Native Americans In The 19th Century

John Ross and 16,000 Cherokees petitioned against this treaty, claiming it was false and made without their permission. In 1838 the US Army entered Cherokee lands and forced them off. On the walk to Oklahoma, up to 6,000 of the 16,000 Cherokees

Once it was built, many settlers traveled out west. Although, they were setting up living grounds on Native American land. Native American land and culture were impacted negatively by the western expansion of the United States because many lost their land, got their rights taken from them, and some even died. A number of white settlers did not care about the Native Americans, causing a rift between the U.S. and the Indians. Today, Native American land and culture is still being threatened by the U.S. government.

In the 1800s, the American government was struggling to rise in the world as a new nation. The leaders were eventually very successful, but along the way they were ruthless to all whom stood in their path. One obstacle that the Americans handed particularly poorly was their treatment of the Native Americans who owned the land prior to the European colonization of the new world. By learning about the atrocities done to the tribes such as the Cherokee, Lakota, and Nez Perce, the human race may refrain from such cruelty in the future. The Cherokee are one of the best known tribes of Native Americans due to the horrendous acts done against them.

If Native Americans were not compliant, Americans would murder them. Although Manifest Destiny was seen as an inevitable movement among Americans and resulted in the formation of the American West in the Nineteenth century, it was truthfully an act of invasion and subjugation against peoples who had settled the land for hundreds of years earlier. Manifest Destiny led to an obvious upsurge in racial

The nineteenth century for Latin America became plagued with repeated violence due to acts of rebellion in attempts for the folk to regain autonomy over their own lives. After gaining independence from the Spanish crown the folk wanted to keep their culture and tribal lands, much as the Spanish had allowed them to. However, the Creole elites planned to force the folk into living to commodity-based existences. With the confiscation of indigenous land large quantities of the folk were forced to move into the cities in search of jobs, despite the Europeanization, folk culture prevailed in the

However, president Jackson made it unpeaceful. Native Americans could migrate or stay under some conditions which later were not respected by the president. According to www.pbs.org, <>. In addition, many Native Americans lost their lives from the Trail of Tears.

This made the children of Cherokee men and white women Cherokee citizens, and “weakened the position of Cherokee women who had formerly been necessary to reproduce the citizenry.” (Yarbrough 388) Although, the offspring of Cherokee men and free black women were not recognized as citizens. This exception reflects a larger trend in the racial thinking of the Cherokee

Cherokee, Cheyenne, Seminoles Option #2 During the nineteenth-century, the federal Indian policy changed and it forced the removal or relocation of many different Indian tribes. The federal government sought to expand its control of territory and resources across America. The one big problem the U.S. faced were the Indians who resisted their removal. Georgia signed the Compact of 1802 which stated that if Georgia were to give up their western claims, the U.S. would eradicate American Indian land titles in Georgia and remove them (Lecture 14).

It took place in Wounded Knee, South Dakota, which was also the location of a major Indian massacre in 1890 by United States soldiers. A few years prior, the American Indian Movement, abbreviated AIM, was formed as a way to help prevent discrimination and harassment from police towards Indians. They took some of the ideals of the students protesting the Vietnam War, thus leading to a group with a majority of younger people. Some of the major leaders of the tribes, however, thought that the group was taking things farther than needed. Dick Wilson, tribal chairman of the Sioux, and his conservative viewpoints were inevitably going to be removed from power.

The Native American removal was the process of evicting approximately 100,000 Indians from their homeland in the United States during the 1830s, resulting in the deaths of approximately 15,000 indigenous people (Britannica). At the time, President Andrew Jackson wanted to populate the Indian tribes’ home territories in the eastern United States with American citizens by forcing Native Americans to move west of the Mississippi River (Doc 6). Out of the tribes, only some followed the President’s orders voluntarily. Others, such as the Seminole tribe, resisted. The Native American removal was not justifiable given the tribes were trying to assimilate, they had already surrendered land to the US, the process was a waste of American time and resources, and the method of removal was inhumane.

The ones that were mainly affected by the westward migration were the native Indians. But the relentless immigration of Americans to the West soon came to face one of its biggest obstacles; Indian tribes who refused to give up their territory. Even though we were able to take many territories from the Indians in Georgia, Tennessee, and Mississippi there were several tribes that resisted. As the Indians saw themselves without protection they turned to the British for backup. This bond between the British and the Indians played a part in causing the War of 1812.

Numbers of Cherokee families were evicted from their homes by American soldiers and forced to the Trail of Tears. The Trail of Tears became a disease infested place full of smallpox and cholera. More than 2,000 Cherokees died. However, this tragedy can be positive. Jackson wanted western expansion because it would allow America to become powerful and safe from enemy invaders.

In December 7, 1829, Jackson sent a letter to Congress and it shows that he was democratic in some area, but not in other area. The letter was about the Native Americans and Indian Removal which was caused by white settlers who wanted Native Americans’ lands. Jackson strongly supported white settlers and decided to force Native Americans to move to the west. He claimed in the letter that Native Americans should move to the west and if they remain they must be subject to their laws. Because Jackson wanted to benefit his people who supported him, he caused Native Americans trouble and eventually killed them by moving them forcefully.

128). When times were rough for the Chickasaws in the 18th century, warfare brought their numbers down to merely 400. (Calloway, pg. 128) The near extinction of their tribe called for the help of their English allies that put them in this situation.

After the Civil War ended many people were in hope of finding land since population was increasing. Since the West was underdeveloped and uncivilized, many decided to expand the land. First the Louisiana Purchase increased the opportunity of expansion. Then industrialization and the Homestead Act also caused many companies encouraged to move West due to the low cost of land and that the transportation was provided through the railroads. In order to complete such goals, something had to be done with the Natives since it conflicted with their home area.