Manifest Destiny
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- Manifest Destiny
- Attitudes of the Plains Indians towards land
- It was part of the circle of nature, part of the circle of life and death.
- They came from the Earth and they believed when they died they returned to the land.
- They believed they were part of the land and nobody could own it.
- They thought as a community and lived as part of this.
- They believed the land was owned by the whole nation.
- This was the only way in which their lifestyle would be successful.
- Some places were sacred especially those closest to the spirit world.
- They couldn't understand how the White's could buy and sell land.
- Attitudes of the white settlers towards land
- The reason why they moved west.
- Wanted their own land, acted as individuals.
- Thought Indians were savages, their religious beliefs were thought to be superstition.
- The Indians were an obstacle.
- God gave them the land to USE.
- Attitudes of the Plains Indians towards land
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