Nez Perce War

The flight of the Nez Perce and the Cheyenne Odyssey/Exodus were two equally important parts of American Indian history. Nez Perce and the Northern Cheyenne shared a similar passion of wanting to be left alone in their lands but yet were forced off of them. Where they shared similarity they also had some differences in the specifics of their stories. This short paper will delve into the Nez Perce of the Far West and the Northern Cheyennes of the Great Plains and their truly admirable stories. For

the Nez Perce of the 1870’s, were abruptly kicked off the land they had inhabited for generations. They were pursuaed by the use of treaties, by representatives of the American Government. These three representatives were General Washington, General Howard and General Miles and all three went to extreme measures in order to get the land they coveted, they even twisted the rules of war and went against the law. In The McGillivray Moment, President George Washington was worried

intelligence, for example, can literally make or break the matter of mission completion. In this case, communication between commanders aided in U.S. Army in cutting off the path to Canada for the fleeing Nez Perce Native Americans. The military doctrine at the time of Western expansion and the Indian Wars is hard to pinpoint into a concise statement. This is due to the fact the United States government wanted to treat the Native American’s with decency while also caging them into reservations. This “peace

As for the US Army, they had been given orders by which they had to abide which lacked defined rules of engagement. This meant that they had to complete the mission, and their superiors did not necessarily care if the natives were pleased or harmed with the outcomes. As far as they were concerned, there was land that had not been claimed legally and they wanted it. This was a huge change for the natives from when they had met Lewis and Clark on their journey exploring the Louisiana Territory decades

considered to have separated from the central subgroup of the Sioux nation. Scholars believe that the Assiniboine broke away from Yanktonai Dakota in the 16th century. The Assiniboine were close allies and trading partners of the Cree, engaging in wars together against the Atsina . Together they later fought the Blackfoot. A Great Plains people, they generally went no more than the North Saskatchewan River. They purchased a great

intelligence, for example, can literally make or break the matter of mission completion. In this case, communication between commanders aided in U.S. Army in cutting off the path to Canada for the fleeing Nez Perce Native Americans. The military doctrine at the time of Western expansion and the Indian Wars is hard to isolate and condense into a succinct statement. This is due to the fact the United States government wanted to treat the Native Americans with decency while also herding them into smaller

After the civil war, the United States government and Native Americans had interactions different from anything in American history. They are the only race to have their culture totally wiped off the map. Today, most Americans are oblivious to the abuse, neglect, and torture our own ancestors put on the native race of our home. The most significant interactions between the federal government and Native American tribes include fighting, making temporary peace, breaking treaties, and unfairly representing

Joseph is one of the best known Indian Chiefs in American history. He was the leader of a tribe in the Nez Peirce nation when they were forcibly removed from their homeland in Idaho. His main goal was to protect his people and try to preserve their homeland. When Chief Joseph took leadership of his tribe from his father, Chief Joseph the Elder, the American government was attempting to move the Nez Perce off of their ancestral land in the Wallowa Valley, Oregon Territory into a reservation in Idaho to

Native American Lives Since the beginning of time, conquering other societies has been a common occurrence. Almost every battle that has taken place has been documented. When stories of past battles are retold, only one side of the tale gets told, the victor’s side. In history, the ones who have been defeated never get to present their perspective of the tragic quarrels. Most never even lived to tell the stories, but the ones who do survive are not thought of as important accounts in history. The

Clark. When Lewis was five years old, his father died as a Revolutionary War officer and Lewis “became the man of the family, since his only brother was younger” (“Meriwether Lewis”). In 1794, when Lewis was twenty years