Essays Tagged: "Iroquois"

Cherokee, on native Americans

Carolina and Alabama. They spoke a dialect of Iroquoian language and their ancestral relatives (the Iroquois) occupied much of the Northeast cultural area.The name Cherokee was probably given to them ...

(4 pages) 142 0 3.0 Oct/1996

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History

Anthropology

liefs. With theories involving everything from extraterrestrials (colonialism) to colossal animals (Iroquois legends), the debate of human origins may seem too extensive to handle. Yet despite this fa ...

(4 pages) 104 0 3.4 Mar/2003

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Anthropology

The first americans.

gue between the Indian societies is now seen as the most highly evolved democracy in the world. The Iroquois people developed their own confederacy with so, giving birth to what would latter be politi ...

(8 pages) 264 1 3.7 Oct/2003

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History

French vs. British treatment of Native Americans during the early years of American colonization. Written for AP US History class - I recieved a 25/25.

he indigenous people, who provided them with food and guides. During this same time period both the Iroquois and the Indian allies of New France suffered great losses of population in the face of epid ... tribes more aggressive. By doing so the Indian nations successfully used the European nations. The Iroquois Confederacy formed an alliance with Britain in which they were to cut the French out of the ...

(3 pages) 119 0 5.0 Nov/2003

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History

"The Last Of The Mohicans" by James Cooper.

ash between the French and English is for colonial control of the land using hostile Indians of the Iroquois and the Delawares and Mohicans. The story takes place in the summer of 1757 in the New York ...

(3 pages) 92 0 3.0 Dec/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > Authors

Ceci est une text qui décrit l'histoire du Toronto dès les temps des premiers amérindien jusqu'à aujourd'hui

tuns jusqu'au années 1600, lorsqu'ils ont bougé au sud du baie Géorgienne. Les Iroquois étaient leurs ennemis et ont déménager au région du lac Ontario ... les Hurons étaient brisé par les maladies amenés par les Français. Les Iroquois ont été affecter par cela et ont quitter la région du Toronto. L'espac ...

(9 pages) 21 0 4.0 Jan/2004

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History > Canadian History

This is a 2 part essay about Howard Zinn and Robert Royal Commenting on each others opinions about Christopher Columbus and the Arawak Nation

light lead them to become people of culture. This nation is America. These people were the Arawak, Iroquois, Cherokee, Powhatan, Pequot, and Wampanoag just to name a few. The tyrants were Spanish exp ...

(5 pages) 52 0 4.5 Apr/2004

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History

In the Garden of the North American Martyers in Terms of the Good by Aristotle

de it possible for her to share what she had always wanted to share of the treatment of captives by Iroquois. Now right here I believe is when Mary was true to herself. Honor is the good that comes to ...

(6 pages) 43 0 3.5 May/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

Iroquois Indians and their heritage.

The Iroquois Indians where one the most powerful and unique Indians tribes in America and especially the ... nd relational activities. All of the aforementioned topics were all important to the culture of the Iroquois' and their success in America.Their location in North America was very essential to their r ... total in the five tribes they had. This was actually a small number of people considering that the Iroquois were such a powerful group of Indians. That number dropped in half by 1660 when the Europea ...

(6 pages) 85 0 4.8 Dec/2005

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Anthropology

The Haudenosaunee- 5 page report on Iraquois Indians (works cited)

The Haudenosaunee, commonly known as the Iroquois or the "Five Civilized Tribes", were the first to develop democracy in the world. The Iroqu ... e New York, Canada, and Wisconsin surrounding the Great Lakes and along the St. Lawrence River. The Iroquois were a swidden culture who also incorporated hunting and gathering as part of their culture ... aunee means "people building a longhouse" which is a technological advancement for the basis of the Iroquois culture. The longhouse housed up to thirty families that lived together and is a symbol of ...

(6 pages) 68 0 4.6 Feb/2006

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Anthropology

Cherokee Indians

A branch of the Iroquois nation, is the Cherokee Indians. Small communities is what the Cherokee Indians lived in. Y ...

