Native Americans, or American Indians, have a rich culture of struggle, conflict, and success. For this article, I will discuss Native American culture and its history. HistorySpotted Tail, the Lakota Sioux chief declared: "This war did not break out on our land, this war was brought upon us by the sons of the Great Father who came to take our land without any price and who, in our land , they do many evil things.... This war was born from the theft of our land (Lazarus 1991) It all began in 1492 when Christopher Columbus first discovered the natives with the idea that they could "adopt their ways". ., France, Russia, Sweden and other countries began to impose change on the native Indians For example, the Spanish explorers began to expose their values ​​and culture to the native Indians; Christianity was one thing introduced as missionaries they would accompany the Spanish explorers for both cultures to "learn" from each other, but in all reality the idea of ​​moving and creating the New World was the European presence also brought many diseases, from which the Indians of America were not immune and therefore suffered many deaths. Unfortunately, only a small percentage survived those deadly diseases and the wars fought to keep their land. Cultural factors Tsai and Alanis. (2004), Family structure varies from tribe to tribe, including gender roles (p. 2). Although Native American culture is extremely diverse, their core values ​​and beliefs are a tradition of many different tribal groups and...middle of paper...they abide by federal laws as citizens of the United States are still able to retain some rights to govern his own people; This can be a good catalyst for macro practice. I recently visited my best friend whose husband is Native American and their family lives on a reservation on Long Island. We were discussing how she and her mother-in-law were planning to hold community improvement meetings to bring everyone from the reservation together to discuss how they could improve their community. In conclusion, Native Americans, or American Indians, have a rich culture of struggle, conflict, and success. For this article I discussed Native American culture and its history. The articles I read reminded me of the oppression and human rights violations that native Indians had to endure for years and also helped me understand how spiritual they were as a culture.