The destruction of the Plains Indians’ cultures connected with the technological developments and government actions in the United States. During the period of struggle between Indians and Whites in the late 19th century‚ Indian leaders often traveled east to plead their case before the federal government‚ with few results. The building of the transcontinental railroads and all their branches was an inevitable part of the Industrial Revolution that drove America following the Civil War. The Indians
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The Indian Reorganization Act In 1887 Congress adopted the Dawes Act‚ also known as the General Allotment Act or the Dawes Severalty Act. It was made so that the Native American Indians could assimilate into American society as landowners and citizens‚ and thus‚ eradicate the fight between the Indians and the U.S. settlers. To do this‚ the government had to give American Indians pieces of land to farm. This act granted to each head of household 160 acres of reservation land for farming (single adults
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The Native American Medicine Man | From the Past to the Present | | | | The Native American medicine man‚ also known as a shaman (modern term)‚ priest‚ healer‚ and even a “Star Being” were known to be the spiritual leaders of Native American cultures. Each medicine man was unique in his own way simply because each Native American tribe had their own origin of spirituality and religious beliefs. Each medicine man had their own theory on how to rid people of their troubles and ease their
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Following the Civil War‚ many Americans chose to settle west of the Mississippi river and shaped a distinct culture in this region. Generations later‚ this fascinating culture was transformed into the Wild West‚ a romanticized version of the lifestyle‚ to entertain the masses. The romanticized perception of the Wild West differs extensively from the reality of western settlement‚ but in some aspects mirrors the true western lifestyle in the post-Civil War period. Native Americans and cowboys‚ for
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The Choctaw Indians The Choctaw Indians is a tribe of Musksgean stock .The Choctaws were once part of a larger tribe that included the Greeks and Seminoles and are considered one of the five civilized tribes (Cherokees ‚ Greeks‚ Choctaws ‚ Seminoles‚ and Chickasaws) . At one time Choctaw territory extended from Mississippi to Georgia‚ but by the time Europeans began to arrive in North America they were primarily in Mississippi and Louisiana. The Choctaw Indians were into cultivation ‚
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Residing in the Southwest United States‚ the Navajo Indian tribe is one of the largest tribes in America today. In their own language‚ they refer to themselves as Diné which means “the people”. They are an old tribe with descendants tracing their roots back to the thirteenth century. The first contact that the Navajos had with white settlers was during the Mexican American War in 1846. The United States conducted peaceful relations with the Navajo for over fifteen years. Forts were built to help
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In Robert Morgan’s article‚”Lions of the West” he talks about the process of the westward expansion and what happened behind closed curtains. Morgan shows how westward expansion was very good for America and helped us get more land. I agree that westward expansion helped america in many ways‚ but I do not agree with the way that the people in charge handled taking care of the indians. In the book‚ “Undaunted Courage” by Stephen A. Ambrose talks about how Thomas Jefferson was the main reason for
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The Pequot Indians were a Native American Algonquian tribe of Connecticut. The name Pequot essentially by definition of the Algonkian means “destroyer.” They were the most dreaded of the Southern New England tribes‚ that is before the conquest by the English in 1637. Many believe they were originally one of the people within the Mohegan tribe. The division of them from the tribe of the Mohegan seemed to have been when there was a secession of the Uncas who had a dispute with the Sassacus. As the
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The first European to arrive to the Midwest region of the US was Etienne Brule during the early 1600’s. In 1622 or 1623 he went around Lake Superior‚ yet the record of his excursion was just composed down from gossip after Brule passed away by Gabriel Sagard-Theodat. One of a kind data about Wisconsin additionally shows up on Samuel de Champlain’s guide of New France distributed in 1632‚ two years before Jean Nicolet came to Wisconsin‚ and is dared to have come to Champlain from Brule. Therefore
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As new people came to America and began to settle‚ Native Americans were pushed farther and farther away from their homeland. Their land was taken from them and their freedoms were long gone. White settlers had created restrictions on their land‚ trade‚ and freedom which are still in effect today. The real crisis began soon after Andrew Jackson was elected president. Native Americans had already lost freedom of trade in 1787‚ when the Constitution granted power to the government to regulate
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