(1 pages) 8 0 0.0 Aug/2001

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History

Indian Women

on their offsprings as well. Prior to the nineteenth century, women in many Indian societies, (the Iroquois of Ontario and Quebec for one), played a much more dominant role within their culture than ...

(4 pages) 28 0 1.0 Aug/2001

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History

Analyze the cultural and economic responses of TWO of the following groups to the Indians of North American before 1750: Brits, French, Spanish.

in started off on a good foot with the Huron Indian tribes by helping them fight their enemies, the Iroquois Confederacy. A few shots by the white men's "lightning sticks" scared the Iroquois warriors ... y left immediately, leaving three dead behind, thus earning the French the lasting animosity of the Iroquois. This effectively hampered France's attempts at penetrating the Ohio River Valley. Under th ...

(4 pages) 31 0 0.0 Sep/2007

Subjects: History Term Papers

An Abstract of Chapter 5: Canada to 1663. [book auth.] J.M. Bumsted. The Peoples of Canada: A Pre-Confederation History

asion and accidentally spread microbial warfare upon what once was a strong population of Huron and Iroquois.For over 50 years, the St Lawrence colony failed to develop in population. This was partial ... t Lawrence colony failed to develop in population. This was partially due to constant attack by the Iroquois. However women lived there with more freedom with the right to catechize, so it’s not ...

(1 pages) 13 0 3.0 Oct/2007

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History > Canadian History

Monster & Fabulous Creatures

edy and lost sight of his friendship and broke his promise.In the Native American story of the "The Iroquois Flying Head", the most terrifying monster the Flying Head. A huge winged head with flaming ... friends.The poor man and the snake have an animal with anthropomorphic characteristics where as the Iroquois flying head has a monstrous creature. The Flying head lacks the human characteristics that ...

(3 pages) 12 0 0.0 Nov/2007

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

Christopher columbus - american hero or portugues

"Indians" were not Indians at all. They were Native Americans. People belonging to local tribes of Iroquois, Cheyenne, Aztec, and Mayans. They resembled Indians in no way at all. Their facial structu ...

(2 pages) 14 0 0.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Area & Country Studies Essays

The First American Literature From Different Persp

by Native Americans but not recorded until 1827, credit as the ?first? should be given. Many of the Iroquois [Haudenosaunee](1) and the Pima (2) stories focus on creation myths. By comparison, they ar ... story of our culture by some comparable explanatory features, supporting different perspectives.The Iroquois were matrilineal, agrarian, democratic, and settled in communal longhouses. Most of the ele ...

(5 pages) 27 0 0.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith

Native American Lifestyles

he American buffalo across the prairie. The climate of eastern North America, however, allowed the Iroquois and other inhabitants of the Eastern Woodlands to supplement their hunting by raising corn, ... yles, Native Americans possessed a number of different political structures. In the northeast, the Iroquois possessed a society that was relatively egalitarian and democratic. The leader of the Iroq ...

(3 pages) 49 0 0.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith

Compare the Iroquois Constitution and the U.S. Constitution with regard to the separation of church and state (separating religious/spiritual beliefs from governing policy).

Iroquois ConstitutionBegin your response here:The U.S. Constitution and the Iroquois Constitution ha ... on and the Iroquois Constitution have similarities and differences. The main difference is that the Iroquois did not separate their religion from their law and the U.S. did. Another difference is that ... ights. A similarity is that the both talk about having checks and balances in the government.In the Iroquois constitution, they talk about the tree that binds them together and they have laws that inv ...

(1 pages) 19 0 5.0 Nov/2008

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History

Canadian and American History of Relations with Aboriginal Peoples -compare treatment of First Nations by AMerican and Canadians -consider whether either could be considered humane.

attempts at making treaties. Though in one instance, where the Americans had made treaties with the Iroquois, the Iroquois had conceded land that was traditionally the hunting grounds of another tribe ... ceded land that was traditionally the hunting grounds of another tribe who refused to recognise the Iroquois’ right to sell their land. This led to skirmishes with the Americans who as a result a ...

(4 pages) 13 1 3.7 Apr/2009

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History > Canadian History