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    This document discusses the struggles of indigenous peoples in Australia and North America against European colonization. It notes that while Europeans violently forced indigenous groups from their lands, the indigenous peoples found peaceful ways to preserve and bring back their cultures. Specifically, it describes how indigenous children in Australia were taken from their families in an attempt to erase their native heritage, but some children ran away to preserve their culture. Similarly, Native Americans were killed and removed from their homelands, but indigenous traditions have now begun to return peacefully and become accepted in society again. The document argues that cultures cannot truly be destroyed if the spirit of the people remains strong in preserving their way of life.

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    This document discusses the struggles of indigenous peoples in Australia and North America against European colonization. It notes that while Europeans violently forced indigenous groups from their lands, the indigenous peoples found peaceful ways to preserve and bring back their cultures. Specifically, it describes how indigenous children in Australia were taken from their families in an attempt to erase their native heritage, but some children ran away to preserve their culture. Similarly, Native Americans were killed and removed from their homelands, but indigenous traditions have now begun to return peacefully and become accepted in society again. The document argues that cultures cannot truly be destroyed if the spirit of the people remains strong in preserving their way of life.

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    This document discusses the struggles of indigenous peoples in Australia and North America against European colonization. It notes that while Europeans violently forced indigenous groups from their lands, the indigenous peoples found peaceful ways to preserve and bring back their cultures. Specifically, it describes how indigenous children in Australia were taken from their families in an attempt to erase their native heritage, but some children ran away to preserve their culture. Similarly, Native Americans were killed and removed from their homelands, but indigenous traditions have now begun to return peacefully and become accepted in society again. The document argues that cultures cannot truly be destroyed if the spirit of the people remains strong in preserving their way of life.

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    LaszloNagy
    Mrs.McGovern
    EnglishFoundationI
    23March2016
    IndigenousPeople'sStruggles
    Europeansviolentlyforcedindigenousculturesfromthelandstheytook,butthe
    indigenouspeoplefoundwaystopeacefullybringbacktheirwaysoflife.It'sstrikingthat
    NativeAmericansevolvednodevastatingepidemicdiseasestogivetoEuropeansinreturnfor
    themanydevastatingepidemicdiseasesthatIndiansreceivedfromtheOldWorld,(Jared
    Diamond).
    BothinAustraliaandNorthAmerica,Europeanstookthelandsofthenativesand
    forcefullytriedtodestroytheirculturesandpeople.Foryearsthewhitepeopletriedtogetridof
    anytraceofindigenousbloodandculturewithanymeansnecessary.TheEuropeanswere
    practicallycommittinggenocide,buttheindigenouspeopleneverbroughtpainlikethattothe
    whitepeople.Instead,theyfoundpeacefulwayslikemusicanddancingtopreserveandbring
    backtheirculturetothemodernworld.
    InAustralia,thewhitepeoplewereforcefullytakingindigenouschildrenawayfromtheir
    familiesandgavethemtowhitefamiliestotryandremovethenativebloodfromthemover
    multiplegenerations.Inresponse,the3girlsranfromtheirnewhomesbacktotheirfamilyto
    savetheircultureandblood.NativeAmericanswerekilledandforcedfromtheirhomelandsby
    theEuropeansthatcolonizedNorthAmerica.Forhundredsofyearstheindigenouspeoplewere


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    unacceptable,butnowtheyrebringingtheirculturesandwaysoflifebackwithoutharming
    anyonebecausetheyjustwanttobeacceptedintosociety.
    Bothmoviesshowstoriesofhowtheindigenouspeoplescultureswereforcedfromtheir
    homelands,butarenowreturningpeacefullytobecomeapartofAustralianandAmerican
    culture.Weshouldlearnthatpeoplefromdifferentculturescanpeacefullylivetogetheraslong
    asbothsidesaccepteachother.Itsnearimpossibletodestroyapeoplewhentheirspiritandwill
    tokeeptheirwayoflifealiveisstrongerthenyourwilltodestroythem.Nomatterwhatyoudo
    toremoveaculturefromitshomelands,itwillalwayssurviveinsomewaybecauseofitspower
    andinfluenceoveritsnativepeople.

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