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The Ojibwe were the largest and most powerful Great Lakes tribe; perhaps the most powerful east of the Mississippi; and quite possibly the most powerful in North America. The Lakota (Sioux) and Apache have gotten better press, but it was the Ojibwe who defeated the Iroquois and forced the Sioux to leave Minnesota. Very few Americans realize that the Ojibwe were a major power. Their location was well north of the main flow of settlement, and their victories over native enemies have never received proper credit. A variety of names (Ojibwe, Chippewa, Bungee, Mississauga, and Saulteaux) and division of their population between Canada and United States has masked their true size. In addition, the Ojibwe never fought with Americans after 1815. Even before this, their participation in wars between Britain and France or fighting Americans in the Ohio Valley was fairly limited. Considering the prowess of Ojibwe warriors, this was probably just as well for the Americans. However, this does not mean they have been ignored by government. As the Chippewa, they signed more treaties with the United States than any other tribe ? fifty-one! North of the border, the Ojibwe have “touched the pen” more than thirty times with the French, British, and Canadians.
Two studies have been conducted that attempt to number the natives killed by the United States. The first of these was sponsored by the United States government, and while official does not stand up to scrutiny and is therefore discounted (generally); this estimate shows between 1 million to 4 million killed. The second study was not sponsored by the US Government but was done from independent researchers. This study estimated populations and population reductions using later census data. Two figures are given, both low and high, at: between 10 million and 114 million indians as a direct result of US actions. Please note that Nazi Holocaust estimates are between 6 and 11 million; thereby making the Nazi Holocaust the 2nd largest mass murder of a class of people in history. REF: American Holocaust: D. Stannard (Oxford Press, 1992) - "over 100 million killed" "[Christopher] Columbus personally murdered half a million Natives" God, Greed and Genocide: The Holocaust Through the Centuries: Grenke (New Academia Publishing 2006) Holocaust: Critical Concepts in Historical Studies: Cesarani, (Routledge 2004)
Native Americans were very competitive at lacross as a full contact sport. Just as Jim Thorpe continued to show the world there competive spirit.
A hogan is made of wood logs made like a log cabin but octagon. Then the wood is covered in a mud mixture to make a stucco. They always face to the east. Plus there is a female and male hogan.
Tribes of the great lakes were using metal spears knifes etc. before european contact. Also has a type of writing they used to make birch bark scrolls
STANDING TALL: PLAINS INDIANS ENJOYED HEIGHT, HEALTH ADVANTAGECOLUMBUS, Ohio - Equestrian Indian tribes on the American Plains in the late 1800s were the tallest people in the world, suggesting that they were surprisingly well-nourished given disease and their lifestyle, a new study found.Other articles stated that they also had the best diets in the world.
Thank Indigenous People for the Food We EatBy Alexis Baden-Mayer & Ronnie Cummins Organic Consumers Association, November 26, 2009"75% OF THE WORLD'S FOODSeventy-five percent of the food of fiber we grow today was discovered and cultivated by the native farmers and hunter-gatherers of North, Central and South America. These indigenous varieties include corn, beans, peanuts, cotton, potatoes, tomatoes, chili peppers, avocadoes, blueberries, cranberries, stawberries, squashes, black walnuts, pecans, chocolate, tobacco, rubber, sunflowers, and medicinal herbs and plants.The Milpa Agroecosystem and Its 20,000 Varieties of CornFew regions in the world have an organic farming system as sustainable and productive as the traditional milpa or "three sisters" organic corn fields of Mexico and Central America. In fact, the UN's Food and Agriculture Organization describes it as "the most evolved farming system in the world." It creates relatively large yields of food crops without the use of artificial pesticides or fertilizers, and is self-sustaining."
Ski guy justifing taking native land because it was wilderness is not true. Natives did managed burnings of forests used seasonal areas that produced different foods medicine. Basicly they were living green maybe if we all lived that way the world would be a better place. Just because a sky scraper or a landfill is not on a piece of land dosent mean its not used.
I wonder how many native american children got their heads crushed by Andrew Jacksons boots to save on bullets.
Skiguy- Jack Weatherford: Indian Givers how the Indians of the America's transformed the world. Is a source of all your questions but all are common facts. Genocide was the question not if its moral and yes it was genocide
Some tribes were to powerful the U.S. govet bribed with treaties gifts not to fight. The U.S. signed treaties which are old legal documents kind of like the constitution. Some of the treaties stated that if you settle the reservations give up your hunting and farming lands we will support with food medicine. But of course little if any food or medicine was supplied. But the land was still settled because of the treaties. The treaties stated if you move your sovern nation we will give gardianship over your lands. But now days reservations which are usually the worst land in the nations still has sovereignty because of the old documents like the constitution were signed
Since native american obviously traveled the furthest what would make you think they would stop here. I think they settled north and south america then on to europe asia and then finially stopped.
I think that genocide is a perfect word for what happened. The government purchaced “redskins” a term which was used to buy scalps of native americans. Gifts of small pox infested blankets were normal. Which I think is what killed the most people. I think the genocide of the native americans is the worst the world has ever seen. Just look up columbus to get a picture of the start. Ward Churchill, a professor of ethnic studies at the University of Colorado, the reduction of the North American Indian population from an estimated 12 million in 1500 to barely 237,000 in 1900 represents a “vast genocide . . . , the most sustained on record.” In the 1999 Encyclopedia of Genocide, edited by the scholar Israel Charny, an article by Ward Churchill argues that extermination was the “express objective” of the U.S. government. Native americans were advanced in other areas of science. Medicine 70 percent of the medicine we used today is from native americans.
