Shawnee Tribe Essays

  • The Shawnee Tribe in Central Pennsylvania

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    The Shawnee Tribe in Central Pennsylvania His name is Wautheeweela. It means Bright Horn, referring to horns on a deer. He is ten years old, and ready to make his journey to prove his manhood. He and other boys from his Shawnee tribe have been physically toughened and taught to be independent since an age of around six. In winters, they have had to break the ice to jump into the freezing river to continue their daily routine of learning to survive with Nature and its elements. Now will be his

  • Prophet and Tecumseh

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    It is believed that Tecumseh was born in 1768 in central Ohio. He was the second son of a Shawnee warrior who was killed at the Battle of Point Pleasant. In his dying breaths, his father commanded his eldest son Cheesuaka, to train Tecumseh as a warrior and to never make peace with the whites. Cheesuaka was good to his word and became an excellent warrior and a teacher. He grew close with his younger brother, and after their mother moved to Missouri he acted as a foster parent as well. Tecumseh was

  • Could Tecumseh And Tenskwatawa Have Been Successful?

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    If Tecumseh and Tenskwatawa had been successful in unifying the tribes, there was no guarantee that they would work together fluidly. Each tribe came with their own enemies and problems, making it near impossible to completely avoid internal conflict. Once past these problems, they would have had to come up with a strategy for fighting expansion. If they wished to avoid bloodshed, they would have to take the diplomatic route. Diplomacy in this time period was not on the same level it is today. Whites

  • Tecumseh

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    Tecumseh ,Shawnee war chief, was born at Old Piqua, on the Mad River in western Ohio. In 1774, his father, Puckeshinwa, was killed at the Battle of Point Pleasant, and in 1779 his mother, Methoataske, accompanied those Shawnees who migrated to Missouri, later died. Raised by an older sister, Tecumpease, Tecumseh would play war games with other fellow youths in his tribe. Tecumseh accompanied an older brother, Chiksika, on a series of raids against frontier settlements in Kentucky and Tennessee in

  • Tecumseh And The Quest For Indian Leadership Summary

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    In “Tecumseh and the Quest for Indian Leadership”, Tecumseh and the many Indian tribes in west America spent years fighting for their land and trying to keep their culture alive. The story illustrates cultural aspects of the period through elucidating the important figure The Shawnees were a patrilineal tribe meaning they are traced through the males of the family. Although men were a main part of the culture, each village had an informal group of women who governed certain tribal rituals and set

  • Land ownership Differences

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    person had the right to own land, while the Indians had communal property. The Indians believed that the land was for harvesting and hunting, therefore they didn't have to own the land to be able to use it and share it with the other members of their tribes. Although the Europeans believed the Indians to be savages, the Indians were very civilized people. According to Give Me Liberty by Eric Foner, the Indians had roads, cities, trade networks, and other structures that indicated that they had complex

  • indian history

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    Congress passes the Indian Removal Act of 1830 n     promised the land in Oklahoma for “as long as the grass grows and the rivers run” n     which was until 1906 n     Trail of tears -- forced marches to insure move of Indians n     Five civilized tribes n     Choctaw, Chickasaw, Creek, Cherokee, Seminole n     Cherokee adopt republican form of gov’t. John Ross Cherokee leader n     Have written language (Sequoya) n     Take U.S. to court to keep lands n     Cherokee Nation v. Georgia n     Chief

  • The Kickapoo Traditional Tribe of Texas

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    The Kickapoo Traditional Tribe of Texas The Kickapoo Indians are Algonkian-speaking Indians, related to the Sauk and Fox, who lived at the portage between the Fox and Wisconsin rivers, probably in present Columbia County, Wis., U.S., when first reported by Europeans in the late 17th century. The Kickapoo were known as formidable warriors whose raids took them over a wide territory, ranging as far as Georgia and Alabama to the southeast; Texas and Mexico to the southwest; and New York and Pennsylvania

  • Eastern Woodland Indians

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    Esha Sundrani 2015 The Native Americans were often grouped by tribes or nations. Currently, there are 24 nations and well over 1000 tribes within America. The Native Americans are grouped based on their language and religion. The Native Americans also had tribes with different political views. They were said to have one of the best political systems until the white man came along. Among the several regions of Native American tribes, there is the Eastern Woodlands. Most Eastern Woodland Indians

  • Dances with Wolves

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    peasant back. He settled in very well. One day when he was ‘washing up’, he had a run in with an Indian. He scared the Indian off. Then a few came soon after. He decided to go over to the tribe and talk with them. He found a lady along the way, who was slicing her wrists. He took her back to her tribe. The Indians did not respond very well. They later got along, the women he found spoke a little English, and they were able to communicate. Him and the Indians became ve...

