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Black Robe
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Who: French Missionaries, Iroquois, and Huron
When: What: It is a movie Where: Upstate New York How: Live with natives do not steal land, chase women, practice what they preach, and seem to have spiritual power due to their immunity to disease. Teach Catholicism in their own language. Why: Want to convert Indians because they saw the Europeans were aided by god but the natives were aided by the devil |
Gift giving
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Who:Europeans and Native GroupsWhen:What: necessary in Native and European realationsWhere: How:Why: Establishes reciprocal relationship if not trading with each other is synonymous with war
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Calumet
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Who: Europeans and Natives of the east; starts with Pawnee French traders help spread the ceremony integrate themselves into Native life.
When: 1650's What: Peace pipe/ passport (red calumet means war) to travel through enemy territory seals alliances, ends disputes, turns strangers in to friends, seals the deal. Tobacco equally important mediator between them and the spirit world. Spirit of congeniality and cooperation Where: Native country How: Calumet ceremony in any kind of diplomacy, takes a couple days to dance smoke, and establish positive relationship Why: Leaders trying to work out arrangements. Fur trade |
Fur Trade
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Who: Europeans Natives; Mostly French
When: What: Beaver Fur and trade goods begin to develop different attitudes toward goods, do not need to accumulate surpluses, but begin to want more trade goods. Natives kill more beaver than ever before to trade for more European stuff Where: St. Lawrence region More aggressive foreign policy in order to control lands to trap beaver establish exclusive trade rights with Europeans How: Trade items not normally used for proposed purposes. Fur Trade learn customs of Natives Why: Funded all foreign colonies |
Beaver Wars
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Who: Iroqouis Huron + other natives
When: 1640's-1650's Iroquois decimate Huron What: Killed all beaver on their land still practicing mourning war complex fight more often Where: Iroquois, Huron territory hunting all over Quebec, Carolinas, New England How: traded beaver in order to buy guns with dutch in 1624 1000's dislocated Why: blood revenge against Huron for 1609 ambush with Champlain 1649 Huron confederacy dispersed no longer exists |
Covenant Chain
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Who: Iroqouis treaty with English
When: 1667 economical, political, and military alliance for trade What: set up cheifs in different areas to expand empire that have Iroqouis Where: ie Mohawk very helpful in King Phillips war How: military alliance fight against common enemy help colonies expand Why: Get trade goods, English get furs, fight together against common enemies |
Grand Settlement of 1701
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Who: 1300 representatives from 40 different tribes
When: 1701 What: huge gathering Where: in Motreal How: Agree on a general peace set boundaries for hunting stable economy can hunt all the way to Detroit, become middlemen in fur trade trades furs from all other tribes to trade with Europeans, in turn trade European trade goods with all Native groups Why: Iroqouis population dropped by half even though adopting other Natives into their populaiton |
Proclamation of 1763
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Who: Indian Alliance fall apart
When: 1763 What: Natives only can only sign treaties with British Boundary established by British, Indians not good at co-optive attempts at Native cohesion Where: Appalachian Mountains How: Natives disband return to tribe, do not have Why: disease Pontiac cannot compel Native to stay together |
Joseph Brant
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Who: Charismatic Mohawk figure
When: July of 1777 Joseph Brant humiliating others on council to try and convince warriors, got drunk and they decided to side with British, creates fractures, destroys Native unity What: Attack American settlements, Washing orders the invasion of Native lands, want to destroy everthing mutilate dead, skin people British provide no protection, continue to fight way after the war is over pushed back to the Ohio River Valley Where: goes from village to village to convice Iroqouis to join British in Revolutionary war even though Iroqouis voted to stay neutral to try and counter decision How: Fought British and French war Why: |
Walking Purchase
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Treaty Making
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Who: Americans/ NativesWhen: What: Americans attempt to negotiate with NativesWhere:How: Create treaty chiefs (non traditional chiefs) to speak and create treaties for entire Native nations with bribes, or some other type of coercion, such as taking family hostage. Why: Creates conflicts between tribes.
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Treaty of Fort Finney
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Treaty/ Annuity Chiefs
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Who: non traditional chiefs, chiefs with no power over tribes that gain power through the accumulation of goodsWhen:What: people that americans put in place to negotiate with americansWhere:How:coercion through bribes, alcohol, holding family hostageWhy: want Natives to create political structure they can understand. americans want to choose who they deal with in signing treaties
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1768 & 1784 Treaty of Fort Stanwix
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Who: Iroqouis
When: 1768-1784 What: 1st treaty under the articles of confederation Where: give away lands Penselvania, upstate New York, south of Ohio River that did not belong to them How: signed, pressured to sign treaty, but did not have right to sign it. treaty not legit congress says it is legitimate and signed into congress Why: got 10,000 pounds |
Indian Trade and Intercourse Act
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Who: Washington
When: 1790 What: any individuals claim to land not supported by government is invalid. Provides punishment to whites who commit crimes in indian country Where: How: government cannot inforce laws due to the range of the tracks of land that they would have to cover, not enough manpower. Gov. does not have money, squatters, and land speculators ignore law. Creates a lot of conflict to create just wars Why: establish government power of states reaffirms idea only federal government to regulate all negotiations with indians only licensed traders could trade with Natives. to create regulation or control license cost $50, and $3000 deposit |