The railroad was spread out all over the U.S. in order to build this railroad they had to clear all of the buffalo out of the way of the path, so the white people started to kill the buffalo. Without the buffalo the indians would die. In the 1800’s , the Plains Indians moved westward to allow them to make a better living and have a good life on the frontier because of the Homestead Act. The homestead Acts were several U.S. laws that gave the citizens ownership of land.
The Dutch gave an influential tide to both the Natives and the French colonists because they created Fort Orange along the Hudson River, the Dutch saw the French as enemy`s, because they had better supplies like weapons and tools to gain better alliances and trading partners. The French and Iroquois who knew that they would lose their Dutch suppliers to the northern tribes who had better fur pelts. Hoping that with war the Dutch and northern tribes would remain separated, the French and Iroquois decided not to make
President Jefferson told Lewis and Clark to “cultivate good relations with the Sioux” because at the time “the Sioux were the dominant power on the northern and central Great Plains more than able to hold their own against white Americans in the first half of the nineteenth century.” (The American Journey Ch.13 Pg.349). This was because the Sioux were able to successfully mix important components of American life with their traditions. Unfortunately these components including guns they had acquired from the French and horses introduced to the New World by the Spanish helped the Sioux push weaker tribes to the south and west of the Missouri River basin. These weak tribes became dependent on the Sioux.
Advantages/Disadvantage of the Arapaho Tribe Geographical Location As early as the 1600’s, different civilizations have experienced hardships because of geographical location. The Arapaho Tribe endured numerous situations which resulted in, sometimes problems unwanted. Despite some disadvantages at hand their distinctive gut of wanting to explore more parts of the world made them an effective defender. As a result of their high placements in the mountains, it had resulted in a well defensive play. With a well defensive home comes difficult decisions to make based on weather, food, and weaponry.
They also graze quickly to the point of which the Indians must move on a regular basis. This was easy for the Comanche Indians because they did not stay in one place and tended to move around quite a lot. Once the Comanches understood the horse they started to become unstoppable. The horses provided transportation and a quick getaway for their
1. The environment shaped Native American cultures and civilizations because the first Americans adapted to the land and evolved into hundreds of tribes, spoke different languages, and practiced different cultures. Because of this most of the cultures were based off nature and cultivation. The cultivation helped with trade and also helped feed the growing population. Along with the different cultures and languages, the language barrier helped develop their way of life.
Before Europeans even knew of the Americas there were Indians. The Indians had diverse cultures and conflicts with each other. There were hundreds of different groups of Indians. Most hated each other and killed each other. Some sought to get beyond murder and cannibalism.
Louis Jolliet and Jacques Marquette are French explorers best known for their joint discovery of the Mississippi River in 1673, an area which the Native Americans called the “Mesipe”. Being the first white men to see and explore this area, they brought various information about the character of the river, the animals, the Indians living on its shores, the forests, the soils, and the minerals that surrounded the river back to the French. They also told people about the magnificence of the vast country that lay outside their borders which encouraged people to move westward. These explorers are credited with the first exploration of the Mississippi River however, they are not the first. Hernando DeSoto was a Spanish Explorer who was the first
Our home is in the valley, were we collect the fresh water from the mountains and a big river that connects to the ocean, we get most of our supplies from the forest. When the migrating season comes we all have to pack up and go to follow the food, after many season pass by we move back to our old home. This made a big impact on our history because we didn’t know how to farm or to tame wild animals to breed. If this would not have happened, then we would not be moving place to place to follow the food source.
The United States sent armies into the Native American lands, mistreating the Native Americans, and caused trouble against them by sparkling conflicts and wars. “It is not, of course, to be understood that the government of the United States is at the mercy of Indians; but thousands of its citizens are, even thousands of families. Their exposed situation on the extreme verge of settlement affords a sufficient justification to the government for buying off the hostility of the Savages, excited and exasperated as they are…by the invasion of their hunting grounds and the threatened extinction of their game.” (Document 4) The United States government introduced policies for Native Americans to have a better life, but in fact, they kept them in
The tribe used bows and arrows, spears, and hide shields. The tribe ate buffalo, elk, deer, fish, fruit, and roots. This is important because their tools dictated how they hunted and where they traveled. The Arapahos were nomads, following the buffalos across the Great Plains. Religion and government played a big role in the tribe.
They fished for mostly salmon, and collected native plants and roots like the camas bulb. “Buffalo served as the most significant source of food and raw material for the tribe 's” (History of the Shoshone-Bannock Tribes). They would go around collecting foods to eat during the winter months. The Bannocks may have had to work for quite a bit of they year but they still found time to play games and have very amusing traditions.
After the destruction of the Caddoan villages, the Osage were able to fully exploit the large buffalo herds of the plains region. Camped along the Salt Fork of the Arkansas River (present north-central Oklahoma) the Osage hunted the plentiful buffalo, which became their main source of food. Hunting took on a much greater level of importance while the Osage relied less on agriculture to fill their stomachs. The Osage spent increasing amounts of time away from the village hunting.
Besides, they used them as a means of transport and traded with other Native Americans. These animals were used for sports like horse racing and other activities such as hunting for the dogs. Therefore, this action led to the increase of the animal population and the Native land due to
During the late 15th and early 16th centuries, eExplorers from Europe had made vast advancements on traveling methods and shipbuilding and had new methods to travel the world. Due to needs for faster trade routes or access to new markets, most powers, starting with Portugal, had started sending Explorers to find different ways to trade and navigate. This would eventually lead them to the New World where they would meet people of different culture. Explorers during this period have many positive and negative effects on the natives. Europeans indirectly killed off native with diseases, enslaved natives with cruel slave methods, and tried to completely erase the native cultures in place of the typical European cultures and religion.
