Corn also became an important part of the diets of the people of the regions it spread to. Maize is believed to have come from the domestication of a tall Mexican grass called Teosinte. It was domesticated in the Tehuacan Valley of Mexico where the Mayans and Aztecs grew the corn. The first corn grew about 7000 years ago in Mexico (Gibson and Benson “Origin History of Corn”). Over a period of 1000 years the Native Americans transformed Maize by using selective breeding.
The Aztec Civilization Easier - Aztecs were a wandering Native American tribe who came to Mexico during the 13th century. There they built a great civilization including cities, pyramids, and temples. In 1519 Spanish conquistadors arrived in Mexico and defeated the Aztecs. Harder - Aztec comes from the word Azteca, which is derived from Aztlán ("White Land"). Aztlán is believed to have been the northwestern region of today's Mexico.
Paul Yuzyk, a Progressive Conservative Senator of Ukrainian descent, referred to Canada as "a multicultural nation" in his influential maiden speech in 1964, creating much national debate, and is remembered for his strong advocacy of the implementation of a multiculturalism policy. [36] On October 8, 1971, the Liberal government of Prime Minister Pierre Elliot Trudeau announced in the House of Commons that, after much deliberation, the policies of bilingualism and multiculturalism would be implemented in Canada. [37] When the Canadian constitution was patriated by Prime Minister Trudeau in 1982, one of its constituent documents was the Charter of Rights and Freedoms, and section 27 of the Charter stipulates that the rights laid out in the document are to be interpreted in a manner consistent with the spirit of multiculturalism. [38] The Canadian Multiculturalism Act was introduced during the Progressive Conservative government of Brian Mulroney, and received Royal Assent on July 21, 1988. [39] On a practical level, a result of the multiculturalism Act was federal funds began to be distributed to ethnic groups to help them preserve their cultures, leading to such projects as the construction of community centres.
27. Enlightenment ideas led to a Protestant religious revival called the __________________________. 28. Neolin, a Delaware Indian, tried to purge the tribes of European habits and customs like Christianity. His actions led to ___________________________ under the chief Pontiac of the Ottawa
The Aboriginal communities presented petitions to challenge the Act concerning the Aboriginal land and resources rights. They also wanted to be part of the leadership of the country from which they were alienated from for decades. The government usually responded by enacting very harsh legislative measures and amendments to the Indian Act and prevented the communities from hiring any lawyers to challenge the Aboriginal rights in the court. With the continued uprising of Aboriginal political organizations and protests in the 1960s, a proposal was drafted, the white paper, which proposed that the Indian reserves should be eliminated and the collective rights of the status Indians should be replaced with greater integration of the Canadian community. In 1969, the government agreed to look over and discuss the specific claims and recommendations voiced over by the Indigenous
In all of the stories; Before They Got Thick, La Relacion and Offer to Help, the reader sees two polar cultures coming together. In these cases the two meeting cultures are white settlers and Native American peoples. Both of these cultures revere great different values and ways of life. This difference in life is the common thread of tension in all of these works. In the story of Offer to Help, the Iroquois tribe is introduced to American settlers.
Katie Martin January 10, 2011 US History Chapter 13 & 14 Essay 1. Describe the treatment of Native Americans by governments in the mid to late 1800s in America. Was it justified? Explain. a.
Scalping Report Riley Taylor CHA 3U1 September 29,13 Long ago, before Christopher Columbus discovered America, the Native Americans ruled the land that we call home today. In 1492 European colonization of the Americas began and this is when the Europeans came into America. (Pálsson, Hermann (1965)) Many people today are curious as to who started scalping, The European colonists or the Native Americans. Did the Europeans introduce scalping to the Natives or were the Natives already practicing this before the colonists had arrived. Scalping is defined as the act of cutting or tearing the skin covering the top of the human head, or a peace of hide from the skull of certain animals, used as a trophy of victory.
Neither Wolf nor Dog: A Tale of Two Cultures Growing Together Jake Waters Introduction This book is taking place in present time and depicts a real presentation of how the Lakota Indians lived and accurately depicts the way that they presented themselves in every way. The Lakota Indians were one of the original Native Americans tribes, often known as Red Indians ("The Lakota Tribes of the Great Plains - The Official Globe Trekker Website.") While reading this book, I was interested as to the way that the Native American Culture worked; more specifically, the way that the family was run. For example, the book talked about how the mother was the “center of the family.” In American culture, the fathers are typically the centers of the household because of how they are looked up to and considered the center of the family. It would be interesting to live in a society where that role was placed on the mother.
Background Ancient Peru was the seat of several prominent Andean civilizations, most notably that of the Incas whose empire was captured by the Spanish conquistadors in 1533. Peruvian independence was declared in 1821, and remaining Spanish forces were defeated in 1824. Peru is located in western South America, bordering the South Pacific Ocean, between Chile and Ecuador and the climate varies from tropical in the east, to dry desert in the west, temperate to frigid in the Andes Mountains. Demographics Peru is a multiethnic country formed by different groups over five centuries. Amerindians inhabited Peruvian territory for several millennia before the Spanish Conquest of the 16th century; according to historian David N. Cook their population decreased from nearly 5–9 million in the 1520s to around 600,000 in 1620 mainly because of infectious diseases.