Native Americans faced colonization and forced assimilation from "summary" of Native American Icons by Charles River Editors
The arrival of European colonizers in North America marked the beginning of a dark chapter in the history of Native American tribes. For centuries, these indigenous peoples had lived on the land, cultivating their own traditions, languages, and ways of life. However, with the arrival of the Europeans, everything would change. The colonizers brought with them a sense of superiority and a belief in their own cultural and religious superiority. They viewed the Native Americans as "savages" in need of "civilizing" and sought to impose their own beliefs, customs, and way of life on the indigenous peoples. This process of forced assimilation was brutal and traumatic for the Native Americans, who were forced to abandon their own traditions and adopt those of the colonizers. One of the most devastating aspects of colonization and forced assimilation was the loss of land. European colonizers claimed vast swaths of Native American territory for themselves, often through violent means. Tribes were pushed off their ancestral lands, forced...
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