The Journals of Lewis and Clark - Lewis and Clark (1804-1806) ; The Republic for Which it Stands : The United States During Reconstruction and the Gilded Ages, 1865-1896 - Richard Wright (2017) ; Wi-jún-jon, Pigeon's Egg Head (The Light) Going To and Returning From Washington - George Catlin (1837-1839) - Encounters with Other Cultures

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[...] Analysis: The three documents illustrate different exploration of America and the different cultures : The Lewis and Clark Expeditions, the Goerge Armstrong Custer Expeditions, and the Conquest of the Native American Empires. The complexity of cultural encounters: 1 - Cultural diversity across the world. Example Document Black Kettle Document The Assiniboine Tribe 2 - The dilemma and the challenges of intercultural encounters. Example Document (Political and social confrontation) Document Integration attempt of Assiniboine's leader 3 - Integration failure and its repercussions. Example: Document the fight on washita river Analysis: America unites different cultures across the territory. [...]

[...] The Journals of Lewis and Clark - Lewis and Clark (1804-1806) ; The Republic for Which it Stands : The United States During Reconstruction and the Gilded Ages, 1865-1896 - Richard Wright (2017) ; Wi-jún-jon, Pigeon's Egg Head (The Light) Going To and Returning From Washington - George Catlin (1837-1839) - Encounters with other cultures Intercultural encounters in history: 1 - Expeditions through history. Example: Document The Lewis and Clark Expeditions. Handout The George Armstrong Custer Expeditions 2 - The objectives and difficulties of the expeditions. [...]

[...] The three documents show us the contrast between these cultures and the conflicts they can engender. III. Factors influencing intercultural encounters: - Structural factors - Traditional factors - Ideological factors - Socio - economic factors Example: Document C : the gulf between white cultures and Native American George Catlin, Wi-jún-jon, Pigeon's Egg Head (The Light) Going To and Returning From Washington, oil on canvas, Smithsonian American Art Museum, 1837-1839. [...]