After Geronimo’s surrender, he was sent to Florida as punishment. When he surrendered, the United States government told him and his people that they would only have to stay in Florida. Then they could return to Arizona. However, Geronimo lived for another 22 years and was never allowed to return to Arizona. Why do you think that the United States government didn’t let Geronimo return to Arizona? Give examples to support your reasons. Write at last two reasons.
After watching the movie, I felt bad for the Apache people and how the United States army lied to them. They did not kept their word to the Apache people, the outlaw Apaches that led by Goyakla (Geronimo), to the Chiricahua Scouts, and The Apache Scouts from the White Mountain. First
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They took their land their houses their houses, and their weapons. Then, they end the services of the Apache Scouts, they took their guns and they sent them to Florida with the other Apache people even though they helped them capture Geronimo. Also, they did not kept their end of the deal with Geronimo. They told him that he have to go to Florida for two years and after two years he can return to Arizona, but they did not let him return to his home even after 22 years. In my opinion, I think the United States Government did not let Geronimo return to Arizona because he is a legend and he can start a war on the United States army like what he did when the army of the United States killed a dreamer. He killed the solders and he took most of the men, women, and children with him. Also, I think if he returned to Arizona he can revenge and revenge his people like what he told Mr. Gatewood that he did not learn to do anything except to revenge and always will get revenge. That’s was after a year when his wife and his two girls killed by the Mexican army. He killed more than 50 soldiers in his way to the Mexican border. When Mr. Gatewood came to him at
“Custer's Last Stand” was a victory for the Indian people, but as a result of their win, they brought a lot of attention to themselves which angered the American people. As a result, the US government treated the Native Americans more hostile, allowing John Gibbons to go and attack the Nez Perce Indians, didn’t follow through with their agreements dealing with land and took land away, and kept expanding westward while continuing to grow America East to West. Directly after new got out that the Indians had not only won the battle, but had slaughtered the American army, John Gibbons rounded up every available man and went after the Nez Perce Indians, whom he thought were the easiest and head of attack. Many innocent woman and children died on
They weren’t allow to leave the Reserve or they would not return or be sentence to Jail. When injuries, illness or medication was needed the army took long time to response with doctors, emergency help and took hours before seriously needed medication was given to the one’s in need. The food supply was being searched and damaged, the army made it very hard for the First Nation’s to receive any needed supplies even with the knowledge of children were within the reserve. The First Nation’s human rights and protection rights were violated, they were beaten, and women were raped and assaulted. Being warrior with issues and situations like these would have been overwhelming, the army was sent by the Government with full demands to take the Mohawk’s land, of course they knew the Mohawk’s had no awareness and the claim wasn’t going to go down without a fight.
They even dressed and spoke like the white man to fit in and not be forced off that land. The Supreme Court stated that the Indians got to keep their land. But, instead of listening to the Supreme Court he ignored them and went on with his plan to remove the Indians off their land to
The Indians were forced to move west, Andrew Jackson offered the Indians the same amount of land, but that wasn’t the point. The Indians couldn’t care less on the land in the west. That land they were on was their sacred land. Overall the Native Americans were given the same amount of land that didn’t allow Jackson or the government to take
After he surrendered, he was trying to secure his homeland for his tribe the Nez Perce with no fighting just peace. The tribe was scared, but the government allowed them to stay in their homes, but then years later they forced them out. So they moved from Oregon to Idaho.
This law only allowed the government to negotiate fairly for the exchange of this land but Jackson and the military forces consistently ignored this facet of the act and forced the natives out of their land. The next year the Choctaw were forced under threat of
All the treaties that were signed were either broken or a loophole was found to go around the treaty. The treaties were meant to fix the problem and not cause more problem for the Lakota
He marched for days,nights,weeks, and months as finally he battled for the Capital, Mexico City. His efforts were not strong enough and some say not wise. His leadership along side with Allende was enough for thousands of men agreed to fight for their liberty. When he was finally captured and executed, his accomplishments were seen by “All the city's dignitaries and officials” as a representation of the wave of the future.(New World). This
Geronimo was an Apache warrior who was born in 1829 and became one of the most feared out of Indian leaders of the 19th century. When Geronimo was born he grew into becoming part of the Bedonkohe tribe, which at the time was one of the smallest band out of the Chiricahua Apache tribes. At that time in history, the Chiricahua Apaches, specifically the Bedonkohe tribe, would have lived in what is now New Mexico and Arizona in the United States of America. Geronimo is important because he was a warrior; he fought for his land and then only surrendered because surrendering was less important than his followers’ lives. When Geronimo became of age, he grew up in a time of bitter battle between the Chiricahua Apaches and the Mexicans in the South,
The Native Americans many times did not understand what the soldiers were doing, from this the Sioux became scared and fled. Furthermore, Reno’s battalion had coverage from the landscape which cause mass confusion, among both groups. From the eyes of George Henderson, the Native Americans truly never faltered; however, as it was mentioned they could not truly see the battalion. The one statement made from both sides was the Native Americans fled. Though no party considered the other weak, they both felt fear, both the battalion and the Native Americans became confused during this battle.
While many of the people and families who took refuge in the Alamo they were allowed to leave if they desired, Gregorio Esparza decided to stay and fight with Texas against the odds, knowing that his life would possibly be at stake, his family too elected to stay with him. Esparza’s main duty during the siege of the Alamo was to tend to the cannon; on March 6, 1836 he died defending for the independence of
The Native Americans did not respond peacefully to this. It caused a lot of fighting because the Americans had not kept their promises. The Americans and the Indians agreed to the Fort Laramie Treaty that had said the Native Americans would have their lands forever. After a lot of fighting the Indians finally gave up. Based on Document 7, it states how Chief Joseph finally surrendered to the United States government troops.
According to the treaty, Mexicans in the transferred land would keep their property; however, many lost their land because the U.S. did not fully comply with the agreement (cf. Ramirez N.d.). In New Mexico a group emerged, led by Reies López Tijerina, that aimed to restore the land grants claiming that this was
One reason why the Native Americans need their land back is because is more than just a land to them is like a family tradition passed on for years to their families And the next generations . They feel like they're "home " because it's where they been for years where their traditions been going around and how they learned . It's a big problem now because many people don't have jobs due to their economic situation
In Life Among the Piutes, sarah winnemucca hopkins describes what happens when soldiers came to their reservation based off what white settlers tell the government. The most shocking instance of this happened when Winnemucca encountered a group of soldier who told her the white settlers accused the natives of stealing cattle, “the soldiers rode up to their [meaning the Piute’s] encampment and fired into it, and killed almost all the people that were there… after the soldiers had killed but all bur some little children and babies… the soldiers took them too… and set the camp on fire and threw them into the flames to see them burned alive”(78). This is an abhorrent act that is unthinkable in a functioning society. The natives had done nothing but want to hold some shred of land from the settlers who had taken everything from them and are exterminated like vermin. This was something that stayed hidden from many white settlers because of its barbarism and by exposing it Winnemucca truly educates the reader, past and present, on how natives are