Flandreau, South DakotaIn the southeastern corner of the State of South Dakota, 40 miles north of Sioux Falls and about 12 miles west of the Minnesota border, lies an interesting territory known as Moody County. It is comprised of the county seat city of Flandreau, several smaller towns, a Santee S...

The Colombian Exchange When Columbus sailed over in 1492 he had no idea how his voyage was going to affect the old and new worlds. Christopher Columbus first journeyed to find Asia brought him to the Americas and forever changed the course of history for both. The exchange of ideas, technology, ...

When talking about Indians who lived in North America, we actually refer to people who are called Natives. For a long time, they have been known as Indians because of a wrong belief of a very famous Italian explorer Christopher Columbus who said, that the Americas were the Indies\' lands. Today thi...

The Cherokee: A Proud PeopleThe 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. Corn w...

Have you ever driven down the road in some town somewhere and saw a person wearing different clothes than you or selling their cultural arts and crafts, that are unusual to you, but not to them? Have you wondered where they "got" that idea from, or who "taught" them that? I'...

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, ...

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...

The definition of war as stated by the Electric Law Library is a "contention by force; or the art of paralyzing the forces of an enemy." Inside of this definition there are all types of interpretations. There are private wars and public wars, local and national wars. National wars can b...

At the end of the 15th century, Christopher Columbus began a journey. His journey would set in motion, the cultural collision, of a new world. This new world would now be the new home for Europeans, Africans, and a changed home for Native Americans. The residents of this new world would find comfort...

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 ...

Many times throughout history, specific events occur that explain why the existence of Native Americans are necessary for the Spanish and English colonists to survive. The Native Americans were like parents to the Spanish and English colonists. As a newborn baby is introduced to the new world, alike...

Native AmericansMany times throughout history, specific events occur that explain why the existence of Native Americans are necessary for the Spanish and English colonists to survive. The Native Americans were like parents to the Spanish and English colonists. As a newborn baby is introduced to the ...

Art may be present in any form of human activity. Plato regarded art as a form of play or pastime, which was inferior to such occupations as agriculture or cookery. Schiller referred to art as a play impulse. According to Ruskin, fine art is that which the hand, the head and the heart of ma...

"Changes in the Land; Indians, Colonists, and the Ecology of New England"In this paper, I will answer the following question: Compare and contrast the impacts of the New England Colonists and New England Natives on that region's ecosystem. Explain the cultural, social and economic factors that accou...

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

The state has seen the rise and fall of several different cultures, and their remnants still blend together in Mississippi's culture today. Mississippi, one of the East South Central states of the United States, bordered on the north by Tennessee, on the east by Alabama, on the south by the Gulf of ...

"The decision of the Jackson administration to remove the Cherokee Indians to lands west of the Mississippi River in the 1830's was more a Reformulation of the national policy that had been in effect since the 1790's than a change in that policy." The dictum above is firm and can be easily prov...

The constitution of the United States reads; "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their creator with certain inalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness." In the 1830's, there existed a deep divisio...

Trail of TearsAt the conclusion of the colonials' War of Independence with Britain, during which the Cherokee had fought alongside the British, a treaty was signed in 1786, establishing the boundaries of Cherokee territory. As always, encroachments by European-American settlers continued in violati...