Environmental Resources and Industrialization Influence on Native Culture

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I discovered a great site in which I provided the link above. It discusses the displacement of Native American groups and shows great examples of what environmental and cultural changes resulted after European contact and industrialization with the economy, fur trade and the depletion of natural resources including the diminishing population of beavers. As the economy and selfish desires of men in obtaining gold and materialistic items was a common theme North America as colonies formed and towns and Villages throughout America, the loss of many resources within our environment was apparent in contamination of natural waters systems, forced removal of tribes and poor agriculture and soils resulted, also depletion of forests as the increased production and industrialization of communities. One rationale of taking over land was that Indians did not need particular land, because they were viewed as migratory hunters by the United States, and therefore did not need to live in one place. Land including sacred was continually taken over by Euro-Americans and government and as the population of Euro Americans continued to increase and men desired wealth and success through materialistic items, the inhumanity left it's mark on sacred Indian life as it was once known among the indigenous people of North America.

References: nationalhumantiescenter.org
                       


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Transcontinental_Railroad#Visible_remainshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Transcontinental_Railroad#Visible_remains

A view of the Rock Cut at Portage Lake, which was constructed as part of the projecthttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portage_Glacier_Highway

                   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Transcontinental_Railroad, "Native North America  The Navajo and Hopi Indians had ongoing issues regarding the ownership of their lands as they border along each other in a district called "Six" by the U.S. Government in which the Navajo was present in Hopi territory on the remainder of the Hopi reservation in 1882. In 1953 The Hopi filed a case  against Navajo, and in 1961 the ruling passed by the U.S. Government essential said Navajo could stay within "District 6". With the development of roads around eventually the land area referred to as District 6 was then referred to as JUA (Joint Use Area) The U.S. Government than froze funding known as The Bennett Freeze for use of development of more roads, electricity, water, etc. The Hopi claim that that part of land Navajo lived in district six was part of their traditional and sacred ancestory.  When coal and oil reserves were discovered in the JUA, the federal government made  permanent farming land access in the West so they could use the best water resources for their purposes in a town called Moenkopi. Further friction arised between Navajo and Hopi after a reservation in which their lands were closely knitted caused more friction. In 1992 the Hopi town of Moenkopi was added to the Hopi Reservation. (Sutton, 2012 "Native North America" P.208-209