| Native Americans believe they are closely
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| | certain period of time, usually a week.
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| linked with the land and everything that
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| | At the end of the week, the Indian would
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| grows on the land or lives on the land.
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| | be paid in alcohol, would be arrested
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| Because of this belief, the idea of
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| | again on Monday, and the cycle would
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| "owning" land did not exist among the
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| | start over.Another strategy used by the
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| Native Americans. They lived off the
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| | Europeans to acquire land was by
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| land, but did not consider that they
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| | purchasing it from the Native Americans.
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| owned it. This is not to say that they
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| | Whether through devious actions or
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| shared the land with other tribes,
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| | ignorance of Indian ways, the Europeans
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| because they did establish territorial
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| | would get a few tribal members to sell
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| rights to certain parts of America among
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| | the land, which caused conflict within
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| the many tribes. Intrusion into another
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| | the tribe. For example, Tecumseh, a
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| tribe's territory was considered an
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| | Shawnee, protested the sell of his tribal
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| invasion and was often met with
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| | lands in the following way:The white
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| warfare.Before contact with Europeans,
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| | people have no right to take the land
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| most of the Native Americans lived in
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| | from the Indians, because they had it
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| hunter/gatherer communities composed of
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| | first; it is theirs. They may sell, but
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| small populations of people. A few tribes
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| | all must join. Any sale not made by all
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| had settled into farming communities
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| | is not valid. The late sale is bad. It
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| before the coming of Europeans, but these
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| | was made by a part only. Part do not know
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| were rare. The Native Americans set up
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| | how to sell. It requires all to make a
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| their community with an equal division of
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| | bargain for all (Hurtado, 171).Another
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| labor between men and women. Women
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| | land issue that caused conflict within
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| controlled the use of the land and men
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| | the Native American peoples was the
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| controlled the distribution of goods from
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| | policy of removing Indians from their
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| the land. Goods were considered community
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| | traditional homelands onto reservations.
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| property with the whole tribe sharing in
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| | A good example of this is the removal of
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| equal parts.Before contact with
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| | the Cherokee Indians from Georgia into
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| Europeans, land tenure and use favored
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| | present-day Oklahoma. The Cherokee
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| women. Inheritance passed through the
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| | newspaperman Elias Boudinot, although
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| maternal side and women controlled the
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| | initially opposing removal, came "to
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| use of the land. The Iroquois women also
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| | believe that removal was necessary to
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| controlled the community's store of
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| | save the Cherokee nation" (Hurtado 207).
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| goods, in addition to farming in female
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| | After the Cherokees had been removed to
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| cooperatives. The Northwest Tlingit women
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| | Oklahoma, opponents of the removal
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| handled any money in the tribe, as men
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| | "killed Boudinot and other Indians who
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| were thought to be foolish in their
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| | had signed the removal treaty" (Hurtado
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| spending habits. The Tlingit women also
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| | 207).After all the Native Americans had
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| controlled any fur transactions. In
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| | been removed unto reservations, the
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| nomadic tribes, such as the Plains
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| | federal government passed the Dawes Act
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| Indians, women owned and distributed all
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| | of 1887. This law divided the reservation
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| the domestic goods, while men controlled
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| | lands into sections for private
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| all items relating to hunting and
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| | ownership, thus destroying the concept of
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| warfare.When the Europeans arrived in
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| | sharing lands communally. Because of the
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| America, they were shocked by the Native
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| | Dawes Act, the Indians lost two of every
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| Americans' matriarchal and matrilineal
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| | three acres held before 1887. The purpose
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| system. The European conquerors began to
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| | of this law was to halt the Indians'
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| chain the Native Americans to the land
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| | nomadic lifestyle by turning them into
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| through farming. As with the Twa tribe,
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| | farmers.Since Native American peoples had
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| many Native American tribes were
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| | no concept of land ownership, the
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| subjected to the Spanish system of
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| | European invaders considered the land to
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| encomienda, which remained in effect in
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| | be up for grabs. The Europeans used a
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| New Mexico between 1600 and 1680. This
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| | variety of ways to gain control of the
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| Spanish system "provided for the
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| | land. They used deception on Montezuma.
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| involuntary seizure of a percentage of
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| | They ignored Indian political practices
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| each Pueblo farmer's crop every year to
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| | by having a few Indians sell the lands.
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| support Spanish missionary, military, and
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| | And when all else failed, the federal
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| civil institutions" (Folsom 14).The
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| | government passed laws to relocate the
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| Native Americans in California territory
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| | Indians and resorted to warfare if they
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| were also induced into forced labor. The
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| | resisted.BibliographyFolsom, Franklin.
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| Spanish, and later the Mexicans,
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| | Indian Uprising on the Rio Grande.
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| occupying this territory established
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| | University of Mexico Press, 1996.Hurtado,
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| legislation that authorized the arrest of
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| | Albert, Peter Iverson, and Thomas
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| any Indian for drunkenness, or even just
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| | Paterson, editors. Major Problems in
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| loitering, upon the complaint of any
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| | American Indian History: Documents and
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| citizen. Once the Indian was arrested, he
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| | Essays. Houghton Mifflin Company
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| or she must pay a fine or be sold to the
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| | Collegiate Division, 2000.
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| highest bidder as a labor hand for a
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