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Native American History
The history of Native Americans in the United States began in the Pre-Columbian era with the settlement of the Americas by the Paleo-Indians. Anthropologists have identified and studied a wide variety of cultures that existed during this era. Their subsequent contact with Europeans had a profound impact on their history.
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In nomadic Indian societies, men specialized in activities less useful to European colonists, such as hunting and fishing, than women, whose traditional roles included weaving, food gathering, and child rearing. Some early sources also indicate that women were considered better suited to domestic service, as they were though to be less threatening in the home environment.
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― The Other Slavery: The Uncovered Story of Indian Enslavement in America
― The Other Slavery: The Uncovered Story of Indian Enslavement in America
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It is simply not enough to know that English politicians and armies won the battle for eastern America—we already knew that. What we need to take into account, now that history is more than past politics, is that in cultural attraction and educational sophistication the English were decidedly inferior to the their French and Indian rivals, who lost what they did for other reasons.
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― Invasion Within
― Invasion Within
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