Native Americans

5 Pages 1180 Words

In this essay I will be describing the culture of Native Americans. In this essay I
am focusing on certain aspects of their culture. I will be focusing on religion, marriage,
rituals, homes, and even how they fought for their right to keep a certain aspect of their culture. In America our culture seems pretty normal. In this essay I hope you learn something about a different culture and try to understand how they lived.
Before I get into the cultural aspect of all this, a brief history lesson is in order to
help better understand the Native Americans. In case you did not know the Native
Americans actually originated from America ( hint: the term Native Americans ). The
Native Americans were already here when Columbus discovered America in 1492. The Native Americans
inhabited most of the continent. When the English established the first colonies on the
continent the Native Americans helped them to survive and to learn to live off the land.
In doing this, a holiday was created and was known as Thanksgiving. Everybody got
long great at first, but as time progressed more people began to come over and the
Native Americans were eventually forced off their land in many bloody battles. This is
not something we are proud of and are still an ongoing debate.
This subject brings us right into our first topic Thanksgiving. Thanksgiving is an
American holiday celebrated in November. Native Americans celebrate this holiday also and in lost tribes it is practiced around the same time. The holiday was first introduced when the English began to settle into the “New World” as they called it. In this holiday, the thing being celebrated is life, to be thankful for being alive. In our differences in culture almost cross at this point. The Native Americans celebrate this holiday in the same distinctive way. This usually consists of a feast with all people no matter your race, age, or sex. The ritual for the Nat...