Indigenous American Culture
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Native Americans are the indigenous peoples of America. “This culture emphasizes harmony with nature, endurance of suffering, respect and non- interference toward others, a strong belief that man is inherently good and should be respected for his decisions. Such values make individuals and families in difficulty very reluctant to seek help.” -Ho, 1986
Apal bull Inter Caetera, 1493
“With this decree, Pope Alexander VI gave Spain a free hand to colonize the Americas—to convert Native peoples to Catholicism and subjugate them to European monarchs.”
-From the Library of Congress Rare Books Edition
Autochthon Natives, Medicine Pipe and Fool Dog, from the Arapaho Tribe, 1873
Comanche family
Photographed above is a family from the Comanche Nation in the 1900s, located in Southwestern, Oklahoma. Africans and Natives often came together during these times of hardship. The woman in the middle is of African and Comanche decent. Her father was and Buffalo Soldier who married into the Comanches.
