0
Add your answer:
Earn +20 pts
What has the author Jean-Patrick Costa written?
Jean-Patrick Costa has written: 'Indiens Jivaros' -- subject(s): Government relations, History, Jivaran Indians, Shuar Indians
What has the author Robert Wavrin written?
Robert Wavrin has written: 'Mythologie, rites et sorcellerie des Indiens de l'Amazonie' -- subject(s): Indian mythology 'Les derniers indiens primitifs du bassin du Paraguay' -- subject(s): Indians of South America, Pictorial works 'Les Jivaros' -- subject(s): Jivaro Indians
Did Indian tribes fight each other?
Not necessarily. Many tribes from the east were forced westward by the encroachment of Europeans upon their traditional homelands, thus pushing them westward into territories of other tribes. This "domino" effect created a situation where most of the tribes came into conflict in order to maintain their common life-styles dependent upon bison hunting up and down the entire breadth of the plains as the bison herds continuously migrated seasonly, in search of food. In the mid-1800's, the Indian Removal Acts were effected, sending thousands of eastern Indian people west of the Mississippi (as yet, only sparsely settled), thereby setting up conditions for more inter-tribal conflicts over losses of traditional territories. (For example, the creation of the Oklahoma Territory, Fort Laramie Treaty, Medicine Lodge Treaty, etc. Some groups accommodated themselves peacefully to the situation, but some developed sustained enmities. The creation of prescribed reservation areas of containment for different groups did little to settle the question, and, in some instances, actually acerbated their problems. Even today, some traces of these old distrusts and animosities are still present although the reasons for them are vague or forgotten; some older Kiowa people still refer (though oft in humor) to the Osage as "horse thieves." Further, some tribal groups had a reputation for peacefulness which they never fully discarded, even when attempting to hold hold on to their territory or to resist the intrusion of other tribes or white settlers. For example, the Southern Cheyenne have a long tradition of having 44 Peace Chiefs, men selected from the various bands for their wisdom, integrity, manifested leadership. The renowned Nez Perce Chief Joseph's leadership was even recognized by the U.S. Army generals as a proponent of peace, though belatedly.
