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…by claiming more territory. Some attempts were made to create friendly relationships with some indigenous people but generally speaking Europeans did not grant Indians respect in regards to their lifestyle, culture, religion, language or land. Europeans followed…

…The Great Sioux Legacy The Sioux were one of the great Indian Nations that once roamed North America freely. They have a long and interesting history, which has had a great affect on our Nation. I plan to show the history of the Sioux up to modern…

…to the southern states, Indians were considered a threat that had to be exterminated. Believers in Native American reform were largely from the industrial and commercial centers in the Northeast where few Indians lived. With the arrival of twenty "Negroes…

…, and in failing him certainly doomed him. The purpose of this essay is not to slander the Indian nations with whom Custer fought against that day. The Sioux and other tribes were just defending there home. Treaties had been made with these Indians granting them…

…at Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West” (1970). To date the book has been translated in to 17 languages and sold several million copies. Some of his other writings include “Pawnee, Blackfoot and Cheyenne; History and Folklore of the Plains, from…

…relations with the Native Americans. Whereas the Spanish settlers, who forced Catholicism on the Pueblos and tried to obliterate Indian practices, ended their problems with hopes of peace, the English took over land with no effort at reconciliation…

…The Conflict of the Un-Civilized The Native Americans were viewed, by the settlers, as a savage and uncivilized race; however, due to the ruthlessness towards the Indians and later the blacks, the settlers proved themselves more savage than either…

…. As the Spanish explorers arrived in Panama, some researchers have estimated that there was an approximate population of 750,000 Cuna Indians, though there are varying estimates of the number of the total amount of Indians that inhabited the area. Two additional…

…as heredity and how it affects the relationships between the characters. Also discussed in the novel are the interracial relationships between Indians and whites and how these relationships have caused many of the characters to loose a place in their culture…

…this novel takes place. Cardenas expropriated foreign-held properties, distributed land to peasants, and instituted reforms to benefit indigenous people and Mexican workers. Cardenas found it unfair for the Indians to not be treated as equals, so he demanded…