Native American Historical Report
Historical Report on Race
Dear Friend, I am writing this letter to you to try and explain what it is like to be a Native American. As a Native American my ancestors have had to deal with discrimination and unfairness because of who they are. Many people do not realize how much conflict Native Americans had to deal with when the New World was discovered. Native Americans, lived a life where the entire community would occupy hunting grounds and agricultural lands together. We were a large community that worked and lived together. Europeans had a different outlook on property rights on land. They decided that our way of living on the land was not right and decided that we did not deserve our land. Many of the New World colonies thought …show more content…
The Indian Removal Act was signed by President Andrew Jackson into law on May 28, 1830. The Indian Removal Act authorized him to force Native Americans out of their territories and move them west of the Mississippi River, so that Europeans can have their homelands. This act forced many Native Americans out of their homes and move to strange areas where they did not know the climate or where food and water was located. This led too many more of my ancestors to die because of the New World laws. Diseases were brought over with the Europeans and caused high …show more content…
Also future U.S. President Abraham Lincoln opposed the Indian Removal Act. The Indian Removal Act is now known as the Trail of Tears. The Indian Removal Act moved roughly 46,000 Native Americans from their homelands. This opened up about 25 million acres for white settlement. By 1840 a large amount of Native Americans had been relocated west of the Mississippi River. It was not long before homesteaders, miners and the railroad company was moving into the land that was set aside for the Native Americans. President Martin Van Buren allowed an armed force of about seven thousand to force about 13,000 Cherokees into concentration camps before being sent west. The force was made up with militia, regular army, and even volunteers. Farms and lands that had been in Native American families for generations were put into a lottery and white settlers could win the
Dear Friend, I am writing this letter to you to try and explain what it is like to be a Native American. As a Native American my ancestors have had to deal with discrimination and unfairness because of who they are. Many people do not realize how much conflict Native Americans had to deal with when the New World was discovered. Native Americans, lived a life where the entire community would occupy hunting grounds and agricultural lands together. We were a large community that worked and lived together. Europeans had a different outlook on property rights on land. They decided that our way of living on the land was not right and decided that we did not deserve our land. Many of the New World colonies thought …show more content…
The Indian Removal Act was signed by President Andrew Jackson into law on May 28, 1830. The Indian Removal Act authorized him to force Native Americans out of their territories and move them west of the Mississippi River, so that Europeans can have their homelands. This act forced many Native Americans out of their homes and move to strange areas where they did not know the climate or where food and water was located. This led too many more of my ancestors to die because of the New World laws. Diseases were brought over with the Europeans and caused high …show more content…
Also future U.S. President Abraham Lincoln opposed the Indian Removal Act. The Indian Removal Act is now known as the Trail of Tears. The Indian Removal Act moved roughly 46,000 Native Americans from their homelands. This opened up about 25 million acres for white settlement. By 1840 a large amount of Native Americans had been relocated west of the Mississippi River. It was not long before homesteaders, miners and the railroad company was moving into the land that was set aside for the Native Americans. President Martin Van Buren allowed an armed force of about seven thousand to force about 13,000 Cherokees into concentration camps before being sent west. The force was made up with militia, regular army, and even volunteers. Farms and lands that had been in Native American families for generations were put into a lottery and white settlers could win the