why the american Indians dont live like they used to?
446545
Who lives like they used to?  How many grandmothers still go to a creek to fetch the day's water here in America?\n\nSome Native Americans live on reservations and many don't; others have chosen varying degrees of assimilation. \n\nIt's unlikely that any entire group speaks with one voice,  except that they may be unified in wanting non-indigenous people to leave the Americas.  Then perhaps the first of them that arrived across the land bridge will want the second group that arrived that way to leave, too.\n\nProbably there is enough reservation land to accommodate those who would like to live like they used to; they could choose environmental policies to foster herds of bison, and streams full of fish and assume the ways of their ancestors.\n\nI am 1/8 Indian, my children are 1/4.  We only found out after the deaths of our parents on both sides. Obviously, assimilation took place many years ago, and while we might like to experience some of what our ancestors did to live, it would not be forever.
513341
Koorie tribal societies followed a hunter gatherer mode of life which depended upon seasonal factors.They would move about from place to place frequently,to take advantage of the availability of different items in diferent places and allow depleted food stocks to regenerate.Some tribal areas were much bigger than Texas.Traditional walkabouts also have religious significance.
1056149
yes but when our ancestors came they were pigs\nwho mercless;ly brutalized the native americans\nand they did not want pay work or to get the same beniftis as the natives\n\nwhile illegal immigrants in th us want the same respect pay and reward citizens gets\nwithout going throu  the paperwork \nor learning the language
211031
Native Americans live in many locations in America and Canada.
159372
JUst from the top of my head\n\nNo I dont beleive they were plain indians\nThey were short, strong legs and the reason there were so much difficulty catching them was because they were mountain people\nFor the longuest time they did not need horses.\n\nLater, they needed to live in the plains due to reservation policy.\nTHey were taken away from their natural territories to be located in reservations ( I think they were sent to the Four Corners (around Oklahoma) which was very different from where they came from....\n\nI have Mohawk ancestry...\n\nHope I am not too off the mark...
737436
The Native Americans got screwed.
987156
Actually, they are both quite similar.  The indigenous people in North America were living pretty much in peace with their neighbors when the White Man moved in and begin killing them off so they could take over their lands.\n\nThe Indians didn't believe in OWNING the land, but merely using the land and living on the land.  The Europeans, however, came to the New World LOOKING for lands they could confiscate.\n\nThe Palistinians were living on the land when Isreal dropped in on them... back in the BRONZE AGE... but it wasn't until after WW2 when the borders were drawn by England, America and other countries, to provide a homeland for the displaced Jews from war torn Europe and pushed the rightful owners of the lands, the Palistinians, off their ancestral homes and then build jewish settlements on top of them.
308215
Life has a cycle and the Indians (American Style) knew that cycle.  When the first "Americans" came over to "The New World" they found a "pristine" world.  In the past few decades, Americans have been trying to return the "wilderness" to that pristine environment that they found when America was first "discovered."  \n\nWhat they found out is that the Indians would actually destroy large portions of a forest every year.  This destruction took place in the form of burning.  What they accomplished with this was the mandatory migration of the animals and removal of forest debris that gave new life a chance.  \n\nYellow Stone National park is a prime example of this gone wrong.  For years Smoky the Bear was saying "Only you can prevent forest fires." Fires were sought out and extinguished as soon as possible.  Forests were set aside and it became illegal to cut down trees.  What they noticed is that the forest were becoming over grown and dying.  So they decided one time to let a fire burn, hoping that the Indians (American style) were right.  \n\nWhat happened is that the fire burned so hot that it sterilized the ground and nothing would grow.  Why did it burn so hot?  So many years had past where the forest hadn't been allowed to naturally burn or be replaced by cutting down of trees.  Now forestry services don't try to put out fires and they actually will let you come in and cut down a tree or two.  Of course you will have to fill out a TON of paperwork (which comes from trees btw).  Now they merely try and contain forest fires and let them burn.  Nature needs to run its course and trees need to be replaced.  \n\nCutting down a tree is not a bad thing, what is a bad thing is if we cut it down and don't let nature replace it.  \n\nSo to make a long story short, I would both cut a tree down and plant one.  \n\n*hugs* ~ :)
199920
The native Americans.
1080708
I think you answerd your own question. It was probably past energy of people who may have lived there. I use to experience that when I was younger.
517064
You watch to much TV. When the settlers first came not all were unwelcome by the Indians-there was plenty of land. The settles brought things the Indians wanted. Fighting did not start right away. My family was from the Kickapoo tribe-you need to know your history better.
638161
It is a proven fact that Indigenous peoples were set up for failure. A little history for all of you who are so close minded that you can't even come up with a tangible answer...\n \n In 1786, the United States established its first "Native American" reservation and approached each tribe as an independent nation. This policy remained intact for more than one hundred years. But as President James Monroe noted in his second inaugural address in 1821, treating Native Americans this way “flattered their pride, retarded their improvement, and in many instances paved the way to their destruction.” \n\nIn addition, Monroe observed that America’s westward growth “has constantly driven them back, with almost the total sacrifice of the lands which they have been compelled to abandon. They have claims on the magnanimity and . . . on the justice of this nation which we must all feel.” Despite Monroe’s concern for the plight of Native Americans, his administration successfully removed them from states north of the Ohio River. \n \nYeah, so Monroe, like so many others may have sympathized with our mistreatment, but still did nothing to reverse the continuing cycle of Indigenous peoples suppression!!!
1008415
Native Americans did just fine in the world they lived in.  The white man moved in and upset their culture.  The white man spread disease and killed them outright.  The natives were lied to just to swindle them out of the land that was theirs to begin with.
954674
Some of the tribe kept their beliefs in patches, but almost all Native Americans were either killed or converted to Christianity like my Cherokee ancestors.\n\nhttp://www.cherokeebyblood.com/religion.htm#B\nhttp://www.meta-religion.com/World_Religions/Ancient_religions/North_america/navajo_religion.htm
415977
Similar to "those illegals" of yesteryear, who had stolen the land of the original inhabitants (Native Americans) of this country . . . present day "illegals" are just trying to make a better life for themselves.
231984
Before anyone came to america, the native americans had their own tribes, and tribal rulers.\n\nHere's the Wikipedia entry for indigenous populations: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Population_history_of_American_indigenous_peoples\n\nHowever if you are doing research, be sure to check several sources of information and don't  rely on just one source for all your information and conclusions.
493118
kill them?  Good thing the natives the pilgrims found didnt belive the same thing eh?  Kill them, really?  Whjy, b/c they want a better life for themselves and families?  When the only thing your and my family had to do back in the day was make it across the pond alive and they were let in?  Because they came over in ships and Mexicans swim or wade across a river they are somehow different?  Americans like you make me ashamed to be American.  What is it about them you don't like?  The fact they scrub toilets and make beds or the fact they wash dishes and paint houses?  Are you in the market for those jobs?  If so, then, lol, I MUST say to you, finish high school or get a GED and for Christ's sake get an associates degree and stop complaining about a part of the American society that at one time, all of our families were apart of you ignorant piece of trash.