It is hard to understand how we are unable to relate to Native Americans and understand the point they are making when disapproving of their name as mascots. It is also very hard to understand how we pride ourselves on being a “Melting Pot,” country yet, we do not accept and respect the beliefs of the people who were here before us. The war with Native Americans from the beginning has been about respect. And with this debate they are still fighting for the same respect in a different way. Any person out there would be frustrated if their name was taken, and used as a Mascot, with no prior knowledge of who they are, and their beliefs.
The colonizing Society also has the pessimistic attitude of hostility and unfriendliness with the Indians and they advised Ms. Carr not to visit Kitwancool. “ White men told about the Kitwancool poles too, but when I told them I wanted to go there, they advised me “keep out” (138). No, I would certainly have said, ‘keep out’
This upset him even more because it wasn’t even said right. Sunil had everything going against him, he was Indian and had dark skin and he had an Indian name which people would mock him about because they couldn’t pronounce it. After a while he got used to the names and dead legs. He took the verbal assault like a good sport. The only thing that would upset him now was his name because no one could pronounce it properly.
As a nation, America should be proud of the first people that lived there, and should embrace Native Americans as a part of our history. However, this has not always been the way that America looks at Native Americans, as this country went through a time in the late 19th century when we wanted to eradicate their entire population, and take all their land for ourselves and our westward expansion. Because of these selfish, inhumane ideas, terrible things like The Trail of Tears happened, and if Indian tribes were not being killed, they were being converted by force. One of the things that suffered along with the Native American cultures and tribes, was their languages. These beautiful, sophisticated
Some Indian merchants had realized that these trades were unfair so only sold good furs for what they believed was goo manufactured goods. Though there weren’t disputes between the French and the Indians, land disputes would break out between the Indians over hunting grounds. This trade made for a far less stressful relation between the French and the indigenous people of the ‘New World’. Trade did have its faults for the Indians. Disease brought with the French quickly killed many Natives because they didn’t have any immunes built up.
They also offered to join as allies against neighboring tribes. But conflicts arose over land disputes and other disagreements, and the English ended up angering the Powhattans. The English now viewed this tribe, and other tribes around them as a mere obstacle in the way of their plans for settlement. War broke out and the Indians were eventually driven from their native lands and forced to move farther west. The English were now left to fend for themselves with no allies, just
(p.34) Ronnie Tall bear, “why a college didn’t snap up an athlete like Ronnie. ” “Nevertheless, he believed Indians, with only a few exceptions, were ignorant, lazy, superstitious, and irresponsible. I first learned of his racism when I was seven or eight” talking about Wes Marie is molested, and murdered “red meat” ‘Good enough for the Army but not for college.’ Page 26 ‘My father did not like Indians. He simply held them in low regard. Page 33 ‘He wears those and soon enough he’ll be as flat footed and lazy as an Indian.’ Page 34 ‘They’re not going to make it into the twentieth century until they give up their superstitions and old ways.’ Page 42 ‘I knew what he was thinking; she’s an Indian – why would she tell the truth?’ ‘He’s a testimony to what hard work will get you.’ Page 58 ‘ – and white, we want them white.’
(They are no longer used because the NCAA banned teams with racist names and mascots from post-season play.) He implies that these logos appropriate the identities of Native Americans, many of whose languages and cultures have been destroyed by Euro-Americans. They take sacred religious symbols from Native American cultures – eagle feathers, face paint, and peace pipes – belittle them, and exploit them for the commercial and entertainment purposes of Americans. And they perpetuate outdated, demeaning stereotypes of Native Americans that make it difficult for Native Americans to represent themselves as part of contemporary American society. Be that as it may, these logos reduce Native Americans to savages, to defeated enemies who have been “erased” from today’s world.
When Eisenhower finally did something and sent the 1,000 paratroopers, a lot of the people in America were extremely annoyed, the west and north were angry that it didn't happen sooner and the south were angry that it happened at all, and disowned Eisenhower as a southerner. Eisenhower did not do this to help the blacks, but to enforce law. The causes and consequences of the Little Rock Crisis were on international television and were a huge eye opener for the rest of the world. Because of this, countries were putting pressure on America to stop this from happening. This is possibly the turning point for the black civil rights movement in
As US citizens we have all found some type of problem with the system. Whether its having to pay taxes, paying a fine, or not receiving justice. Whatever the reason it is we only think of how it affect us as an individual, we don’t thing of the way it affect us as a community. In the Native American community the government set backs hurts everyone. Two examples would be trust reform and housing are preventing Indian communities form growing.