ANTHROP 1AB3 Study Guide - Indigenous Peoples Of The Americas, Natural Disaster, Intensive Farming
21 Apr 2013
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Because this seemed more profitable at the time, many aboriginals abandoned their horticulture (hunting and gathering) to take part of the fur trade. Various native captains were appointed, to govern this fur trade, destroying the make up of the traditional tribe. Soon after war among various tribes began as fur became scarce. Aboriginals were introduced to industrialized agriculture and began investing time into that. Settlers saw this as introducing western civilization to the indigenous people. However pioneers viewed native americans as threats as they became proficient at farming and selling. After the american revolution natives were stripped of their lands, to open frontier for white settlers. U. s developed the reservation system, and re settled native americans. However natives were forcibely removed from their lands (trail of tears). 8-18 million native americans before pioneers, now around 400,000 left of that amount. Today, firms want to develop reserves on reservation land, of coal, gas and such.
