Three Colonizing Nations

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The three colonizing nations of England, France, and Spain undoubtedly affected the Native American people living in their respective areas of contact. These regions were respectfully the Northeastern coastline of the United States for England, trans-Mississippi and Midwest region of the United States and most of Canada for France, and the Southwest and portions of the Southeast region of the United States along with most of South America for Spain. The three colonizing nations affected the Indigenous people in these areas through new trade opportunities, diseases, ecological issues, and through their hunger for resources. However, The United Kingdom undeniably had the most devastating and destructive impact on Native American society and culture …show more content…

Accordingly, tribes such as the Iroquois, Sioux, and Navajo held that they were first created in their homeland, emerged out of the Black Hills in present-day South Dakota, or emerged from lower less desirable worlds in the location they currently inhabit. (Calloway, P 40-51) So one can sympathize with how they would be outright heartbroken and devastated to be forced off of the land of their ancestors where it was supposed they had occupied from time immemorial and would reside in evermore. Another factor to consider would be the traditional ceremonies, awards, medicines, and crop harvests that would be disrupted or unable to be performed if tribes were moved off of their ancestral homelands, and consequently had no access to traditionally utilized animal pelts, tools, or plants unique to their home. An excellent example of this would be the Lakota Sioux tribe of the Plains that relied upon the Buffalo for just about every facet of life. They depended on the Buffalo for food, shelter, clothing, tools, ceremonies including the infamous Sun Dance, medicinal uses, and last but certainly not least as a source of fuel and heat source to endure the excruciatingly cold winter months on the Plains. (History 2600, Packet Page 7) If the Lakota people could not obtain this invaluable resource because they had been forced to relocate to another area, they would understandably be unfamiliar with how to survive and thrive which could lead them to starve or die of exposure to the elements in the unfamiliar and unforgiving terrain they would undoubtedly be moved onto by the colonists. They would also face competition from already settled and established tribes in the area they were

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