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The Pros And Cons Of Red Cloud

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The accusations that Red Cloud implies in his speech towards the people working for the US government are inhumane. He accused them of not doing what they had promised to do for the Native Americans. The government had promised the Indians to make their lives better than before when in the end they just made it worse. For example, some of the things that the white men promised was supplies for their land so that the Indians could make their land thrive. However, the white people offer only little supplies and unfortunately that was not enough to get the best of their land. Another promise that was not made was teaching the Native Americans how to adjust to “white customs”. Not only did the white men not teach them their customs, they took away

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