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Indian Involvement in American Economics


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Indian Involvement in American Economics
This paper looks at the results of the Southeastern Indians and the Powhatan of Virginia in the geopolitical and economic systems as those groups encountered the European colonialists in the eighteenth century.
1,641 words (approx. 6.6 pages) | 3 sources | MLA | 2002 United States


Paper Summary:

The paper explains the difficulties faced by the Southeastern Indians and the Powhatan of Virginia as they attempted to integrate with the European colonists. The writer discusses how the failure of the Indians to emerge victorious in the struggle for integration was also to the decentralization of their cultures, as opposed to the highly organized and united cultures of the Europeans. The paper brings historical examples to back up this claim.

From the Paper:

"Despite European hegemony, "Powhatan culture remained more or less intact until well into the eighteenth century," because the Indians "were tenacious of their ancient way of life" (Rountree 144). Even when they lost much of their land, they were still able to maintain their culture (Rountree 144). However, that very tenacity and way of life were the main reasons they were ultimately overwhelmed by the Europeans. Only by becoming brutal and organized like the Europeans could they have longer sustained their culture, but in doing so they would have earlier lost the roots of that culture."

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APA Citation:

Indian Involvement in American Economics (2012, January 15). Retrieved February 13, 2012, from http://www.academon.com/Essay-Indian-Involvement-in-American-Economics/26416

MLA Citation:

"Indian Involvement in American Economics" 15 January 2012. Web. 13 Feb. 2012. <http://www.academon.com/Essay-Indian-Involvement-in-American-Economics/26416>




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