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Was the US government justified in it actions regarding the Indian removal act and the Trail of Tears?

In my opinion no,they were kinda stealing the land from the native Americans "not Indians",but on the other hand that is a bad question because it is a moral question,so the answer really depends on your view/standpoint/opinion.


If you're one-quarter Indian does that make you one?

According to Red Wolf, a native American, "MORE THAN 20 MILLION PEOPLE IN THE UNITED STATES ARE OF NATIVE AMERICAN INDIAN MIXED BLOOD. IF YOU HAVE ONE DROP OF INDIAN BLOOD, YOU ARE INDIAN. WALK THE INDIAN PATH AS YOUR HEART FEELS". Don't forget all the Indians in Asian India. Whether you are a member of a particular ethnic group if you have one parent from that group, one grandparent, one great-grandparent, or "one drop of blood" (an obsolete and racist way of saying "any ancestry no matter how small") is a matter of how you and the culture you live in looks at things. There is no universal agreement on this point. In the days of American segregation, having a great-great-grandparent who was black would make you black - as long as your skin was also dark. The Nazis held that anyone was Jewish if they had one grandparent who was Jewish. Advocates for Native Americans, who want to preserve Native identity in the face of widespread intermarriage with descendants of Europeans over the centuries, will say that anyone with any native ancestry is a native American - thus leaving it to the individual to discover and assert that connection. On the other hand, US government criteria for recognizing a Native American for purposes of receiving government benefits is more restrictive.


Describe the impact of europeans on Native American Indian cultures?

well; it depends on what your talking about by "native American" if you mean like the native American people (indians): the European explorers forced them out of their lands and homes. if you mean "Native American" like the original colonies and stuff-the European Culture had GREAT effects on our early early American culture-about the time the 13 colonies were established.


How did the European explorers communicate with the native Americans?

He used gestures and the natives and the explorers started learning each other's languages. It probably didn't matter because the explorer's didn't care about the Indians, all they wanted was land and riches.


Why did the southwest Indians make their houses out of clay instead of bark and wood like the Indians in the northeast?

Most of the areas in the Southwest are not heavily forested, and most of the plant life consists of prairie grasses and scrub brush. So the native tribes used the material at hand, fashioning clay and straw into adobe bricks.

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Some common hand gestures include waving, pointing, giving a thumbs up, and making a peace sign. Hand gestures can vary widely in meaning across different cultures and social contexts.


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