Cultural Differences Of Native Americans

Natives Americans are considered to be people whose pre-Columbian ancestors were indigenous to the lands within the nation’s boundaries. African Americans are an ethnic group of Americans with total or partial ancestry from any of the Black racial groups of Africa. Both African Americans as Native Americans spent many difficulties during the formation of the republic; the black community was used as slaves by the owners of the plantations, while American settlers stole the Indian’s land. Another similarity is that both groups faced racial discrimination. But they also have many differences as they history, culture and they role in today’s American society.
The first native communities of America came from Eurasia via Beringia, what is now the

Bering Strait. These communities live under their beliefs and their culture until in 1492 the European settlers came to America and introduced new cultures and a new way of life for these populations. During the 16th century until the 19th of indigenous population was reduced drastically and one of the fundamentals cause was the lack of immunity to new diseases brought from Europe. Unlike these Africans were brought to America as slaves by the colonizers. Africans were exploited and forced to work like animals for many years until the 1600's that were allowed some slaves to buy their freedom but still not everyone had that possibility. Black played an important role in both the American Revolution and the Civil War. In 1863, during the American Civil War, President Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation. The proclamation declared that all slaves in Confederate-held territory were free. .Although never enslaved in a manner like the African Americans, Native Americans did not gain legal status as Americans until 1924, where they became dual citizens of both the United States and of their tribal government (Mohan, 2012).
Culture, language and society of various Native American tribes to another but there are many elements that characterized almost all. The tribes were divided into hunter-gatherers and implements used were handmade with stones sticks and other implements of the nature. Each group used different languages, the most common are Native American languages (including Navajo, Central Alaskan Yup'ik, Dakota, Western Apache, Keres, Cherokee, Zuni, Ojibwe, O'odham ), Inglés, Spanish, French. These groups are characterized by strong religious beliefs, had great faith and even today continue to perform ceremonies in honor of their gods. On the other hand the African American are very different from the Indian religious beliefs, most are Protestants but there is also a part of them that follow Islam. The language most used in this group is usually English but the English spoken by African Americans varies from standard American English in some pronunciations, tense usage and grammar structure, some of them speaks Present Louisiana Creole French and Gullah.
In nowadays there are about 500 Indian tribes most with few members except the Cherokee and the Navajo those with greater number of members. Such as the first habitants of America they receive great benefits such as education, social services, law enforcement, courts, real estate services, agriculture and range management, and resource protection. African Americans today have acquired greater civil and social rights. Also in recent decades a higher number of them have graduated of higher education. Consequently has occurred an increase in the African middle-class. In addition to representation in the highest levels of American government has-been Gained by African Americans in the post-civil rights era.
Provide that we can see that both Native Americans as African Americans are groups with their own characteristics which make them different and unique. Nonetheless both of them have to face being discriminated for many years. Moreover each of these two culture influence much in the formation of American culture so these two groups are significantly important in today’s American society.