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…Danny Gill January 25, 2001 4 STUDY GUIDE Chapter 17 Transformation of Native American Cultures ¡¤ As the white man killed the buffalo, they also killed off the Indians. Indians needed buffalo to eat, defend, and stay warm. Horses helped both…

…The Apache Indians of North America prospered for years throughout Kansas, New Mexico, and Arizona. They were a religious society who believed in a “giver of life”. As any complex society today, The Apache had many inter-tribal differences, although…

…Preeminent leader of Indian nationalism and prophet of nonviolence in the 20th cent. Gandhi grew up in a home steeped in religion, and he took for granted ahimsa (noninjury to all living beings) and religious tolerance. He studied law in England…

…they did not understand why thing would happen to them. The Puritans did not pay attention to the way they treated the Indians. Vengeance is mine saith the lord he will repay. The Indians are also God’s children. He will fight their battles just as he does our…

…Religion in India Religion plays a vital role in the Indian way of life. About 83 percent of the Indian people are Hindus, and about 11 percent are Muslims. The next largest religious groups, in order of size, are Christians, Sikhs, Buddhists…

…, they never retuned back, but kept their sailing toward their destination. On the following day, October the 11th , the ships landed to the shore of a land. There, they found a group of Indians, ironically in spite of strangers, graciously welcoming Columbus…

…places including Arkansas in order to hopefully find wealth and to colonize the area. He had contact with many people during his expedition including the Cayas, the Tulla, the Parkin and Quapaw Indians just to name a few. During his expedition, Hernando De…

…not fully understand the cultural conquest on the Indians without touching on the impact of disease. To begin with, Europeans brought small pox, measles and the common cold with them as they landed on the United States from Europe. Native Americans could…

…Lewis and Clark Expedition gave a better feel for moving west of the Mississippi by Americans. More and more settlers moved west into Indian lands. The Americans believed that the Indians who occupied the land were merely savages. They thought…

…came to the Island, the community together decided not to kill them off. The community was controlled enough to decide together what should be done. After a year went by, the Indians decided to go check on the whites. When they got there they saw they were…