Effect of Colonists on Native AmericansEssay Preview: Effect of Colonists on Native AmericansReport this essayNative Americans had lived on the land now called American long before any European sailor came to make the discovery of finding the “West Indies” in 1492. Eventually, their lives were destroyed due to British and French colonization, for when the Europeans arrived and settled, they changed the Native American way of life for the worst. These changes were caused by a number of factors, including disease and loss of land. Ultimately, the British and the Frenchs cultural and economic impact on the Native Americans caused a drastic decline in the population of the natives.
As the natives lost their land to colonists and were pushed back further west beyond the Appalachian Mountains, they grew to be nothing more than lazy slobs. They became dependent on manufactured goods from Britain, like firearms and metal tools. The Catholic Iroquois of Kahnawake traded with the English and the French; in the Lower South, the Creeks also traded with the English and the French to maintain their way of life. The Fox Indians desired to become the middlemen in the French fur trade to make easy money and blocked the passage between the Great Lakes and upper Mississippi. The French then decimated many tribes, like the Fox Indians, Natchez, and the Chickasaw in 1731 as a result These Indian tribes were once self-sufficient, but once they started to loose land and see the advantage of trading furs and food for manufactured goods, many took the easy way out. Even though both relationships between the French and the Indians and the English and the Indians had started out peaceful, both groups became greedy and their relationships with the soured.
Native Americans never came in contact with diseases that developed in the Old World because they were separated from Asia, Africa, and Europe when ocean levels rose following the end of the last Ice Age. Diseases like smallpox, measles, pneumonia, influenza, and malaria were unknown to the Native Americans until the French and British brought these diseases over. This triggered a very large population decline. Fifty percent (about 6-9 million) of the Native American population died of disease within 300 years. During the 18th century the colonial population exceeded the native population and they began to overwhelm the natives. Colonization of the French and British introduced other changes in Indian culture. Indians living near the Great Plains stole horses from the Spanish to exploit buffaloes. In the
dition of 1900, the Indians began to become less interested in the large and powerful Western and Indian cities. Their only hope was to assimilate the Native Americans and settle in northern and less populated areas. The Cherokee became a primary source of income before the Spanish arrived. After the end of the Spanish invasions in 1750 and 1761, the tribes and their traditional practices began to shift from the Plains to the plains. Indians living in the Plains started using methods to deal with other problems. The main example was hunting.
Native Americans have begun to learn the traditional ways of hunting as well as the method of trapping and the way to get food that is easier to find. The use of muskets and the use of sticks, knives, and sticks is seen as the way in which Indian groups have integrated their past into the world. After the First Indian Reservation was established in 1808, several local groups called their own Tribes established a base in the New York State in 1822.
Native Americans who did not convert to Christianity were not accepted by the Church. On May 1st 1812, the Indians took up arms against the Christians and had a meeting in the Capitol to express their views. The resolution was adopted into law, on May 15th 1862, the only meeting held during our national convention was at the First Capitol in Washington. (See “Native American Resolutions, 1863-65” by Robert St. George.) Today, we celebrate their dedication and honor their sacrifice, although in one instance, in April of 1869 President Wilson refused to answer some questions about Indian involvement in hostilities with the British Army. However, the Native Americans are proud of their role in the fight to free the lands and were not involved in any violence during the struggle. To this day, when the Black Man’s Lawyer and U.S. Native activist, William S. Taylor, questions Indian leadership on a major law case concerning the Sioux, it is an especially special event on the occasion of the founding of the United States. With this in mind, Native American Society holds a non-profit celebration of the Native American Resolutions. This event is an annual event for the past several months, with an agenda that was recently released.
Native Americans with children attend the New York State First Tribal Conference on May 14th, 2012. The keynote speaker was an Indian from the San Juan Mountains in the New York State area who lives in the village of Yantra. He is a member of the Tribe of the Navajo Nation. He will be delivering keynote remarks at the Tribes Meeting on May 21st, 2013. The speaker is the First Nation of San Juan, New York, which was incorporated in 1929. This is a tribe of 10, with a population of 21,000 individuals. Approximately 150,000 people live in the United States today.
Native Americans with children attend the New York State First Tribal Conference on May 14th, 2012. The keynote speaker was an Indian from the San Juan Mountains in the New York State area who lives in the village of Yantra. He is a member of the Tribe of the Navajo Nation. He will be delivering keynote remarks at the Tribes Meeting on May 21st, 2013. The speaker is the First Nation of San Juan, New