https://padlet.com/mbissell2018/a5ych3y930ib The decimation of Native populations can be traced back to a combination of both conflicts that Natives faced prior and following the arrival of the European nations including but not limited to utilization of land, agricultural techniques, and disease. en-us 2017-05-16 00:18:13 UTC 2026-01-30 23:25:37 UTC hello@padlet.com mbissell2018 https://padlet.com/mbissell2018/a5ych3y930ib/wish/171974746 2017-05-16 00:28:33 UTC https://padlet.com/mbissell2018/a5ych3y930ib/wish/171974746 mbissell2018 https://padlet.com/mbissell2018/a5ych3y930ib/wish/171974769 Natives were forced to expand their fish-hunting techniques to the sea after they had deplenished a majority of the fish population found in rivers and lakes within America.  ]]> 2017-05-16 00:28:44 UTC https://padlet.com/mbissell2018/a5ych3y930ib/wish/171974769 mbissell2018 https://padlet.com/mbissell2018/a5ych3y930ib/wish/171974843 It was common for Natives in South America (specifically around the Amazon River) to light fires in order to create an environment that could sustain their crops. However, this land eventually became taken over by rainforest.]]> 2017-05-16 00:29:25 UTC https://padlet.com/mbissell2018/a5ych3y930ib/wish/171974843 mbissell2018 https://padlet.com/mbissell2018/a5ych3y930ib/wish/171975568 Especially in the Northeast, Natives developed a lifestyle based around the "hunting and gathering" technique (nomadism.)  Nomadism created a constantly changing lifestyle for Native tribes that was difficult to maintain upon the arrival of Europeans.

]]> 2017-05-16 00:35:59 UTC https://padlet.com/mbissell2018/a5ych3y930ib/wish/171975568 mbissell2018 https://padlet.com/mbissell2018/a5ych3y930ib/wish/171975591 2017-05-16 00:36:11 UTC https://padlet.com/mbissell2018/a5ych3y930ib/wish/171975591 mbissell2018 https://padlet.com/mbissell2018/a5ych3y930ib/wish/171975620 Many historians trace disease, specifically smallpox, to be the "kiss of death" for Native populations. Smallpox caused the most rapid decimation of Natives.]]> 2017-05-16 00:36:24 UTC https://padlet.com/mbissell2018/a5ych3y930ib/wish/171975620 mbissell2018 https://padlet.com/mbissell2018/a5ych3y930ib/wish/171975969 Being that Europeans colonized the Americas with the intent of prosperity, there was a great deal of social conflict when the Europeans sought ideas for how to achieve such prosperity. The enslavement of the Natives lead to a lasting inferiority complex that still continues to shape the views of Native Americans.]]> 2017-05-16 00:39:14 UTC https://padlet.com/mbissell2018/a5ych3y930ib/wish/171975969 mbissell2018 https://padlet.com/mbissell2018/a5ych3y930ib/wish/171976021 The Natives were highly reliant on what was known as the Sister Crops (corn/maize, squash, and beans.)  With the arrival of the Europeans, the Natives were introduced with many new crops and even the idea of farm animals.  Though it brought many pros, diversification was yet another example of Natives being forced to adapt to a New World in their own home. One of the conflicts diversification brought for the Natives was an unfair trade system that played largely off of the inferiority complex.]]> 2017-05-16 00:39:35 UTC https://padlet.com/mbissell2018/a5ych3y930ib/wish/171976021 mbissell2018 https://padlet.com/mbissell2018/a5ych3y930ib/wish/171976843 2017-05-16 00:46:52 UTC https://padlet.com/mbissell2018/a5ych3y930ib/wish/171976843