This fear of Native Americans is what fueled, in part, the Jackson-era anti-Native American policies circa 1830. ... Between war, disease, and the eventual anti-Native American legislation during the Jackson era, c. 1830. ... He thinks of Native American words as fused with the places they name, and links Native American's loss of land to loss of language. ... Behind this is probably the terrible inaccuracies surrounding Native Americans. ... Is literature enough evidence of an age that we will stake faith in the romanticized descriptions of one author? ...

• Word Count: 1482
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Within this tale, there is always the mention of the Native Americans, the ones who taught us to farm and understand the ways the North American lands worked in comparison to European ones most of the travelers had previously been accustomed. ... Yet, whose labor were they living off of freely, exploiting and breeding them as if they were mere animals (and depicted as such in various art and literature)? ... What right did we have to take that land, when it was owned by several Native American tribes whom travelers, hunters, and journalists transformed from human beings with various cultures i...

• Word Count: 1871
• Approx Pages: 7
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate