Discrimination Against Native Americans In 1492

In 1492, Christopher Columbus arrived in America with many other colonists. The colonists and him decide to roam the land and discover something. They discover other people living on the land before them known as Native Americans. At first things were well between the Europeans and the Native Americans, but the Europeans had such prejudice towards the Indians. This then led to conflict, mistrust, and violence. Based on the initial encounters between Native Americans and Europeans being negative, I propose that greed and bias could’ve been avoided by communication.
A problematic act that occurred was the Europeans’ greed towards the Native Americans. The Europeans would take what they want which includes land. In the article of Chief Buckongahelas, he stated,”I concluded from the many cruel acts his offspring have committed from time to time against his Indian children, by encroaching on their lands, stealing their
The Europeans would look down upon the Native Americans and would call them savages with such fear towards them. In the article The Generall History of Virginia, John Smith said,”All helps abandoned, each hour expecting the fury of the savages, when God, the patron all good endeavors, in that desperate extremity so changed the hearts of the savages that they brought such plenty of their fruit and provision as no man wanted.” This meant the Europeans had fear for the savages known as the Indians in their case and were not grateful for the supplies they have given them. This is sign of complete bias and no equal mindset. In the article La Relacion by Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca , stated,” They thought themselves rich with the little and beads we gave them.” This meant that Alvar Nunez thought little of the Natives and looked down upon them. Basically, the Europeans thought the Indians as savages and nothing more. These conflicts could’ve been avoided through the use of