Native Americans Hardships

The Native American people as a whole suffered tremendously during colonialism. When European settler acquisitioned the

The Europeans had became greedy and selfish. They had become reliant on the native Americans to do everything for them. They had made them do necessary tasks that they could have done themselves, but chose not too. They had made them carry them when they didn’t want to walk, feed them, fan them,carry their hammocks,etc. They had become conceited, thinking they were too “royal” to do anything for themselves. They had made the Native Americans slaves and servants to their every bidding no matter the circumstance. They had become puppets to the Europeans and they controlled the Natives and forced them to do whatever they wanted. They had made the Natives lose their dignity and sink so low by making them complete their every request. The Natives had been worn down and degraded to be known as nothing to the Europeans but servants and people who they could call to do something for them. Countless Natives had died because of what the Europeans had brought to them

The relationship with the English and the Natives is confusing in a manner. When the English colonists first landed in the New World, they created a settlement called Jamestown, named after King James. The colonist constructed a barrier to keep them protected from the unknown. The Gentleman came to the New World to get wealthy off of the gold, but they weren’t educated in labor work. Little did they know, there wasn’t any gold to find. The Powhatan’s tribe assisted the Colonists for a while, but in the second year, the Native’s retreated with the helping of the settlers. When

Now, when it came to ownership of the land the Native Americans were known for hunting so, they needed their hunting land as well as land to grow crops. They were open for sharing land, “The South’s native people had well-defined hunting territories, fishing grounds, and agricultural plots which they vigorously defended against encroachment. However, they did not regard land as property that could be transferred in perpetuity to another individual or group”. However, the Europeans did not think the land should be shared. So, when they came over they took the land away from the

When the Europeans arrived in the Americas they were looking for riches, spices, and new trade routes to India. When they found this new world and the Native Americans that lived there, they deliberately mistreated them. Looked at as obstructions, the Natives were driven from their land and homes and pushed west. Europeans that encountered the Native Americans had different ideas about them depending on their political and religious beliefs but none were positive. Those ideas ranged from pity for them as non-Christians to be converted (Doc. A2) and treated as children to a lower status of human to be taken advantage of for profits. The Natives were forced to mine precious metals, and farm sugar cane and tobacco. They were not viewed or treated as equal persons. They were considered part of the wild land to be conquered, enslaved, killed, and beaten into cooperation.

Throughout history, Native Americans faced atrocity after atrocity at the hands of white settlers and losing their land and most of their people was only one of them. During the nineteenth century, the United States’ population boomed, causing people to start to move west in search of riches and vast lands in the “wild west.” However, as white settlers moved west, they started to encounter more and more Native American lands. The white settlers wanted to be able to settle on their lands, claiming that they were “misusing” the land and claiming that the Native Americans were “uncivilized.” The white settlers pled their case to the United States government to forcibly remove the Native Americans and get the rights to their lands. Andrew Jackson,

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The Native American people were indigenous to America. They were having a good life and living in peace until some people came and decided to claim the land as theirs. The Native Americans did not have all of the resources that the Europeans had. They had simple bow and arrows, knives, and etc. Nothing that was advanced or modern. The Europeans had all of the advanced technology

The Native Americans lived in North America for thousands of years, but when the settlers from Europe came, so did conflict and turmoil. The land the Native Americans were on was rich with resources, and the settlers wanted the resources. So the settlers forced them off of their land and gave them new land designated for them. The Natives were left confused and uncertain why they had to leave. Some did not follow the orders of the settlers and fought back, the army won most battles between them. Many battles were fought so that the United States could expand and progress. Some of the Natives only wanted peace between them and the settlers, but the settlers used force a lot, bring the army to relocate them. The settlers wanted to make the Native Americans look evil even though they didn’t do anything, and they didn’t know why. Even after relocating, the were still treated badly by the army and settlers, always leaving them scared and confused. Even after, the settlers tried to eliminate them, but no using violence. While some may say that the settlers were trying to help them by passing the Dawes Act, which pushed american ideals onto the Natives, and giving them land, it really only hurt them. The Dawes Act pushed american ideals onto the Natives, and as a result, the Natives lost their sense of identity, confusing them on whether they are Americans or Native Americans. In addition, the government gave the Native Americans land, but the land wasn’t good land. They couldn’t grow crops as well and they now had to live much closer together. This lead to many problems added onto the

