Indigenous peoples of the Americas

through the historical erasure, and the people who resist colonization since the beginning of colonialism, it created a Mexico Profundo

In Rupert Ross’s novel, entitled, “Indigenous Healing: Exploring Traditional Paths”, he explores the indigenous point of view. More specifically, Ross looks at the meaning of living relationally, the circular vison culture, the impacts of colonialism of the western world on First Nations people, as well as how to bring awareness to non-native people of the tragedies that Aboriginals have and are still going through. Rupert Ross first focuses on the idea of relational living in his novel. He was

The documentary The Couple in the Cage directed by Coco Fusco and Paula Heredia consists of a video record about performance art in 1990s and a 1930s Hollywood film. In the video record, two performance artists dress up as indigenous from Gulf of Mexico and are declared by the guide that they cannot speak English (CIC). They come to some cities such as Chicago, Washington D.C., Minneapolis, New York City in U.S., Madrid in Sydney and Sydney in Australia (CIC), and they are put themselves in a big

choices by others create an uncertain environment for everyone. People's own actions caused their downfall by way of deforestation, Cortes’s invasion and the mass spread of Smallpox within Central and South America, which still affects us today. The years of deforestation by the Mayan people caused a human-induced drought within the region. As a result, “Deforestation reduced precipitation by 5-15% and caused 60% of deaths”(Stromberg, pg1). This evidence shows that because of the Mayans' ever-growing

information. Readers should take away from Restall’s analyzation that just ordinary businessmen, along with indigenous groups and Africans sought riches in the Americas. While Conquistadors were there, they never reached full control over the natives, and rather than desolating the culture, Natives adapted and blended Spanish culture within their own. The Spanish were also not superior to the indigenous people, they just brought deadly diseases over that devastated native population numbers and had steel weapons

prejudice is genuinely unknown, many different theories have come to light through various research. One study looks at how a person becomes who they are from learning from their parents, teachers and other people of authority what is normal and moral and what is not. These values are threatened when people with different views of what is moral and normal come to a foreign land. Castles and Kosack explain the general cause of prejudice against immigrates is because they are different. An example in American

The colonization of Latin America was a massive turning point in the region’s history; two worlds previously unknown to one another collided, resulting in the genocide of millions of indigenous Latin Americans, conquest at the hands of the Europeans and the formation of an entirely new, racially-mixed culture of people. In the aftermath of this encounter, Latin America continued to struggle with social inequality and economic disparity, and though they eventually freed themselves from European rule

known as Guatemala or Guate, is the capital and largest city of Republic of Guatemala, and the most popular in Centro America. The city is located in the south–central part of the country. Pedro Alvarado was the Spanish man who conquered what is now Guatemala by defeating the native Mayan people and making it a Spanish colony. Guatemala joins the United Provinces of Central America. In the territory of modern Guatemala was formed the core of the Mayan civilization, in which was extended across Mesoamerica

Venezuela is a country in South America, and part of Caribbean South America, bordering the Caribbean Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean. Venezuela was first colonized in 1522 in spain among resistance from indigenous people. In 1811, it became one of the first Spanish-American colonies to declare independence which was not securely established until 1821, when Venezuela was a department of the federal republic of Gran Colombia. It gained full independence as a separate country in 1830. Venezuela

The US army corps of engineers has completed its review of the Dakota Access pipeline and is calling for “additional discussion and analysis” (energytransfer.com), further delaying completion of a project that has faced massive opposition from indigenous activists. It is unclear how long the delay will last and whether it will survive under the Trump administration. Trump’s financial disclosure forms show he has