An essay I wrote for class. I got a good grade, so I wanted to share it.

Indian Removal Act of 1830.

While other people could not really care less, there are also a lot of folks who are really into history. I have made this observation because this was what I noticed when I went into college.

Over the course of our history in the Pacific Northwest, there have been various cultural expectations that have influence the encounters between various groups of northwest people. The Mexican born Spanish people, British and Native American people have encountered each others’ cultural differences for several centuries.

According to Weber (1998), the Spanish, mostly from Mexico were “the first non-Indian settlements in the region. Many of them resided on Vancouver Island and in the Strait of Juan de Fuca. Research suggests that relations between the Spain and Britain have improved over the years.

Totem poles are often portrayed as being religious carvings but they were never considered so by the Native Americans.

Ever wonder how the horse and dog whispers work? This is the first of several installments on how to establish a relationship with the plant and animal kingdom form a Native American perspective.

Native Americans and English colonies share knowledge which was vital for the colonists to survive.

Depending on the region the British colonists had different methods of dealing with the Native Americans in the region.

For the last third of the 19th century the American government was able to abuse their power and encroach upon the Native Americans.

Native American “Medicine” is a form of divination. It was used to determine where to camp or when necessary what needed to be done to solve a particular problem.