The Chinook Indians were a tribe of Native Americans who lived in the Pacific Northwest. They lived along the coast of what is now Oregon and Washington State. The men used bow and arrows for hunting elk, deer and sea mammals. The women gathered other food such as shellfish, clams, roots and berries. The Chinook were very skilled traders.
What Jonathan Hook’s purpose for writing this book “was to illustrate the dynamic and contextual based nature of personal and communal ethnic identity. ”1 The case study is done to show how the Alabama-Coushatta Indians of East Texas have responded to external forces to stay true to their people. Jonathan Hook is of Cherokee heritage and tribal membership, which would provide some of the insight he has into Indian identity. Hook lives in Houston, Texas which is ninety miles southwest of the Alabama-Coushatta Indian Reservation.
Losing one’s cultural knowledge, and therefore the reality of their culture, allows others to have control over their collective and individual consciousness as well as their destiny. In this case, it is clear that the United States government has had the dominant relationship over the Native
Hilary Weaver argues in her piece of writing; that identifying indigenous identity is complex, complicated, and hard to grasp when internalized oppression and colonization has turned Native Americans to criticize one another. Throughout the text, Weaver focuses on three main points which she calls, the three facets. Self-identification, community identification, and external identification are all important factors that make up Native American identity. The author uses a story she calls, “The Big game” to support her ideologies and arguments about the issue of identity. After reading the article, it’s important to realize that Native American’s must decide their own history and not leave that open for non-natives to write about.
Struggles as an Immigrant Indigenous cultures place a high value on identity formation. For many Indigenous peoples, identity is deeply connected to their relationship with the land, their cultural traditions, and their language. Indigenous communities frequently have distinct cultural practices, beliefs and values passed down from generation to generation. These practices and beliefs are an important part of Indigenous identity because they shape how people see themselves and their place in the world. Despite the difficulties they face, many Indigenous people have worked to reclaim their cultural heritage and restore their traditional practices and beliefs.
The Age of Exploration began in the early 15th century and ended in the early 17th century. There were many events that affected the Native Americans. Here are some ways that the Native Americans lives changed as a result of the European colonizations of the New World. One way is food since, the Native Americans did not know many foods. Another way is diseases because the Native Americans had no immunity to them.
Navajo Tribe The Navajo tribe was one the tribes in the southwest areas in North America. The tribal origin was the Southern Athabascan (McGary). The tribe had many names that it went by such as; Navaho, Diné, and then Navajo which means “the people” (McGary). The tribe had many home territories in the southwestern region.
One of the biggest and most powerful tribes in South Carolina was the Cherokee tribe. The were also known as the “real people”. THe Cherokee tribe was huge. Just one village could have over 600 people in it, and most of their villages were lined with a thing called palisade surrounding it for protection. Their leaders could be made up of men and women, and either gender could own land.
This article is a guide about American and Alaskan Natives living in the US territories. It provides the history of the American Natives and how their tribal government system works. One of the main points of the guide is to highlight the sovereignty of the American Natives nations, which means authority of self governance. This is necessary because in that way they can maintain and protect their cultures and identities. Tribal nations are considered separate nations within the boundaries of the United States, therefore they are also under the US laws.
From eight present-day states; Virginia, West Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee, Georgia, Alabama, North Carolina, and South Carolina, more than forty thousand square miles, lived the largest Native American tribe in the United States. The Cherokee. The Cherokee were once a very powerful tribe, they had lived and hunted in a large area of land. Like many Native American tribes, the Cherokee had called themselves “the real people” or the “principal people”. In Cherokee, that word is Ani-Yun-wiya.
As we all know, Native Americans have suffered greatly within their culture and are still struggling in society today even though this is their land. To celebrate these people and to remember their ancestors, Native American history month is in November. Note: When I do history month activities I plan on doing the ethnic/race group that whole month so these are only a few ideas that I will be including in my classroom. One simple and fun activity I found is a song about these Native People. It is a learning song that I found on this website here.
The source states that “Historians no longer use the word “discovery” to describe the European exploration”(Foner 6) , which was especially interesting because it could be contradicted that the Indians discovered North America instead of the Europeans. The Indians were the first to step foot and inhabit the land before Columbus found it and further colonized it. It seems appropriate to say that Columbus was not the founder of the land, but a visitor to an unindustrialized island, that was new to him and Europe.
The question is; should cultural treasures should be returned to their countries of origin? The answer is yes. For example; Native American cultural, spiritual sites like the Black hills and Mato Paha (bear butte) was taken by the europeans that travelled here and took their land also. These cultural landmarks had cultural, and religious association for the area from which were taken from the government and settlers. The sites like: Mato Tipila (Devils tower), Hinhan Kaga (Harney Peak), Mato Paha (Bear Butte), and He Sapa (Black Hills) were all once a sacred site for all native tribes for religious reasons, but the europeans came and took their sacred sites, their land, and their animals, commonly the buffalo.
Throughout the history of the United States, there generally have been dozens of particularly social movements, which is fairly significant. From the African American Civil Rights Movement in 1954 to the feminism movement in 1920, protests for all intents and purposes have helped these groups basically earn rights and fight injustice in a really major way. Some injustices that these groups face range from lack of voting rights to police brutality, or so they essentially thought. The indigenous people of North America aren’t actually immune to these injustices, basically contrary to popular belief. Back in the 1968, the American Indian Movement generally was formed to for all intents and purposes give natives security and peace of mind in a
Native American religion Have you ever wanted to learn about Native American religion? Their gods? Their afterlife? The way their religion affects their daily life? Their views on the wildlife, environment, and each other?
