... These two groups had a hard time trying to mix cultures. The Native Americans couldn't understand the Whites way of treating the land, animals, and each other. The Whites couldn't understand why the Native Americans didn't want to be Christian, and why they didn't want to join their "enlightened" way of life. A bit later, violent wars between each group became common, and the ending result is that the Whites won. Whites gave the Native Americans small areas of land to live on, which initially already belonged to them in the first place. Native American's have always viewed their environment as sacred. Their belief is that they are just a small part of the great continuous circle. Everything is apart of this circle and if one part is effected it will ultimately effect the other parts. Native Americans don't see the land as something to take advantage of. Everything they ...

See this essay or coursework document in full right now