The Impact of Colonization on Native Americans
10th Grade · Social Studies · 45 min· 5.6c
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Learning Objective
I can analyze the impact that colonization had on Native American communities
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The Haudenosaunee Confederacy, also known as the Iroquois Confederacy, influenced the structure of the U.S. government through its Great Law of Peace.
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According to the U.S. Constitution, Congress has the power to regulate commerce with Indian tribes, acknowledging the sovereignty of Indian tribes to govern themselves, which is interpreted as tribes being sovereign nations.
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The doctrine of federal trust responsibility means that if the federal government takes tribal land by treaty, they must compensate tribes with essential services and protection of land and resources, making tribes domestic dependent nations.
