgiven. The current employees of the BIA have to carry the consequences and criticism that the previous generation of workers did to the Indian tribes
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between Indians, Spaniards, and many other races. They both had very different views but mainly on certain subjects like religion and culture. In the book Narrative of the Captivity and Restoration of Mrs. Mary Rowlandson, she describes her mournful American life as a tragedy due to an Indian invasion and how her life went downhill quickly. It was definitely not a pleasant life she lived during this time; however, it taught Rowlandson to view her life differently during her captivity in which she looks
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In 1848, the west was virtually vacant of American citizens and had not yet been divided into states, resulting in unused, uncontrolled land. A push of entrepreneurism is what the U.S. needed most to influence easterners to migrate to this newly purchased soil. This push was the California gold rush. The search for a new life would bring in 300,000 determined, economy boosting Americans. The California gold rush united the new western land with the eastern U.S., setting the stage for western
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Some indigenous tribes, such as the Deni, are working not only to protect their culture, but the rainforest and the diversity of life upon which they depend on. The Ka’apor indigenous tribe is the first tribe that has tried to do something to protect its land and its people. Some of the things that the tribe has done is adding new tools to the arrows and guarding of the territory was stricter. Standing up to the illegal logging, mining, and agribusiness is a very dangerous task to perform. Murders
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For this Current Anthropology Paper, I chose to write about Molly Carney’s research on Cultural Resource Management. Molly was doing her Doctoral research on a Native American Tribe’s land in Washington State. She excavated a site named the Flying Goose (due to the large amount of “annoying” geese who inhabited the area near the site). Based on the very little evidence she found from the pit, one might assume that research would be halted, but through Molly’s creative means of investigation, she
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1. Demarco should hold a meeting in a town hall setting to inform the tribes of the outcome of the mining. The land belongs to the tribes so it’s important Xeon is transparent. Demarco could play the role of their advocate by positioning the positive outcomes first: more schools, hospitals, jobs and a better economy. It’s also important that Demarco provides them with evidence that the mining would be environment-friendly. Then ultimately letting them know the negative impact it could have on
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George III, the British King, in 1607. By the 1770’s American’s were calling for their freedom. The Native American populations didn’t make it any easier to take over the land they wanted. Although some were peaceful and showed the new comers how to grow things, others would fight to the death to keep their home safe and scared, but the Colonists, wanting the land desperately, took these Native Americans as slaves or indentured servents. Sometimes, as in the case of the French and Indian
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Should the Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian be taught? The book The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian should be taught at Douglas High School. It has a lot of good life lessons in it for people to learn. It has many themes that are relevant in today’s society such as, loss, addiction, alcoholism, hope, and many more. The book may have many inappropriate things in it, but it’s still worth taking a lesson from it. If taught at a high school, those inappropriate things might actually
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especially their own. Now that my feeling are expressed I will answer the question. What societal factors may have contributed to the possible health (mental, physical, ect.) outcomes of Native American today. I believe that severe depression plays the leading role in the health issues that plague the Native Americans today. According to Mayo Clinic, depression is a mood disorder
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Significance of the Frontier in American History”. Within his publication, he asserted that the wilderness masters the colonist. As man traveled over from Europe, nature “strips off the garments of civilization and arrays him in the hunting shirt and the moccasin.” At first, the frontier environment is “too strong for the man … little by little he transforms the wilderness”. Once the individual is stripped of the old and thrown into the wilderness, an American is born. Thus, America began to
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