Five Civilized Tribes

Simon, for instance, battles with himself about the 'beast'. When the discussion about the beast goes on in chapter five, Simon is hesitant on explaining about the beast. From his line “maybe there is a beast” (pg. 89), he struggles to explain to everyone what he thought the beast really is. Simon knows that the beast is not corporeal, but rather an evil within humankind

Tears was a trail often used by Native Americans on their way of escaping the white settlers during the Indian Removal Act. The group of tribes were called the Five Civilized Tribes. It consisted of the Cherokee, Creek, Choctaw, Chickasaw, and Seminole Nations. The tribes lived on land in Georgia, Tennessee, Alabama, North Carolina and Florida. The land of the tribes were rich in value. The discovery of gold made the white settlers want the land of the Natives, which was found near Dahlonega, Georgia

the title of “Indians”. After discovering “India” was actually a whole new land, these natives were seen as helpful and kind and the newcomers to America wanted to learn from and teach these uncivilized people their ways and culture to become more civilized. The strange Native Americans spoke a different language, were almost naked, and lived among the land in tents unlike the stone packed cities in Europe. The colonists, like Francis Daniel Pastorius from Pennsylvania in 1700, had given them an even

people native to the landscapes. Each indigenous tribe had their own traditions, language and hierarchy. It is difficult to discern the exact population numbers of indigenous people before their exposure to Europeans in 1492; however, scholars estimate their numbers at roughly 37 million. By 1650, their population had dwindled to an estimated 9 million individuals, a decrease of 90%. In North America there are currently 562 federally recognized tribes. Joe “Indian Joe” Lightfoot Gonzales, also known

Machiavelli and The Prince | Detaining U.S. Citizens as Enemy Combatants | Jackson and Indian Removal Indian Removal: The Cherokees, Jackson, and the “Trail of Tears” President Andrew Jackson pursued a policy of removing the Cherokees and other Southeastern tribes from their homelands to the unsettled West. For a thousand years before Europeans came to North America, the Cherokees occupied a large area where the states of Alabama, Tennessee, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia now come together. They

caused several of the tribes to resist the action of taking more of their land and this went on for more than ten years. The Revolution brought to light many questions one of which was what status to give the Indians. The Constitution left out any reference to the status of the Native American tribes, the only resemblance of a legal status with the government was treaties made with the tribes to protect their lands. It did give Congress power to regulate Commerce with the Indian tribes, as well it forced

– 15 Million, but the 1880’s, that number was decreased to 250,000.00. Among the causes that contributed to the decimation of their population were killing or moving of tribes for westward expansion of new settlers and diseases like small pox’s, which decimated almost 50% of the population of some tribes. The five civilized tribes; Cherokee, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Creek and Seminoles, shared hunting, farming and cultivation techniques with early European settlers so they could survive in the new land

men more land. He believed that this would be popular with middle and lower class voters. President Andrew Jackson Cherokee Plight- Sad Chapter in US History "My friends, circumstances render it impossible that you can flourish in the midst of a civilized community. You have but one

were a problem that our country did not want to deal with. Many people do not know of the main reasons for the movement of the Native American Tribes. The causes were that President Jackson had very little positive actions and policies which inevitably caused the "Trail of Tears". The tribes that were required to move were considered the five civilized tribes, and their names were the Creeks, Chickasaws, Seminoles, Cherokees, and Choctaws. The first action that leads to the migration was the fact that

in the artificial picture of savage, uncivilized beings according to the American perception. However, these tribes that were forced to move from their homelands in order to make way for white Americans were far from uncivilized even in the American standard. These tribes are what is called the “five civilized tribes” and each one had adopted the “white man’s way of living”. These tribes were the Choctaw, Chicksaw, Creek, Seminole, and Cherokee and each had morphed into the new American society set