To understand how genocide works and what makes something an act of genocide, one must first look at what genocide is defined as. At the end of World War II, a polish man by the name of Raphael Lempkin came up with the definition of genocide we use today. In three parts he described it as: 1)the coordinated

As resistance against England from the colonists rose, more and more talked about independence. The settlers were now pointing their eyes more in the direction of Britain, waiting the oncoming war for independence, and the Indians took full advantage of this. Tribes were ravaging throughout New York and the Wyoming and Cherry Valleys of Pennsylvania. Others were south fighting in Georgia and the Carolinas, and yet others were in the Midwest fighting near the Ohio/Kentucky area. This made the colonies livid and their response was harsh. Men were sent to fight against the Cherokee and also against the Chickamauga, nearly wiping them out. The real brunt of the rebels came when general and future president George Washington ordered troops to invade Haudenosaunee territory and not only completely wipe out the Indians military, but to utterly and absolutely destroy the very basis of their socioeconomic existence. According to the definition, General George Washington, the man who many believe helped make the United States what it is today, committed genocide in the very sense of the word. In 1787, after the war was over and many of the major indigenous nations had been wiped out, Congress passed the Northwest Ordinance which was supposed to make people treat Indians with “utmost good faith”, although, to this day it has not truly happened (pg.211).

All of these cases presented as facts that genocide occurred have really happened and cannot be reversed. The one thing that can be changed is people views on whether these things happened and if they were as bad as many believe. Once this happens, it is one step closer to helping show respect to a people whom so much harm was brought upon.

Think about that. The same customs and be influenced by the same beliefs and hopes. Although all of this sounds good because the aborigines will be part of the entire country and be recognized as people, it means they wont be Aboriginal anymore. It means they will believe what the white man believes and not what they hold in their hearts and minds from the past. “Planned annihilation of their culture.” This is exactly the words that appear in the genocide definition and its exactly what the Australian government, as well as the American government, did to the indigenous people.

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