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over water and other resources, and conflict between the federal government and the non-Mormons because there was polygamy amongst the Mormons which still exists in some isolated areas. After O. O. Howard pursued the Nez Perce Indians across the Far West in 1877, Chief Joseph, the Nez Perce leader delivers a speech condemning the policy of confining Indians to reservation in 1879. The Indians wanted freedom but the idea was “centered on preserving their cultural and political autonomy and control of

Custer's Revenge The Battle of Little Bighorn is one of the most significant battles in American history. This is not because of the weaponry used, the casualties, or even the battle strategies. This is because the battle is one of the only big battles that Native Americans won against the U.S. military. After this battle, the Native American power in the West ended. Ironically, by winning the Battle of Little Bighorn, the Sioux and Cheyenne actually sped up the downfall of Native American

slaughters carried out by the American military on the Cherokee, Chickasaw, Creek, Choctaw, Sac and Fox, and the Seminole tribes. Closely related is “Bury My Heart At Wounded Knee,” written by Dee Brown, his writings from chapter thirteen focus on the Nez Perces tribe that resided in Oregon, and their attempt at a journey in Canada, and other western Indian tribes’ affairs. To go along with Zinn and Brown, is Alan Brinkley’s “American History,” which posed an unbiased view of what modern day textbooks are

Historical trauma (HT), also referred to as Intergenerational trauma, is the theory that large historical traumas can be experienced by descendants generations later. (Walkerdine, Olsvold, & Rudberg, 2013). The position that clinicians take is that traumatic historical events associated with events such as war, slavery, colonization, and poverty are experienced and transmitted between family members and crosses generations. Some ethnical groups that have historical trauma response in the United States

Chief Joseph (known as the thunder traveling over mountains) was a great exemplary leader. The Indians were under the impression that they were the only people on the land until some winters ago. When they encountered the two white men, Lewis and Clark (who were on the run from Canadian settlers), The Indians were a bit skeptical of them but Lewis and Clark were upfront and honest with the Indians. Lewis and Clark gave them and the Indians, in return, gave them a meal, tobacco and guns. The Indians

The westward expansion was a real event. The westward expansion was about how the natives had their land taken over and how the white men who was ordered by Jefferson. The white men in charge was Lewis and Clark. In addition to the natives having their land taken they were used as slaves. Jefferson had mutual respect for the natives though and said he wouldn’t count them as slaves. Lewis and Clark were the first two of the white men to make peace with the natives. The white men used the natives

able to dominate their Nez Perce and Shoshone rivals. Eight Blackfeet warriors encountered Meriwether Lewis and a party of the Corps of Discovery in July 1806. After their initial fears of the armed strangers had subsided, the Indians decided to camp with the Americans. During this first day and night, Lewis explained the United States’ intent to bring about a comprehensive peace between all the Indian tribes of the west. He went on to add that the Shoshones and Nez Perces – mortal enemies of the

to feel that way, which is why people should be allowed to make their own decisions. In the speech Words Do Not Pay by Chief Joseph, we have a clear example of someone whose life and land have been decided for them. Chief Joseph belonged to the Nez Perce tribe, the tribe refused to sign a treaty with the colonists to give up their land and move to a smaller reservation. Because of their refusal, the US government sent in federal troops to take the land by force. Chief Joseph

journey? Chief Joseph was a leader of the Nez Perce, a Native American tribe. The Nez Perce were ordered to a reservation specifically for Native Americans. Chief Joseph did not like this idea and attempted to lead his tribe to Canada. During this trip, the U.S. Army was simultaneously fighting them, making the trip even harder than expected. Rather than making it to Canada, they got trapped about forty miles from Canada and after a five day fight the Nez Perce were defeated. These events ultimately

Idaho has a fascinating history. From the state's Native American history and settlers to World War II, and the states 1900’s disaster, Idaho has an exciting past. Plus Idaho has the best potatoes! In August 1805, four European white men on horses arrived in what’s now the Idaho-Montana border. The men were Captain Meriwether Lewis, John Shields, George Drouillard, and Hugh Mc’Nell. All these people belonged to a group of 59 explorers called the Corps of Discovery. In what is now South Dakota a