Native American Racial Discrimination Essay

Indians were victims of racism then and now. The Native Americans were victims of racial discrimination from Whites as well as Spaniards. The Native Americans were removed from their land and relocated, or a slave with in it. The Native Americans were treated unjustly. The Native Americans were not considered to be civil or a citizen of the United States. The Native Americans were removed from their land and relocated, or a slave with in it. Bartolome de Las Casas said the Native Americans that were captives of the Spanish or their slaves were imprisoned so they could dominate their land and take their gold. They also tried to civilize them and use them as a free labor source. The Native Americans are portrayed as happy to work for their owners in the article, but when the article is …show more content…
The Spanish that invaded the Native Americans saw them as nothing more than property and free labor. This quote shows why the Spanish viewed them as nothing more than property and a savage “As to their dress, they are generally naked, with only their pudenda covered somewhat” (Doc1). The Whites wanted to move the Indians because “It will place a dense and civilized population in large tracts of country now occupied by a few savage hunters” (Doc2). Document three seen them in this way “The testimony of some of the highest military officers of the United States is on record to the effect that, in our Indian wars, almost without exception, the first aggressions have been made by the white man” (Doc3). This shows they were peace loving and were retaliating from the first punch thrown by whites. All three articles perceive at least some if not all of them as savage, uncivilized beings, but the second and third article shows that some just wanted to protect what was theirs. The Indians were only protecting their land that was forcefully invaded and stole from them because they could not fight