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    After years of assimilating to White culture and building a successful‚ independent economy‚ the question of whether or not Native Americans residing in the southern states and specifically the Cherokee in Georgia should be removed was hotly debated until the ratification of the Removal Act in 1830. Andrew Jackson‚ the man representing the federal government as the President of the United States‚ actively pursued the Removal Act despite his previous opinion of Natives being so savage it were better

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    History Assignment – The Pawnee Indians. Adele Moore‚ Mr Tsomis’ class. 1. Provide a brief outline of your tribe’s way of life before the arrival of the Europeans. 300 words. The Pawnee Indian tribe lived in central Nebraska and northern Kansas; they were a semi sedentary tribe (only partly move around) they would move to follow the buffalo one half of the year and the other half of the year they would harvest corn and other foods. They were historically one of the largest and most prominent Plains

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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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    The Cherokee nation is one of the many North American native cultures directly affected by the European white settlers. Even in ancient times‚ they were a very civilized and progressive people. Their culture was mainly agrarian‚ but focused around ceremonies‚ music‚ art‚ and games. Prior to the arrival of the Europeans‚ “the Cherokee history was passed down orally from generation to generation” (The Cherokee Nation). They adapted to the white settlers by embracing their “formal education‚ developing

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    Daniel Boone‚an American explorer was born in Berks county‚Pennsylvania.Daniel learned some Blacksmithing‚but didn’t have much time for education.His parents left Pennsylvania in 1750‚ bound for the Yadkin Valley of the northwest‚North Carolina.Boone served as a wagoner and married a neighbor’s daughter‚Rebecca Bryan‚in 1756.Daniel purchased the land back in North Carolina‚from his father‚but never farmed on it‚which he loved to roam.Daniel died on September 26‚1820‚at age 86 at his son’s home near

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    Post the civil war‚ Ku Klux Klan emerged in a new form guided under Confederate General Nathaniel Bedford Forrest during the 1920s. It was most popular during that time as it gained support nationwide. This was a phase of intense panic and uncertainty rising from constant immigration‚ alarming racial discrimination and drastic transformation in personal principles and manners. Klan’s progress and productivity was aided by many factors such as: the post-war agriculture depression‚ African Americans

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    dealing with Indians (Jaimes‚ p141). The fledgling government understood that changing the worlds perception was paramount to the survival both politically and economically of the United States (Jaimes‚ p141). What the Continental Congress hoped to gain from the Natives was legitimacy as a nation. If the United States entered into treaties with these nations in the same fashion as other countries it would in turn signal to the world that the United States was recognized on some level as a nation

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    The early 20th century was a significant period for American Indians. During that period‚ the First World War occurred‚ and many American Indians had sacrificed their lives to protect the United States (U.S) even though they were not U.S citizens. Therefore‚ in 1919‚ a few influenced American Indians had stressed out and called for American Indian rights‚ self-determination‚ and for their own freedoms from the Federal Bureaucracy. Among influenced and famous writers‚ Robert Yellowtail represented

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    Introduction The Trail of Tears was a time where five Native American tribes were forced from their homes. The Trail of Tears has lots of different perspectives‚ including but not limited to‚ the Cherokee Tribe and the government’s perspectives for and opposed to the mass migration. When the Native Americans were forced from their homes‚ the main tribe affected was the Cherokee. FIRST PARAGRAPH On the Trail of Tears‚ the five tribes forced from their homes were the Cherokee‚ the Chickasaw‚ the

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    During the mid-nineteenth century‚ the U.S. government policies towards Native Americans were influenced to expand westward into territories surrounded by these Native Americans. Almost all Native Americans were found in the west of the Mississippi River. For the native Americans and white settlers‚ the U.S. government applied different policies. The economic development affected Native Americans by pushing them away from their homeland and limited their food. Also‚ the railroad constructed that

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