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…A large change in prehistoric Indian culture started to take place just before 1000 A.D. By this time people had lived in the Middle Southeast for over 10,000 years since the first groups of hunters came into this region in persuit of the bigger…

…and clinic, and several small stores owned by the people. The towns are majority Indian population, as the Ladino population slowly moved elsewhere as the Mexican agrarian reform program allowed the Indians to take over their ranches. The ceremonial center holds…

…INDIANS AND THE WHITE MAN The Indians, they were here first. The white man took this land away from the Indians. The Indians have the rightful title to America but so does that of the whites…

…What types of Indian behavior, rituals and customs did Europeans typically misunderstand or mis interpret? What myths of Indian society resulted? After being isolated from Europe for so long it was only a matter of time before the two wolrds…

…People usually know more about their own culture, but people also know something about other cultures too, whether it is true or not. A white man's perspective may be very different than an Indians perspective when it comes to the Indian culture. I…

…The world of the Indian was simple and they were more than happy for everything in it to stay the same. The Indians of North America had to acclimate themselves to the new world that was overtaking theirs or perish. Actions taken by the white reformers…

…Grey Owl: A Result of Stereotypes The movie "Grey Owl" involves a man named Archie, whose desire to be an Indian was so great, that he abandoned all truth about himself in order to live a "typical" Indian life. After observing Archie (Grey Owl), I…

…The Cherokee Indians first lived in Tennessee. The name Indian first came from Christopher Columbus, who thought that America was part of the Indies, Asia. The first person to come across Indians was Hernando de Soto, in 1540. In wintertime…

…Indian Removal (Zinn Chapter 7) Once the white men decided that they wanted lands belonging to the Native Americans (Indians), the United States Government did everything in its power to help the white men acquire Indian land. The US Government…

…Kamiakin Chief Kamiakin was born around 1800 and he died in 1877. His father, Tsyiyak, was a Palouse Indian and his mother, Kamoshnite, was a Yakima Indian. Both his mother's father and brother were also Yakima chiefs. Kamiakin was not the head chief…