He has studied the original sources of the Jamestown colony for many years and has written numerous articles about Jamestown. His literary effort was one to correct myths and incorrect conclusions about the Jamestown colony and the people in its founding history. He does this by meticulous attention to historical detail in his efforts to explain the personal actions of the colonist. He clarifies the lives and interactions of various individuals, especially those of John Smith and Pocahontas. He brings to light many truths not brought out in the American education system.
Unlike Europeans' belief, the Indians had a complex and dynamic history in America long before 1492. Since there are no accurate facts about their way of living and new discoveries are made daily, we can not make any exact assumptions and everything has to be treated provisional. Plus, many native people reject the scholars' explanation of native origins. Some people see the native's way of living as living in perfect harmony with each other and with nature, until the first Europeans set their foot on the American land. Europeans considered them as being “uncivilized”, but I believe they were always civilized.
The start of this magical religion dates back centuries ago to Africa, where primitive societies practiced their familiar rituals and traditions. The difference today is that “religion and magic are completely separated from each other in modern societies, but in primitive cultures religion and magic are deeply impeded in nearly every aspect of daily life” (Haskins, 29). This means that modern society has completely estranged magic from any part of religion, yet in primitive cultures, the idea of magic and religion go hand in hand and are used on a daily basis. “The interaction among all things, this view of the world as a force field, is the basis of the religion and the magic of a primitive society” (Haskins, 29). This force field is within the pyramidal foundation that most primitive African tribes are built on.
Both stories share that in the beginning the earth was still, but empty. There was room for any and every creation to take place. The idea to create the separation of water from the sky arose first in both stories. Still in both stories the idea to create living things was just that. The challenges to create mankind that would ad head to obedience were definitely equal.
In accounts over the years, it seems more commonly accepted that this was simply misunderstanding, due to Europeans not being exceptionally open minded to a foreign culture. “The discovery of the Americas did not begin with Christopher Columbus. It began thousands of years earlier, when human beings first crossed into the new continents and began to people them.” (Brinkley) It seems that respect for this statement wasn't expressed very diplomatically by some European settlers. I find this common thread of misunderstanding throughout accounts to be a quite chilling reflection of the situation's actuality. Is this directly connected to the misunderstanding which led to the slaughter of many?
He realized that since it had no alphabet and was almost impossible to master without early exposure, the Navajo language had potential as an indecipherable code. After an demonstration to top commanders, he was told to begin a Navajo Code Talker test program. The unit was formed in 1942 when the first 29 Navajo Code Talkers were recruited by Johnston. Although the code was modified throughout the war, this first group was the one to start it. They are often referred to reverently as the "original 29".
Craig Harline’s Miracles at the Jesus Oak Craig Harline is a historian and author. He is really into researching religion and culture .He was born in California and now he lives in Orem, Utah. In 1986, he earned a PhD in European History from Rutgers University .Currently, he is a professor of History at Brigham Young University in teaching courses on western civilization, the history of Christianity, the reformation, history on film, and such seminar as “Miracles”, “Culture Change” and “Tolerance and Intolerance”. However, his books are meant more for general readers and students than for scholars, and try to show the relevance of the distant European past for modern American readers. His research focuses on the religious history of Europe since the middle Ages.
The site was barely researched simply because it was next to a river and quite swampy. This find disproves the previous belief that the Zapotec nor the Mayans developed the first writing system in Mesoamerica and suggests that it was in fact the Olmec. Mesoamerican researchers argue that writing, monarchies and other civilized ideas were all created by the individual cultures on their own, meaning that they all thought of these things on their own. In other words, they are all “sister” cultures. On the other hand there is some evidence supporting the controversial theory that the Olmec could have come up with most of the ideas and passed them on to the later cultures.
Jane Tompkins wanted to know the answer to the question of, “All I wanted was a general ideal of what happened between the English settlers and natives in the seventeenth-century New England.” (Tompkins200) She had no ideal of confusing or false information she would come into while trying to find an answer. She researched several writers and scholars who only told half the truth and not the full facts. She saw in the writers writing their opinion instead of facts. Her first research began with Perry Miller who wrote about the movement of European culture. Miller showed in his writing how bias he was with seeing the truth about the Indians.
Chapter 14 Oral Tradition For thousands of years, FN knowledge, traditions and cultures have been passed down from on generation to another in stories, narratives, songs, dances and ceremonies. Before the arrival of Europeans, FN relied on oral cultures as their languages had no written form. This oral tradition is included in many aspects of everyday life and is the basis of FN traditional education. Stories are used because they are easy to remember. The oral tradition passed on spiritual beliefs of the people and the lineage of families.