In the past 400 years the US has been taking the Native Americans land for: Factories, city's, parking lots, towns and roads. There have been many attempts from the Natives to fight this such as, Tecumseh's rebellion or the Sioux not selling their land to the US. Eventually they were all pushed out, some by military force, onto reservations or boarding schools. I believe that the way our government forcefully pushed the Natives out of their homeland was not justified.
From the very beginning of our feuds with the indians, we have been using unnecessary military force. On November 7, 1811, a united army of natives fought a militia group. The Natives were led by Tecumseh. Tecumseh's brother, known as the Prophet, made a village called Prophetstown, to unite all the Natives. After a meeting that didn't go the US’s way with prophets town, they stormed the village and burned it down. Tecumseh would defend other attacks from the US. His last was aided by the British in the Battle of Thames. …show more content…
Black Hawk, leader of the Sac and Fox Natives quoted while being taken away in chains, “Black Hawk is an Indian. He has done nothing for which an Indian ought to be ashamed. He has fought for his countrymen, the squaws and papooses, against white men who came, year after year, to cheat them of and take away their land. You know the cause of our making war. It is known to all White Men. They ought to be ashamed of it”. The Natives should have been treated like a people not a
From the very beginning of our feuds with the indians, we have been using unnecessary military force. On November 7, 1811, a united army of natives fought a militia group. The Natives were led by Tecumseh. Tecumseh's brother, known as the Prophet, made a village called Prophetstown, to unite all the Natives. After a meeting that didn't go the US’s way with prophets town, they stormed the village and burned it down. Tecumseh would defend other attacks from the US. His last was aided by the British in the Battle of Thames. …show more content…
Black Hawk, leader of the Sac and Fox Natives quoted while being taken away in chains, “Black Hawk is an Indian. He has done nothing for which an Indian ought to be ashamed. He has fought for his countrymen, the squaws and papooses, against white men who came, year after year, to cheat them of and take away their land. You know the cause of our making war. It is known to all White Men. They ought to be ashamed of it”. The Natives should have been treated like a people not a