Early American Injustice

Early America-Injustices faced by Native American's

It is no long lost secret that the early American's had seized the land from those who had settled here first. The Trail of Tears, the Indian Removal Act, and many more incidents had gone underway demoting the place of the Native American's in society. As a result, the Native American ethnicity has become a minority. Many estimate as much as 30% of the Native American population had been shaved down by the diseases brought by the Trail of Tears which forced the Native American's to migrate West to present day Oklahoma yet affected many due to circumstances of the migration such as a harsh winter or lack of survival means. Unfortunately such oppression is only bound to force epidemics such …show more content…
No longer are they seized of their land or their rights but instead they have been marginalized into being a minority, a social underdog in society. The Native American's had already been weary of the European settlers when they arrived due to having encountered Spanish explorers and having had bad experiences with them. Even much of the fellowship between the Europeans and the Native American's was seemingly only for the European settlers to take advantage of the Native American's while they were still of use. Unfortunately, once the Native American's were of no use to the European's they were done away with. The fellowship between the 2 groups was comparable to a fake friendship only benefiting one at the cost of the other. The Native American's although weary of the European's and with good reason still remained faithful to the European's while the European's although being indebted to the Native Americans showed a lack of regard for them and all they had helped them with. Had any effort been made to seize the land from the European's and certainly they would had fought back, yet they did not sympathize with the Native Americans in that same way. Following the Northwest Ordinance of 1787, many Native American's in the Northwest were forced to evacuate the land because of the conditions of the ordinance set by …show more content…
The Native American’s prior to meeting the European settlers had not much intention of expansion or conquest. The Native American life was a life of sharing while the European life was a life of getting, a life of taking, and a life of conquering. Likely the most interesting and ambitious of famous Native American Chiefs was Tecumseh. At an early age Tecumseh had already witnessed much war between the whites and the Native American's, prompting him to hold bitter feelings towards the former. As the son of the Kispoko war chief, it would become Tecumseh's destiny to lead his tribe one day succeeding his father as war chief. After unwillingly giving up most of the state of Ohio to the white man, Tecumseh banded together with other Native American's wanting change. After having moved back to Ohio from Indiana in the early 1800's, Tecumseh's and his brother Tenskwatawa began to build a major reputation and became a major concern to the white man. The fear that the white man had for Tecumseh would eventually lead to the Battle of Tippecanoe after a series of lesser serious conflicts involving Tecumseh and the white man. Unfortunately, due to having been unsuccessful in the Battle of Tippecanoe, Tecumseh and his group of Native American's resorted to allying themselves with the British stationed in Canada in effort to reclaim America. The war of 1812 also proved a futile effort as both Native