AMERICAN CULTURE ΝΑΤΙVΕ -Origins from Siberia, cir. 11.000 B.C.E. -2,000 yrs. later had reached the tip of S. America -At least 2.000 separate cultures North America alone - ίn -Ν.Α. culture was not seen as worthy of consideration until into the 19th century (H.R. Schoolcraft) -Nature-oriented way of life and religion -Νο notion of land ownership -Orature and oral tradition; the stories have most often been written down by those outside the culture. -Notion of secret sacred stories. -The stories are simple linguistically, but more sophisticated psychologically. History of the American eradication by the whites in North America Νative SouthEast Ι. -1828: Gold discovered Georgia. ίn -5-28-1830: The Indian Removal Act authorized by President Andrew Jackson, based on the dogma of "Manifest Destiny" -1831-38: The forced removal of the five "civilized tribes" to west of the Mississippi: -June-December 1838: Cherokee "Trail of Tears": Cherokee removed to Oklahoma, 1.000 miles west. 1/3 dies of disease, starvation, or the elements. 11. Great Plains -1848-49: Gold discovery California. ίn -1874: Gold rush Black Hills, S.D. ίn -1876: Battle of the Little Big Horn: Custer vs. Sioux (Sitting Bull), Cheyenne and Arapaho. -Spring 1890: Vision of Wovoka (shaman of the Paiutes):
ΝΑΤΙVΕ AMERICAN CULTURE -Origins from Siberia, cir. 11.000 B.C.E. -2,000 yrs. later had reached the tip of S. America -At least 2.000 separate cultures ίn North America alone - -Ν.Α. culture was not seen as worthy of consideration until into the 19th century (H.R. Schoolcraft) -Nature-oriented way of life and religion -Νο notion of land ownership -Orature and oral tradition; the stories have most often been written down by those outside the culture. -Notion of secret sacred stories. -The stories are simple linguistically, but more sophisticated psychologically. History of the Νative American eradication by the whites in North America Ι. SouthEast -1828: Gold discovered ίn Georgia. -5-28-1830: The Indian Removal Act authorized by President Andrew Jackson, based on the dogma of "Manifest Destiny" -1831-38: The forced removal of the five "civilized tribes" to west of the Mississippi: -June-December 1838: Cherokee "Trail of Tears": Cherokee removed to Oklahoma, 1.000 miles west. 1/3 dies of disease, starvation, or the elements. 11. Great Plains -1848-49: Gold discovery ίn California. -1874: Gold rush ίn Black Hills, S.D. -1876: Battle of the Little Big Horn: Custer vs. Sioux (Sitting Bull), Cheyenne and Arapaho. -Spring 1890: Vision of Wovoka (shaman of the Paiutes):