Laurence M. Hauptman's Between Two Fires: American Indians in the Civil War

Twentysix years following their population decreasing by a fourth, having their land taken away, and being moved hundreds of miles aways from their old homes, the Cherokee found another challenge to attend to. The Cherokee nation was forced to choose between supporting the United States, a nation who had wronged them before, and the Confederate States of America, a group of rebels. Following the United States government’s abandonment of Native American reservations, the Cherokee were forced to align themselves with either the United States or the Confederate States of America. After extensive discussion the Cherokee chose to enter the Civil War with the Confederates. It is important to note that the Cherokee were not that special for entering

The American Indian Movement is an organization in the United States that attempts to bring attention to the injustice and unfair treatment of American Indians. Aside from that, the AIM works for better protection and care for the American Indians and their families. They have been changing the American perception of Indians since the late 1960’s, as well as aiding our awareness of their existence.

When word of African Americans enlisting in the Union Army got out, the Confederate Army lashed out many threats. They

The Cherokees had lived in the interior southeast, for hundreds of years in the nineteenth century. But in the early eighteenth century setters from the European ancestry started moving into the

Before the Eastern World knew that the America’s were there, natives to the American lands were already here and thriving. As the land was discovered, more and more people from the European side of the Hemisphere traveled across the Atlantic Ocean to stake a claim for land in this newfound world. Throughout these Europeans settling in, and making new homes and lives for themselves these natives stayed to their own ways, and were slowly pushed westward. The problems between the Indians and now Americans were brought to the forefront as the population of the states grew, and there was a need for expansion. When the Louisiana Purchase was struck between the United States and France, the land previously inhabited by the natives were now under the control of the United States government. As the population continued to climb in numbers, individuals along with the United States government decided to take actions for the removal of these natives. Throughout the book, The Long, Bitter Trail, Andrew Jackson and the Indians by: Anthony F.C. Wallace, the events leading up to, during, and the effects of the Indian Removal Act of 1830. Individuals such as Andrew Jackson along with the government used different methods to remove these Indians from the southeastern lands of the United States. Starting in the beginning of the 1800’s,

On the other hand, Native Americans decided to fight on the side of the British because they taught it might mean a victory in expansion. Similarly, there were Native Americans fought on the American side as well because they wanted to help the Americans at the Battles of Fort George and Chippewa (Fixico, para. 2). According to Fixico, There were Indians who sided with the Americans -- Red Jacket and Farmer’s Brother led a Seneca faction to help the Americans at the Battles of Fort George and Chippewa. But most Indian nations sided with the British against the U.S, believing that a British victory might mean an end to expansion. Although the Americans went to war with the British because the Americans thought that the British were being unfair because they were unfairly taxing the Americans to pay of their debts and the Americans just wanted freedom, the Native Americans and the Americans fought because the Natives thought

The Native Americans lost many people during the war. It happen during ‘Black Hawk War’, when Chief Black Hawk led two groups, the Sac and the Fox Indians, back to their home in Illinois because they “found their western country unacceptable…” (356). However, the Illinois militia drove the Indians into Wisconsin and

John Ridge, his father Major Ridge, and his cousin Elias Boudinot were part of the treaty process that would relocate the Cherokee Nation called, “The Treaty of New Equota”. It is evident in the book that John Ridge was in favor of signing the treaty because he thought that he would be protecting the rights of the Cherokee people. It becomes clear that the Cherokees are going to be moving, it was just how they will be moved that made all the difference. The book talks about the Americans thirst for land and how the gold rush in Georgia would eventually force the Cherokees out.

For Native Americans, the War of 1812 was a struggle for freedom and independence. Before the War of 1812, the U.S. were planning to expand onto Native American territories. Most Indian tribes saw their lands at risk, so they sided with the British, and were against the United States. Thus Britain started encouraging Indians to attacks on the frontier. They provided arms and support to Native Americans who attacked settlers. Native Americans led by Tecumseh, defended Canada. After being abandoned by the British, they fought the Americans who were led by William Harrison and

When one thinks about the Civil War, we mostly think of America split in half and fighting to the bitter end. While most of the fighting was indeed American against American, it is easy to forget that there was a “foreign” power at play during this conflict. The Native Americans also had a stake in this war. Though they were confined to the Indian Territory, they knew conflict on their lands was all but inevitable, and the realization of this conflict in turn caused conflict of its own. These Native tribes had three options, all of which with pros and cons. They could do their best to remain neutral, join the Union,

​During the American Revolution war the battles came to a Cherokee village the Cherokee joined forces with the British because they were trading partners. So the Americans seeker revenge. So they. Went through Cherokee towns burning buildings and destroying crops. The villages were starving and some fled for the woods.

Indians are getting payback. Yet another war has broken out yesterday Friday, March 22, 1622 in the English colony of Virginia. Officials have reported that about two weeks before this massacre English settlers killed a leading Powhatan warrior. We believe this could have contributed to this crazy event.

The American Civil War was fought between the Unions, from the northern region of America, and the Confederacy, from the southern region of America. A war that was started because of slavery and fought between western europeans and incidentally people who live on the land such as Native American. The battles fought were all over the land in America. So, if a territory was on the land, then the people who lived there would inevitably get involved with the war. Battles were fought on indian territory, and as a result many Native Americans got involved in with the Civil War. The reason why Native Americans got involved in the Civil War was

The passages between page 129-130, King builds a connection between the story of the coyote and the ducks to that of the Whites and the Indians. It’s intriguing really, that the government constitute these treaties to dictate what the Indians can and can’t have. If these treaties didn’t exists, the Indians didn’t exist. The coyote tricks the ducks for its own selfish reasons, to gain attention and luxury. But where does that leave the ducks? Naked and empty. This story produces a representation of the false regulations imposed in the treaties which left the Indians loosing more than they should, and the Whites gaining more than the treaties hold. These treaties were created to integrate the Indians into society but to also eliminate them from

The Indian Peoples of Eastern America:” Coming of Age” In James Axtell’s, “The Indian Peoples of Eastern America” Axtell uses sources to describes the cultural practices of the Indians and how they raise their child from the time of their birth until they become adults. In chapter two of Axtell's “The Indian Peoples of Eastern America”, it goes into greater detail about how the Indian culture raised their children. Axtell talks about what kind of punishments they used to help them with their behavior, the kind of games they played when they were young, what kind of cultural rituals did children go through to make them adult, what were the differences in how the child was raised in the lenses of boys and girls, and how the European