Once the Europeans arrived they sought to take over land. However, much of the land was “owned” by Native Americans. The Native Americans lacked the power to fight for their land. The Native Americans were not as advanced as the European; this allowed the Europeans to easily conquer. The things that were important to the Europeans were not of importance to the Native Americans. Despite the Indians having no desire to be wealthy or live as

Native Americans were the people of the land before English settlers claimed the United States as it is today. Throughout time they have been mistreated by white people and forced to be Americanized. Their culture has almost died with their people, and to this day their rights can be challenged as unjustified. Before the 1960’s, Native Americans were pretty much ignored by other groups of ethnicity, especially the whites. However, postwar of Vietnam sparked the American youth to protest politics, and Native Americans stood up for their civil rights as American people.

Historical trauma, as Maria Yellow Horse Brave Heart expressed, is being carried on the genes of Native people without being notice, is something heavy that cause pain and unconformity that it is slowly killing them. As the article refer that historical trauma is “the cumulative emotional and psychological wounding, over the lifespan and across generations, emanating from massive group trauma experiences.” Meaning that the things that happen in the past are still hurting people now, and it needs a great attention and cultural focus. It is really important to show a true respect to Native American culture, so it will be able to accurately help Native Americans from the roots of the problem. A lot of people will argue that what happen to the Native American community happened long time ago, but according to this article, Healing the American Indian Soul Wound, actually is something that kept on happening not so long ago, for example, “it was only in 1994 that native peoples were allowed to practice some forms of religion without fear of reprisal by state and federal government policies” (p. 345). It is surprising that this was still happening in 1994, which is so recent, and it shows a lot of immaturity from the government on the topic of respecting others as human beings. I actually argue with people that cultural genocide over Native Americans is something that I will not doubt is still happening now. I have a strong belief that

All groups do not have the same rate of poverty. In terms of age, race, and geography, minorities are the most likely to be affected by poverty. Of those minorities, poverty is most affecting to Native Americans. Geographically, it seems that the southern states are the most poverty stricken, but there are some northern states that have high rates of poverty like Michigan. When it comes to age, children under the age of 18 are more likely to be affected by poverty compared to those who are 65 years and older. At about 1975 the poverty rates by age completely flipped. Before 1975, the elderly had a much higher poverty rate than those under the age of 18, but at 1975 the poverty levels for children began to increase dramatically, and those of

After reaching the coast, many captives were confined to slave forts, slave castles, or outdoor holding pens. The slaves could then spend anywhere from days up to a year in these factories awaiting a horrible, yet unknown journey ahead of them. The living conditions for the male and female captives in these forts, castles, or holding pens were horrible. They were treated like a piece of trash. Some of the captives were assimilated into the waterside markets, and some were separated from their life. The captives were turning into the “independence beings into human commodities.” Independence beings into human commodities mean that the traders for captives were turning the captives into a property. When the traders turned the captives into a

On the 12th of October in the year 1492 Christopher Columbus came to America or “the new world” and changed the lives of Native Americans forever. After his discovery Native Americans later were forced to convert to Christianity, weren’t aloud to speak their language, practice their tribal practices, and their land was taken. Some people believe that Native Americans should stop complaining, and live like everyone else. That everyone just needs to be treated equally, that we shouldn’t have reserved land for ourselves, or be able to govern ourselves. But Ii believe we should be able to have the rights we do, and the land we do, and we should also be able to claim our land back. I don’t think it’s fair that we had to be placed on reservations, put in boarding schools, and have our sacred lands and waters taken away from us.