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Q: Did Native Americans think Spaniards were gods?
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What native Americans think happens after death?

Well, it depends on where a certain Native American's ancestry is from. The Native Americans, that live here in the USA, are either from Alaska, Mexico, and India. Only the Native Americans that live in the USA, that have Indian ancestry, believe in Karma & Reincarnation.


According to his report what did the native people think Columbus?

They believed that he and his men were gods, sent from heaven.


Did the ancient Greeks believe that disease came from a natural cause?

No they thought that they were being punished from the gods.


How did the Spanish treat the Native Americans?

They treated them badly and they forced them to become Roman Catholic. - They were forced to work in mines, ranches, and farms. - They had to pay taxes (encomiendas) - Bartolome Las Casas (a priest) tried to reform the ways of the Spanish conquistadors and the colonists, but he was unsuccessful. The Spanish ruled the Natives' area and they took the gold and silver from them.... The Spanish also took many Natives as their slaves back with them. Many tribes were decimated by European diseases such as smallpox. Those that survived were enslaved, forced to convert to Catholicism, taken from their homelands, and trained to be "civilized" Spaniards.


Where did many native americans think that gods lived?

The Great Spirit, known as Wakan Tanka among the Sioux, Gitche Manitou in Algonquian, and in many Native American and Aboriginal Canadian cultures as the Supreme Being, God, a conception of universal spiritual force.

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Where do Native Americans get their hunting grounds from?

I am not sure if the answer is right but I think the Native Americans get their hunting grounds from their leaders or the "gods" gave it to them. The Native Americans believed that the land doesn't belong to anyone besides the "gods".


What did Aztecs think about the Spaniards?

At first, the Aztecs thought that the Spaniards were gods because of their shiny armors and their weapons. When the Spaniards conquered them and onward, however, they feared them.


Did Native Americans believe in any gods?

No they didn't they more believed in animals as their spirit guides.


According to his report what did the native people think Columbus?

They believed that he and his men were gods, sent from heaven.


What native Americans think happens after death?

Well, it depends on where a certain Native American's ancestry is from. The Native Americans, that live here in the USA, are either from Alaska, Mexico, and India. Only the Native Americans that live in the USA, that have Indian ancestry, believe in Karma & Reincarnation.


Why did the aztecs initially accept the Spaniards?

They thought them gods.


Did the ancient Greeks believe that disease came from a natural cause?

No they thought that they were being punished from the gods.


What are the eskimos religions?

eskimos are like native americans so they worship a sun, rain ,snow,ect gods.


How did the Spanish treat the Native Americans?

They treated them badly and they forced them to become Roman Catholic. - They were forced to work in mines, ranches, and farms. - They had to pay taxes (encomiendas) - Bartolome Las Casas (a priest) tried to reform the ways of the Spanish conquistadors and the colonists, but he was unsuccessful. The Spanish ruled the Natives' area and they took the gold and silver from them.... The Spanish also took many Natives as their slaves back with them. Many tribes were decimated by European diseases such as smallpox. Those that survived were enslaved, forced to convert to Catholicism, taken from their homelands, and trained to be "civilized" Spaniards.


Where did many native americans think that gods lived?

The Great Spirit, known as Wakan Tanka among the Sioux, Gitche Manitou in Algonquian, and in many Native American and Aboriginal Canadian cultures as the Supreme Being, God, a conception of universal spiritual force.


Why did the Aztecs invite the Spaniards to their cities?

they thought they looked like the gods


How did the Aztecs realize Spaniards were not gods?

When they killed them off and maybe when they converted them