The ongoing arms race had an effect on the United States, as well. The U.S. Army’s only opponents in the late 1800s were the various tribes of Native Americans who were resisting the continuing loss of their lands in the West. There were few areas in which a conflict with European p...
Many uncontacted tribes still exist. Where are they, and why do they occasionally reach out to the rest of the world?
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the Iroquois would often incorporated conquered tribes into their sophisticated political system and thus enlarge their nation. Many of these alliances and rivalries were exploited when white settlers landed on the American continent, and some tribes were pitted against others to serve the c...
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Many aspects of Native American culture can be seen in their literature. Native Americans showed a high respect to nature and often viewed animals as equal in rights to humans. Myths of creation, nature, social order, and relations towards other tribes are often topics of literature. Animism wa...
Native American tribes, such as the Navaho and the Apache, have their own puberty rites of passage for girls. The separation time for the girl experiencing her first period was as much to honor the transition to adulthood as it was to protect the village from the calamities superstitiously bl...
Many full moon names date back to Native Americans, of what is now the northern and eastern United States. Those tribes of a few hundred years ago kept track of the seasons by giving distinctive names to each recurringfull moonas the lunar cycle was an important method of timekeeping. Their...
Native Americansself-defenseSecond Amendment2nd amendmenttribal sovereigntysavagerytribal jurisdictionfederal Indian lawcritical race theoryright to bear armsThis article looks at tribal actions of defending their homelands in colonial and early American history and argues that many tribes' actions in self-...
Like many native tribes, the Nez Perce frequently interacted with white American settlers. In the interview An Indian's View of Indian Affairs, Chief Joseph of the Nez Perce gave insight into the rising tensions between natives and non-natives in the early 19 th cen- tury North America. In...