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The Trail of Tears left by the Cherokee Indians “Our nation was born in genocide when it embraced the doctrine that the original American, the Indian, was an inferior race.” -― Martin Luther King Jr The Trail of Tears helped the Manifest Destiny and Westward Expansion lead to the Civil War in many ways. The Trail of Tears caused more tension to rise in the United States.

For example, there was a failure of peace negotiations with the Battle of Fallen Timbers. Many Native Americans there in which Wayne opposed, feeling that war was inevitable, he decisively defeated them. He used the Treaty of Greenville(1795) with the chiefs of the defeated tribes, who ceded lands in the Northwest Territory. He was ruthless in the way he killed innocent Native americans. The fighting took place on the Maumee River, near present-day Toledo.

He made the removal act against Indians in 1832. The Cherokee felt betrayed because they fought alongside Jackson. He forced them and almost all other Indians to move west. He put them in concentration camps. A lot of people think he is the equivalent to

America has been very unkind to the Native American. Throughout history, from Christopher Columbus’ arrival in 1492, who called the natives “Indios”, thus beginning the label of the Natives as “Indians”, to the 19th Century, a time of enormous hubris, greed, prejudice, Indians suffered enormous violence. From the foundation of the Manifest Destiny in 1845 giving white men all the privilege, while the Native’s saw their culture, and homes ripped away from them. Dee Brown’s “Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee” brilliantly captures the actual truth of the plight of the Native Americans from 1860 to 1890. Dee Brown’s reason for writing “Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee” was to tell the truth of the Native Americans.

But he is punished for his actions, and is sent to the principal 's office. However, “Good Hair”, is the most blatantly obvious loss of culture, as it is a literal, physical loss. The

The Reason behind the Author Charles C. Mann story” Man’s coming of age in the Dawnland” By: Sequoyah Manus Date- 9/15/16 Class- English Teacher- Ms. Nelson Class hour7 “Savages* Derig, Member of a primitive tribe, cruel or Barbarous person,” (the Oxfords), and the Author Charles C. Mann beloved that the Indians didn’t belong in that classification, which is the reason why he wrote the book “Coming of age in the Dawn land” The reason that compiled the author of Charles C. Mann to change how the European People looked at Indians and how they lived, the author showed that the way Europeans lived was very similar to the way the Indians in some ways and even how they were different in other ways, to how his intendent reader that the Indians

There were harsh conflicts between white explorers and Native Americans from the earliest starting point of European colonization of the New world, such viciousness expanded in the mid-nineteenth century as European pioneers moved ever advance west over the American mainland. Most white Americans accepted there was horrible quality of life in peace and agreement with Native Americans, the government made the reservation framework

The Trail of Tears is undoubtedly one of the most inhumane events in U.S history. It all started with the Indian removal act enforced by President Andrew Jackson. The U.S military were ordered to forcefully evict many innocent people and have them walk extremely long distances during excruciating weather. Many Indians dropped dead in the midst of the trail causing grief for the Indians hence, its name Trail of Tears. The Trail of Tears was an abomination for the U.S due to the fact that this act was unconstitutional,caused mass genocide, and the land had originally belonged to the natives.

This resulted in numerous gruesome and unforgettable battles, one of them being the Battle at Sand Creek. The feud between the United States and Indians went on forever because they were constantly being criticized by the U.S. As the number of settlers out west got larger, more and more Native American tribes were forced to change their way of life. Native American land and culture were impacted negatively by the western expansion of the United States due to the fact that many lost their land, were stripped of their rights, and some even died. After learning and analyzing the 1800s, it is clear that Native Americans had to fight for the simply things that most people

The Black Hills had previously been declared Native American holy land under the Laramie Treaty. However, whites in search of gold repeatedly trespassed into the Black Hills, and the Laramie Treaty was conveniently tabled by the U.S. government to allow these prospectors to trespass; subsequently, the United States declared war on any Native Americans found conflicting with the whites trespassing on their land. Sitting Bull rejected this adamantly; he avidly believed in the future of his people and their way of life. He conducted a Sundance Ceremony at the Little Bighorn River where he danced for 36 hours without stopping, depriving himself of water and rest, and slicing 50 pieces of flesh from his arms in sacrifice. At the conclusion of the ceremony, he told the community of Native Americans that he had had a vision in which the U.S. Army was overcome.

The US was at war with the Sioux Indians now and sent a war hero to Sioux territory. This man was named General Custer and he led the calvary with anywhere between 205 and 230 men depending on the day. Custer was one of those men who had a big head, he loved to brag, and, well, he had the right to since he became the first 23 year old to become a general in the US Army. When he was sent to South Dakota, Custer had one thing in mind and that was to find and fight any Sioux tribe in sight. Historians believed Custer was so focused on getting to the Sioux Tribes so he could run for president someday.

To be a Cherokee in the 1820s it meant constant pressure and encroachment from settlers and farmer as well as rising tension and pressure from the state of Georgia. To the Cherokee Chief John Ross the encroachment threated his people and their lands. The collected letters and statements of Chief John Ross showed glimpses of a people devastated by the Western world discovering America. Ross described what him and his ancestors lay witness to since the arrival of the Europeans, in 1824 Ross sends a letter to John C. Calhoun, Secretary of War under President Monroe. “By tracing the situation of our Ancestors for two Hundred year back, we see nothing desirable, but much to deplore – the happiness which the Indians once enjoyed…was now poisoned

“The Trail Where They Cried”. Indians suffered very much due to their removal from land they had lived in long ago. Even though the United States was gaining control over more land it was at the cost and suffering of other

The seminole chief at the time was Chief Neamathla he tried to change to course of the war. Chief john ross lead a protest against jackson 's treaty land promised to natives were taken away and they were sent to camps. The aftermath of the indian removal act was just as devastating as the act itself only 2% of the native population remained left this act was a major setback to the natives which now life in poverty and low employment. Most of the native population lives on reservations and many native americans suffer still affects of the

The Canadian government also inappropriately dealt with Aboriginal social justice issues, as seen through the land claims like the Oka Crisis and the Ipperwash. The Oka Crisis was a 78-day standoff, beginning on July 11th, 1990 between Mohawk protesters, police, and army. The crisis began when the proposed expansion of an 18 hole golf course and development of 60 luxury condominiums on disputed land included a Mohawk burial ground. The Mohawks were infuriated, as the Euro-Canadians proposed the use of land that belonged to them was to be used for a luxury of their own, leading them to erect a barricade to Oka. The Police wouldn’t tolerate the actions of the Mohawks, and intervened 3 months later, attempting to cease the barricade.