Nez Perce

In 1877, Chief Joseph delivered a speech to not only his people but to the United States military and its people. Prior to his speech, the Nez Perce tribe, to which he belonged, and the US were fighting in a war over land. The purpose of his speech was to surrender to the United States. In his speech, Chief Joseph explains the state of his tribe. He uses rhetorical devices such as repetition and imagery to help drive his point. For example, the word “dead” and other variants of that word are consistently

Following the Civil War, many Americans chose to settle west of the Mississippi river and shaped a distinct culture in this region. Generations later, this fascinating culture was transformed into the Wild West, a romanticized version of the lifestyle, to entertain the masses. The romanticized perception of the Wild West differs extensively from the reality of western settlement, but in some aspects mirrors the true western lifestyle in the post-Civil War period. Native Americans and cowboys, for

After the Rockies, Lewis and Clark ran into the Nez Perces Indians. The Indians helped Lewis and Clark make canoes to finish the trip to the Pacific. They made it to the Pacific on November 15, 1805. They stayed at the Ocean for the winter where they set up Fort Clatsop. After the winter, they went back

When my Corps of Discovery party and I first encountered the 8 Blackfeet Indians, it was obvious that they were very threatened by our presence, possibly because of our weapons. Even though we were outnumbered four to eight, they still had weapons pointed at us and were very cautious. I had a feeling that they would kill us with no hesitation if we had actually tried anything. However, after a while, they put their weapons down, but I could still feel some tension in the air. I then invited the 8

1816 #First Seminole war The seminoles defended the runaway slaves and protected them from Andrew Jackson in florida Jackson failed but later had the help of Spain. 1832 #Black Hawk War the last native conflict in Northern Illinois and SouthWestern Wisconsin an unsuccessful attempt to take their homeland back 1835 #Second Seminole war Under Osceola in Florida they resumed fighting for their land Osceola was captured and they retreated 1849 #Navajo Conflicts in Arizona and New Mexico fighting

The nineteenth century brought on a doctrine of belief based on American Exceptionalism that Americans were destined by God to settle in the land to the west. The westward movement of the American people meant occupation of all land regardless of who was already present on it. This “destiny” of the American people manifested itself by causing horrible depredations to the native populations and stripped them of the land they had lived on for millennia. The idea of manifest destiny originated with

they can just come into someone else's territory and expect them to leave their homes. The Indians did nothing wrong, they can’t be the villains. In “Chief Joseph Speaks…,” Joesph states, “On account of the treaty made by the other bands of the Nez Perce the white man claimed my lands. We were troubled with the white men crowding over the line. Some of them were good men, and we lived on peaceful terms with them, but

These negotiations resulted in the Umatilla Indian Reservation, the Yakama Indian Reservation and the Nez Perce Reservation. The Cayuse, Umatilla and Walla Walla tribes all agreed to live on the Umatilla Indian Reservation together. The three tribes relinquished more than 6.4 million acres of their native homeland to the United States government, and in

the first national park in the united states was yellow stone. brought in march 1st 1872 by Ulysses S. Grant. it extends to Montana and a small part of Idaho but is mainly located in the state of Wyoming. 3,472 square miles is the area that it covers up and (8,987 sq km) is made up of various features like geysers, mountains, lakes, canyons, and rivers. Yellowstone also has many different types of species of plants and animals. the history of people in Yellowstone goes back to probably 11,000 years

amounts of government rations, which often composed of items like food scraps. With few tools to support themselves and minimal assistance from the government, Native Americans faced a lack of opportunities to advance financially. Chief Joseph of the Nez Perce tribe further described this lack of governmental assistance in 1879 when he said, “I cannot understand why so many chiefs [United States government officials] are allowed to…promise so many different things…I do not understand why nothing is done