“Our nation was born in genocide when it embraced the doctrine that the original American‚ the Indian‚ was an inferior race…From the sixteenth century forward‚ blood flowed in battles over racial supremacy. We are perhaps the only nation which tried as a matter of national policy to wipe out its indigenous population.”-Martin Luther King Jr. In this quote‚ King is referring to the policy that the United States encompassed to take hold of the land pertaining to the Native Americans‚ The Indian Removal
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The Indian Claims Commission Act of 1946 was established to hear any claims of the Indian tribes against the federal government for the unfair treatments. The federal government tried to utilize this act to deal with the long period of resentment of Indians as a reward for their contributions in the World War II. Hundreds of petitions from the Indians were submitted under this act. This act was positive to the Indians and the federal government has spend over 800 million dollars in dealing with these
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During the late 19th century Americans wanted to expand their land for the greater or their people. Little did they know their impact on the natives that occupied the west. The amount of land taken from them was so exponential that if it hadn’t happened we wouldn’t be where we are today(doc 1).Although there were reservations for the native americans‚ they used cruel methods to for them out of their land. Some examples of these are forcing them out or if they resisted they would have a battle. Other
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Davy Crockett David Crockett was living on the nolichucky river in East Tennessee and was born in 1786 to a pioneer family.David Crockett had five siblings that had followed Their pedants too.David family followed the patterns of western settlement.Than later on when David had a family of his own‚David Crockett continued the westward movement until he settled in northwest Tennessee.In 1813‚following a massacre by the creek warrior in southwest Alabama‚Crockett enlisted in the Tennessee
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“What good man would prefer a country covered with forests and ranged by a few thousands savages to our extensive republic..."(http://www.azquotes.com/quote/1157726) Andrew Jackson did not like Native Americans‚ likening them to savages. Jackson disliked Native American’s so much that he made a plan to move them off valuable land. Jackson did more than just the move Native Americans using the Indian removal act‚ he also started the Nullification Crisis and Fore act. Andrew Jackson had also inspired
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In the annual editions article‚ “The Nez Perce Flight for Justice” Edmunds discusses the Nez Perce Indians’ trials and tribulations faced when fleeing Idaho in search of a better life. Before 1877‚ the Nez Perce were proud of their relationship with the US and tried hard to avoid conflict‚ but soon they were being forced to relocate‚ and the young tribe leader‚ Chief Joseph‚ reluctantly agreed. While they agreed to relocate‚ after violence‚ they quickly realized that they needed to flee and had to
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Native American have suffered due to White Settlers. White Settles moved out west and then there was conflict with White settler and Native Americans. When the White Settlers moved westward‚ they started killing Buffalo and Native Americans had to depended on buffalo for food‚ clothing‚ and shelter. The movement started with farmers who drove the Cotton Kingdom toward the west. More individuals started to move out west alongside the Cotton Kingdom with expectations of discovering gold in California
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While watching the Disney movie Pocahontas I have discovered there were some major differences between the movie and John Smith’s “The General Historie.” It can be easily assumed that many people have heard of the tale Pocahontas which is a movie about a mysterious young native girl from the New World who rescues an English explorer who goes by the name of John Smith‚ from death and falls in love with him. No matter which version we all may have heard‚ most people are familiar with the legend that
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There were forts in Kansas to protect several trails from Indian attacks but they were also made to protect Fort Leavenworth which was the first fort built in Kansas. Fort Leavenworth Established in 1827 It was the first permanent U.S. Army Fort established in Kansas. (Society‚ Frontier Forts‚ 2014) It purpose was to protect the Santa Fe Trail. (Society‚ Frontier Forts‚ 2014) It served for many years as the site of the army’s command and General Staff College. (Society‚ Frontier Forts‚ 2014) Was
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The Oneida Native American tribe was one of the individual Nations of the powerful Six Nations Confederacy. The Six Nations Confederacy was consisted of six Native American Indian tribes. The tribes consisted of the Seneca‚ Cayuga‚ Onondaga‚ Oneida‚ and the Mohawk tribes. The Oneidas had a fort in New York called Fort Stanwix which now became a National Monument. Fort Stanwix was allowed to be built on the Oneida territory back it about the 1750s. The alliance between the Oneidas and the Americans
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