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Thursday, March 14, 2019

Native American Mistreatment

Theytraveledacrosswhatscientistsandhistorianscallthelandbridgethatspannedthe blank betweenmoderndayRussiaandAlaska. Thenativesseparatedintomanydifferentfactionsand fanalloverNorthAmericasometribesbecamenomadicroaming wherevertheirfoodsupply wentwhileothernativeslearnedtogrowand stitchcrops.TheNativeAmericanslivedinmostly peacefulsocietiesuntil1492,whenColumbuslandedonwhatisnowtheBahamas2Thenatives greetedColumbusandhiscrewwithopenarmsonlytobemetwithharshtreatment,slavery,rape, anddeath. WhentheEuropeansarrived,theyforeverchangedthelivesofNativeAmericansby nerve-rackingtotransformreligionandlawthatviolatedNativeAmericancustoms. WhenColumbus,aRomanCatholic,landedintheBahamasin1492,hewasreceived amicablybythefriendlyArawaktribe.TheArakwakpeoplewerealargelypeaceful rules of orderthey hadsettledintheCaribbeanhundredsofyearsbeforeEuropeanexplorersfoundthem. In ColumbusprivatejournalhewroteoftheArawaktheywillinglytradedeverythingthey owned theydonotbeararms,anddonotknowthem,forIshowedthema sword,theytook

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