  • Indigenous People

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    Indigenous People Indigenous people are those that are native to an area. Throughout the world, there are many groups or tribes of people that have been taken over by the Europeans in their early conquests throughout the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, by immigrating groups of individuals, and by greedy corporate businesses trying to take their land. The people indigenous to Australia, Brazil and South America, and Hawaii are currently fighting for their rights as people: the rights to own

  • Native American Sound Instruments

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    lives religion as a way of life. Children of the tribe grow up in this world of spirituality and learn from example that religion can come as easily as taking a breath every day. This is no attempt to lead into the topic of religion, yet it needs to be known that the Native American sound instruments are used as a part of that religion or spirituality. There are many sound instruments used by Native Americans, but they vary accordingly from tribe to tribe. The Native American sound instruments are considered

  • Malaysia and the original people

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    of all social classes that reside within the countries borders. The book exceeded all expectations in the quantity as well as quality of information pertaining to the Orang Asli’s. Although there was little expression of the opinions of the actual tribes, the book was affected little due to the outstanding structure and content of the book. The strongest feature this book is its structure. The authors have created a book whose structure and word use makes it easy for most readers to comprehend. From

  • Cleisthenes Essay

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    hundred. Again, he did not aim to introduce democracy; rather his aim was most likely to overcome his regional rival, Isagoras. His reforms that were placed in were that the country was divided into 10 new tribes, also know as plylae, on a regional basis, with sections of the 3 classes in each. Each tribe with 3 trittyes (one from the city (asty), one from the coast (paralia), and one from inland (mesogaia)) was composed of new units called demes. In the countryside these were villages, while in Attica

  • The Maasai Tribe

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    The Maasai are one of the many southern-most tribes located in Kenya. They are physically related, and also in many other forms related to the Samburu and Turkana. The Maasai have a relatively complex culture and traditions. In fact, for many years they were unheard of. By the late 1800’s we soon discovered more about the Maasai, mostly from their oral histories. It is presumed that the Maasai came from the north, probably from the region of the Nile Valley in Sudan. Also presumed

  • Apache Indians

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    survive in there environment. They used many different farming tools in which helped them to grow crops and gather berries. As the years went on the Apache hunters hunted with bows and arrows and as the years went on and how they trade with other tribes and people they had adopted guns. So in this reading you will be reading about different types of tools that the Apache Indians used. The Apache Indians used many tools throughout the years as they got more involved with technology. When they

  • Black Elk Speaks

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    occurred at the end of the 19th century for the conclusion his poetry collection, Neihardt was instead gifted with the story of Black Elk's life. Black Elk's words would explain much about the nature of wisdom as well as the lives of the Sioux and other tribes of that period. The priest or holy man calling himself Black Elk was born in the December of 1863, to a family in the Ogalala band of the Sioux. Black Elk's family was well known, and he counted the famed Crazy Horse as a friend and cousin. Black

  • Abenaki Indians As Environment

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    Many people are under a false impression that early Native Americans are the original environmentalists. This is an impression that many people share. The Abenaki tribes that resided in Maine from 3700 BP were not by our traditional definition, environmentalists. In fact they were far from ecologically sound. This paper is meant not to criticize the Native Americans of the age, but to clarify their roles in the environment. To better understand this subject some background is needed. The Abenaki

  • People Of A'Ad

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    poissble the A'ad were the longest living people on earth and also the greatest in bodies. And who said that A'ad is the son of `Ewas ben Iram then he got so far with that, because in such a short time it is not possible for Iram to generate such a huge tribe that works on earth and be proud of its strength as A'ad used to be, for they were people of agriculture and enslaved people as it is mentioned by Hud (PUH) in his saying to them as been told by the Holy Book: Do ye build a landmark on every high place

  • Indian Gaming Regulation Act

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    According to Congress, Indian Gaming Regulation Act (IGRA) was created in 1988 as a way of helping tribes from falling below the poverty level. The goal of IGRA is to use gaming as a mean of “[promoting] tribal economic development, self-sufficiency, and strong tribal government,” while ensuring that gaming is conducted fairly and honestly. Since its establishment, hundreds of tribes are able to negotiate an agreement with the governments to operate casinos on reservation lands (“Gaming Tax Law and