Notes on Native Americans
olumbus shipped 10 Arawak men and women to Spain in the first Indian slavery dealings from North America. Spanish slave trading of Native
Americans lasted many years. One ship, loaded with 1,100 Taino men and women, crossed the Atlantic to Spain with only 300 Native Americans surviving the journey.
The numbers of Native Americans decreased dramatically during the first century after Columbus “discovered”
America. Native Americans were captured and transported to Spain as slaves. They were enslaved and forced to work in Spanish mines in the Americas, with the average worker dying by age 26. European diseases also took their toll and thousands were killed in countless massacres. A population of 80 million peoples decreased to only 10 million within a century. Mexico’s population of 25 million Indians twindled to barely a million within the century following the arrival of Spaniards in 1519. (Ref.
Black
Indians
, William Katz, 1986)
2. Protection of Indian Lands
1793
In 1793 a law was passed which prohibited non
-
Indians from settling on
Indian lands. This law also exempted Indians from complying with state trade regulations.
3. First Seminole War
1817
The first war with the Seminole Indians was started by a United States attack. 4. Indian Removal Act of 1830
1830
Indians were promised land in Oklahoma in exchange for their ancestral lands east of the Mississippi. “Escorted” by the U.S. Army,
Indians were forced to march up to 2,000 miles. Many thousands died of cholera, measles and starvation en route. The Cherokee called the walk the “Trail of Tears.” The land promised Indians in Oklahoma was later taken away.
5. Bureau of Indian Affai rs 1849
Congress moved the Bureau of Indian Affairs from the War Department to the Department of the Interior. At that time a civilian corps of physicians was established to serve Native Americans. Many early treaties imposed time limits of 5 to 20 yea rs on the provisions of health care.
Americans lasted many years. One ship, loaded with 1,100 Taino men and women, crossed the Atlantic to Spain with only 300 Native Americans surviving the journey.
The numbers of Native Americans decreased dramatically during the first century after Columbus “discovered”
America. Native Americans were captured and transported to Spain as slaves. They were enslaved and forced to work in Spanish mines in the Americas, with the average worker dying by age 26. European diseases also took their toll and thousands were killed in countless massacres. A population of 80 million peoples decreased to only 10 million within a century. Mexico’s population of 25 million Indians twindled to barely a million within the century following the arrival of Spaniards in 1519. (Ref.
Black
Indians
, William Katz, 1986)
2. Protection of Indian Lands
1793
In 1793 a law was passed which prohibited non
-
Indians from settling on
Indian lands. This law also exempted Indians from complying with state trade regulations.
3. First Seminole War
1817
The first war with the Seminole Indians was started by a United States attack. 4. Indian Removal Act of 1830
1830
Indians were promised land in Oklahoma in exchange for their ancestral lands east of the Mississippi. “Escorted” by the U.S. Army,
Indians were forced to march up to 2,000 miles. Many thousands died of cholera, measles and starvation en route. The Cherokee called the walk the “Trail of Tears.” The land promised Indians in Oklahoma was later taken away.
5. Bureau of Indian Affai rs 1849
Congress moved the Bureau of Indian Affairs from the War Department to the Department of the Interior. At that time a civilian corps of physicians was established to serve Native Americans. Many early treaties imposed time limits of 5 to 20 yea rs on the provisions of health care.