THE AMERICAN INDIANS by Alessandro Pasquino https://padlet.com/alepask21/ns1bowflmtm89cgy en-us 2021-05-07 15:58:59 UTC 2026-01-19 19:39:51 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f3f9.png The people we now call American Indians came from Asia to America, through the Bering Strait more than 20,000 years ago. alepask21 https://padlet.com/alepask21/ns1bowflmtm89cgy/wish/1502943636 2021-05-07 16:00:52 UTC https://padlet.com/alepask21/ns1bowflmtm89cgy/wish/1502943636 alepask21 https://padlet.com/alepask21/ns1bowflmtm89cgy/wish/1502948759 2021-05-07 16:01:49 UTC https://padlet.com/alepask21/ns1bowflmtm89cgy/wish/1502948759 When the white man first arrived in North America, most Indians were friendly: they helped them and taught them how to live in a strange land. alepask21 https://padlet.com/alepask21/ns1bowflmtm89cgy/wish/1503051062 2021-05-07 16:23:11 UTC https://padlet.com/alepask21/ns1bowflmtm89cgy/wish/1503051062 alepask21 https://padlet.com/alepask21/ns1bowflmtm89cgy/wish/1503070966 2021-05-07 16:27:23 UTC https://padlet.com/alepask21/ns1bowflmtm89cgy/wish/1503070966 Only when the white man began taking land from the Indians, they started to consider him an enemy to fight and they reacted violently to the European invasion of their land. As a result, there were many bloody wars and the Indians were destined to be defeated and exterminated because the settlers had guns, while the Indians fought only bows and arrows. alepask21 https://padlet.com/alepask21/ns1bowflmtm89cgy/wish/1503079965 2021-05-07 16:29:17 UTC https://padlet.com/alepask21/ns1bowflmtm89cgy/wish/1503079965 alepask21 https://padlet.com/alepask21/ns1bowflmtm89cgy/wish/1503089986 2021-05-07 16:31:27 UTC https://padlet.com/alepask21/ns1bowflmtm89cgy/wish/1503089986 So, the Indians were forced to move towards the far west, a rocky and desert place were living conditions were really extreme. Nowadays, the few survived Indians live in reservations. alepask21 https://padlet.com/alepask21/ns1bowflmtm89cgy/wish/1503095203 2021-05-07 16:32:37 UTC https://padlet.com/alepask21/ns1bowflmtm89cgy/wish/1503095203 alepask21 https://padlet.com/alepask21/ns1bowflmtm89cgy/wish/1585453211 2021-06-04 14:58:10 UTC https://padlet.com/alepask21/ns1bowflmtm89cgy/wish/1585453211 The American Indians were often described as cruel, ignorant and savage bythe white man, but this is only half the story. alepask21 https://padlet.com/alepask21/ns1bowflmtm89cgy/wish/1585453951 2021-06-04 14:58:29 UTC https://padlet.com/alepask21/ns1bowflmtm89cgy/wish/1585453951 alepask21 https://padlet.com/alepask21/ns1bowflmtm89cgy/wish/1585467846 2021-06-04 15:03:51 UTC https://padlet.com/alepask21/ns1bowflmtm89cgy/wish/1585467846