Essay About Pueblo Indians And Various Migrations

Frontier West
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Introduction Ð- Overview
The View of the West
Land of economic opportunity
Bountiful natural resources
Impact on Others
Elbowed aside Indians
There was resistance
Stereotyped Mexicans in Southwest
Prejudice against Chinese immigrants
Federal government gave assistance
Indians, Hispanics, and Various Migrations
Overview
Over 360,000 lived in this area
In Southwest
Hopis and Zunis found accommodation with conquerors and practiced agriculture and sheepherding and traded with the Mexican rancheros
Pueblo Indians and rancheros endured attacks by Apaches and Navajos
On the Great Plains
Horses by Spanish (16th century) and firearms by British (18th century) gave mobility
Commercial and other contacts with non-Indians were important
But contact massively disrupted life
Diseases Ð- measles, diphtheria, and especially smallpox
Pawnees in Nebraska
Various tribes in Washington, Oregon, and Nevada
Physical disruption
Whites had no understanding of the culture
extended family networks
tasks divided by gender
religion centered on nature
Little respect for savages
No understanding of importance of buffalo
Placed on reservations where they suffered also
Suffered the misguided efforts of reformers
Hispanic America
New Mexico