美国本土居民印第安人的历史、文化、艺术总结

• In the end of the war, General Grant became the president of America, he said that, “It is necessary to destroy all Indian tribes”.
• Another General Sherman said that. “I've seen only Indian good man is dead”.
In drawing
In art
dance
Clothing
Their clothing was made mostly from hides of animals. In the winter, the men wore shirts, leggings（裹腿，绑腿）, and （鹿皮鞋） made of buckskin. Buckskin is clothing made from the skins of animals, mainly deer. The women wore skirts they had woven from the wild grasses, covered with furs, with leggings underneath. In the summer, the men wore a breechcloth（腰布，短裤）, a short piece of buckskin that hung from the front to the back of the Indian. The women wore their grass dresses, and the children wore nothing at all.
American’s means to press Indians
• To kill the Buffalos ---- make the Indian tribes lose their source of food and necessities sources.
American’s means to press Indians
Secend Stage:
The contribution of American Indians
In agriculture
pumpkin potato
tomato
cocoa
corn
crops
wheat
In handicraft industry
pottery
The device of pottery
Third stage:
Native Americans as American citizens
Native Americans as American citizens
• In 1857, Chief Justice Roger B. Taney expressed that since Native Americans were "free and independent people" that they could become U.S. citizen
The Brief Introduction of Native Americans
Native Americans in the United
States are the indigenous peoples from North America now encompassed by the continental United States, including parts of Alaska and the island state of Hawaii. They comprise a large number of distinct tribes, states, and ethnic groups, many of which survive as intact political communities. The terminology used to refer to Native Americans is controversial.
Music and art
• Traditional Native American music is almost entirely monophonic, but there are notable exceptions. Native American music often includes drumming and/or the playing of rattles or other percussion instruments but little other instrumentation. Flutes and whistles made of wood, cane, or bone are also played, Performers with Native American parentage have occasionally appeared in American popular music
• Behind the above ห้องสมุดไป่ตู้ehavior, the main reason is that Indian lands
• Another important reason is Americans said that their own cultural is civilization, Indian culture is completely barbaric.
• In 2000, eight of ten Americans with Native American ancestry were of mixed blood. Some tribal nations have been unable to establish their heritage and obtain federal recognition.
• To destroy their habitat---- butcher the Indians and drive them out of their homeland.
America policy on Indians
Westward Movement
Dozens of Native American tribes lived in the west, supporting themselves with many different economies. Westward expansion depleted resources and damaged the environment, thus destroying the Native Americans’ ability to support themselves.
First stage: The treatment of the American to
Indians
The massacre
• During the civil war, northern alliance in order to gain the support of westerners, they build up forces to crusade the Indians.
Native Americans today
• According to 2003 United States Census Bureau estimates, a little over one third of the 2,786,652 Native Americans in the United States live in three states: California at 413,382, Arizona at 294,137 and Oklahoma at 279,559.