Native traditions and history were passed down through the generations using the art of storytelling. Storytelling was not only useful for Natives in this way but became a part of the tradition and history they passed down to their children. Unlike Euro-Canadian people, Aboriginal people did not p...

Due to the wide range of habitats in North America, different native religions evolved to match the needs and lifestyles of the individual tribe. Religious traditions of aboriginal peoples around the world tend to be heavily influenced by their methods of acquiring food, whether by hunting wild anim...

How the New England Colonists` Altered the New England Environment In Changes in the Land, William Cronon points out the European colonists` pursuits of a capitalistic market and the impact it had on the New England ecosystem. Native Americans and colonists had different views on the use o...

Exploitation of the Canadian Aboriginal The Plains Natives of Canada, two major tribes being the Cree and the Blackfoot, faced many obstacles in their pre-treaty days. These obstacles made them more open to a change in life-style proposed to them by the inflow of Europeans to the West of Canada, ...

Asian Indians Their struggle as immigrant minority and major contributions to the American society Asian Indians come from an area with the second largest population in the world, but form only one of the smallest minorities in the United States. America was influenced by their religious and ...

Where does one draw the line between honoring a group of individuals and discriminating against them? It doesn't seem like it should be that hard, does it? Should be easy enough to tell if you are discriminating against someone or honoring them. Yet, something that would seem like an easy pr...

Throughout my life as a Native American, I have experienced many beautiful, and terrifying things. I come from a tribe we call the Delawares. We were named the Delawares by the English because we lived on the bay named in honor of Lord De La Warr, Governor of the English colony at Jamestown in 1610....

Can you imagine our world coexisting with Indians? It could have happened. If the Indians could have been pulled together and won the Battle of Wounded Knee. Your neighborhood could have been called Indian Estates and your next door neighbor could have been a Sioux. But they lost. American Indian ex...

In 1985, members of the Papago tribe announced plans to change their name to Tohono O'odham Nation, which means "the desert people." Tribal leaders no longer wished to be called Papago, a Spanish conjunction of the Indian word for "bean eaters" (Herschfelder 45). Such a decision came as no surp...

"When a star falls from the sky, it leaves a fiery trail. It does not die. Its shade goes back to its own place to shine again. The Indians sometimes find the small stars where they have fallen in he grass"(Kohnen). The Willamette Meteorite is an extremely rare scientific example. The met...

The historical figure of Wilma Mankiller, the first female leader of the Cherokee nation, is of great importance to the understanding of the cultural identity struggle of the Native Americans. Her biography is highly revelatory for the rebuilding of the Cherokee nation after what was called the Tr...

Background The Hopi or "Hopituh Shi-nu-mu" meaning "The Peaceful People" or the "Peaceful Little Ones" are well known Indian Nation in Northern Arizona, especially known for their "Kachina Dolls". The Navajo name for the Hopi is Anazazi which means "anci...

"Only two things are infinite; the universe and human stupidity, and the former I'm not sure of". An immortal quote from the mind of Albert Einstein whereas the exact reference to which it applies I am not positive, however I could not agree more with the preciseness to which this st...

In this research paper I will discuss two topics, the first topic examines life on the reservation and what struggles Native Americans have faced, second it will examine a brief history of Native American Schooling. Native American Life Native Americans culture is unique in many ways. Living on ...

American is a word that we use almost everyday to express what we are. But exactly what does that word mean? Does it mean that we work a standard 40 hour week? Does it mean that we have exactly 2.5 children and half of our parents are divorced? The word American entails more than those trivial facts...

Andrew Jackson's lack of positive actions and policies ultimately forced the westward migration of the "five civilized" Native American tribes, the Creeks, Chickasaws, Seminoles, Cherokees and Choctaws. Jackson's failure to enforce his early promise that the migration of the Native America...

Hallucinogenic Substances and Cultural Uses Throughout the centuries, natural herbs and plants that produce hallucinogenic effects have been used for various reasons within a religious context, ranging from religious rituals to alleviating cold and flu symptoms. These religiously structur...

The Cherokee: A Proud People The Cherokee Indians are of the Iroquoian linguistic family. Their economy, like that of most of the other southeastern tribes, was based on intensive agriculture, mainly of corn, beans, and squash while the typical hunted animals were deer, bear, and wild turkey. Co...

American Indian Wars There is perhaps a tendency to view the record of the military in terms of conflict, that may be why the U.S. Army's operational experience in the quarter century following the Civil War became known as the Indian wars. Previous struggles with the Indian,...

American Indian Wars There is perhaps a tendency to view the record of the military in terms of conflict, that may be why the U.S. Army’s operational experience in the quarter century following the Civil War became known as the Indian wars. Previous struggles with the Indian, dating back to ...

Culture Clash Bruce Beresford does a wonderful job in captivating the cultural differences between the Algonquin Indians and the French Jesuits in the 1991 motion picture "Black Robe." The movie is an extremely realistic representation of the clash between the two conflicting cultures ...

The Discovery of America Brings Annihilation When Christopher Columbus landed on Hispaniola, the estimates for the number of Native Americans were astronomical in comparison to what the number is today. Estimates place 800 separate nations, with one-hundred fifty language families and 1,500 to 2,00...

Constitution and By-Laws For The Blackfeet Tribe Of The Blackfeet Indian Reservation Of Montana - Last Amended 1978 We, the adult members of the Blackfeet Indian Tribe, pursuant to the authority vested in us by Section 16 of the Act of June 18, 1934 (48 Statutes at large, page 986), and amendment...