The Native American Through time the concerns of a certain group can stay consistent. The legacy of common attitudes and goals of Native Americans of the last century have transcended to their present day descendents. The concerns of the last century Native Americans were that white men were infringing and stealing their land, while they were constantly trying to defend it. In their speeches of the last century, attitudes and the goals of Native Americans are reflected in present day writing. The Native American speech of Red Jacket, a Seneca clearly states his attitudes and goals. Red Jacket shows great respect for the land and fear of the white man taking it without invitation. In his speech, he talks about how they took the first white men in as brothers-in-need escaping wicked men in their own countries. Then the white man became greedy and selfish. He said "they wanted more land; they wanted their country." Later he tells how they brought their poison (liquor) in return for their hospitality. Red Jacket also stated that once they took the country they pressed their religion upon them, which caused even greater resentment. The goal in which he strived to achieve was that of a harmony between the white man and his people. Harmony that only would be attained through the possession of separate lands. In Red Clouds speech a Sioux Chief to President Grant, the speech follows the same basic ideas of Red Jacket. The speech tells the President Grant that they agreed to let the white man pass unharmed for fifty-five years and they kept their promise. He also states that they committed no murders, no depredations, until the troops showed up. Once troops arrived treatment of the Plains Indians deteriorated. Also white man forced them to farm and they were treated cruelly. Later he talks of bad men who were rejected from the east and sent to the west. "The men cheated and drank whiskey; the men caused many problems" Red Cloud said.
where we can get a better idea of the Indian's point of view. ... The only way for any of the Indians to survive was to summit. ... The Anglos thought of the Indians as uneducated, savage, and uncivilized. ... They treated them like animals and did not, in any way, show respect for their people or their way of life. ... also gives us a detailed image of what life was like for the Indians. ...
"The only good Indian" was certainly not a "dead Indian," for it was the Indian who provided both the fur pelts and the market for European goods" (Kirk, p.143). ... O"Brien's essay, Changing Conditions of Life for Indian Women in Eighteenth-Century New England, Indian women were treated like slaves. ... These types of settlement affected the Indians in many different ways although most were not beneficial to the Indians. ... Unser's essay, American Indians on the Cotton Frontier, the cotton industry's fight for land forced many Indians off their land. ... Merrell's ess...
Wallace wanted to inform his readers about how Indians were treated in the 1800's and Andrew Jackson's idea to take their land away just to expand the United States. ... If he had to pick on side and write about it, I would guess he would favor the Indians, only because of the way Jackson had them treated and forced off their land. ... I had no clue of how Indians were treated back in the 1800's. To here how Americans treated Indians was very shocking to me. ... Reading this book could change someone's mind about how Indians were treated back then and make people thin...
According to Baxter, when the bodies of Indians were designated as sinful and dirty it became a sin just to be Indian, which quickly became the stereotype to colonizers. ... The London directors instructed the settlers to, "deal," with the Indians by any means necessary, which started the notion that, "the only good Indian is a dead Indian," (Morgan 118). ... When the Indians attempted to fight back and rid themselves of the English occupier, it gave settlers a reason to go after the Indians. ... Thus, the Indians were cleared from the Jamestown area. ... At the Continental...
His testimony reveals his unpleasant encounters with the Americans during the Indian Wars. ... They forced Indians into agreements they often did not understand, agree to, or gain anything from. ... They continued to make, "treat[ies] to take away from us about half the land we had left- (p.177). ... Army lied to the Indians on almost every treaty or pact they made with them. ... And once again, the Indians were let down by the Americans, whom they felt were liars, thieves, and murderers. ...
The Spanish conquistadors at times treated the conquered Indians horribly. Some of the conquistadors used iron collars and dogs on the Indians. ... The French wanted the pelts of the animals that the Indians killed and the Indians wanted the French products, such as guns and ammunition. ... The Spanish and French men intermarried with the Indian women. ... The Spanish overran the Indians and enslaved them. ...
The prosecution argues while white settlers" moved west, Andrew Jackson made it worse by taking away Indian rights and treating Indians inhumanely. ... Jackson treated hawk very bad after the war. ... Second was John Marshall who ruled that Cherokees should not be treated inhumanly by the government but Jackson was against the Indians and showed his disapproval of the verdict by continuing to remove them from their homes. ... He treated them inhumanely and killed them badly during the war when he was a general. ... He treated the Indians in a very bad manner, which was apparent from Black Hawk...
Consequently, increased control of the Indian territories by the European missionaries results loss of rights to own land by the Indians. ... This leads to the death of a lot of American Indians. ... This enabled the various Indian American sub tribes to have a common agenda as opposed to the past rivalry among American Indian Sub tribes. ... This is despite the fact that the American Indians are natives of the country which they experience widespread discrimination As a result, The American Indians have engaged in relentless activism to ensure that they are treated fairly in their country. A...
The French acknowledged the Native Americans as colleagues and business partners while the British treated them as heathens and pressed them out of their territory. ... The French treated the Indians as equals to themselves. ... The British however treated the Indians as if they were beneath them. ... The British on the other hand, treated the Indians as savages and it only made things more difficult for them. The French treated the Indians far more respect then their British adversaries; they accepted them socially, and worked with them economically to make their lives, and the Indians lives...
The "white man" came onto the Indian lands and tried to change the Indians" views of Christianity. ... The Indians wanted to be treated the way they treated others. ... The Indians" land and animals were taken away. ... Also that the white man moved on the Indian's land and that the Indian's couldn't trust anything the white man said. I would recommend this book for other people to read to show how the white man treated the Indians. ...
