Navajo People Research Paper

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The effects of colonization on Indigenous Peoples across the Americas has had a detrimental effect on their societies and cultures since the beginning of its occurrence. Before colonization by Europeans and the United States government, the Navajo people, the Mayan people, the Cree people and the nations that make up the Haudenosaunee Confederacy all had rich, limitless cultures, practices and individuality. All of these nations practiced traditions and were dedicated to their cultures. Many of these nations have deep connections with the Earth, which they have maintained for a long time. Within the culture of the Navajo peoples, women had lots of responsibilities and were highly regarded and respected. The Navajo people didn’t live in urban …show more content…
Some similarities around the effects of colonization on these different nations include the reduction of native land, culture and rights. The Navajo people and the Mayans were both, either in part or entirely, colonized by the Spanish. Both of these nations had deep, spiritual connections to the land, which was forcibly taken from them through treaties that they didn't understand, as well as being threatened with violence in order to assimilate with European and/or American culture. The Navajo people were forced by the United States military to walk roughly three hundred miles across the southern USA (The National Museum of the American Indian). This killed many Navajo people, either through starvation, disease or drowning. This event was later named “The Long Walk,” and is a large part of Navajo history. For the Maya, the Spanish brought disease as well as their religion and cultural practices, which heavily differed from those of the Maya. While there are many cultural differences between all of these nations, the assimilation and genocidal strategies used against them were all very
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