How does the history of the Native American in the U.S. compare with the values that stand at the foundation of the U.S. (freedom, liberty, equality)?
History of Native Americans in the United States (US) is just as the history of most of indigenous peoples around the world. It might be described as a chronicle of violence, dispossession, and subjugation. It is precise to mention that values such as freedom, liberty, and equality were not brought to those local communities by conquerors or explorers; they already were part of their ancient lifestyle. The expansion of the US boundaries to the west led expeditionary campaigns to invade the territories of Indian tribes. Indeed, under the guise of expanding religious creeds, education, and civilization in general, Native Americans were forced to reduce their space of maneuver to finally assimilate the meaning of the term confinement. Core societal values such as freedom, liberty, and equality were segregated from Native American culture and the structural development at the foundation of the US.
To begin with, it is possible to mention that there was a clash of civilizations between white men and Native Americans motivated by the US federal …show more content…
Indeed, reconciliation approaches started since 1976 when the US Congress passed a resolution authorizing President Ford to proclaim a week in October as “Native American Awareness Week”. Equally, in 2007, the United Nations issued the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (Art. 15) which states that, “Indigenous peoples have the right to the dignity and diversity of their cultures, traditions, histories and aspirations”. One may say that these recent actions form part not only of reconciliation efforts, but in some way a form to ease a white man´s guilt
History of Native Americans in the United States (US) is just as the history of most of indigenous peoples around the world. It might be described as a chronicle of violence, dispossession, and subjugation. It is precise to mention that values such as freedom, liberty, and equality were not brought to those local communities by conquerors or explorers; they already were part of their ancient lifestyle. The expansion of the US boundaries to the west led expeditionary campaigns to invade the territories of Indian tribes. Indeed, under the guise of expanding religious creeds, education, and civilization in general, Native Americans were forced to reduce their space of maneuver to finally assimilate the meaning of the term confinement. Core societal values such as freedom, liberty, and equality were segregated from Native American culture and the structural development at the foundation of the US.
To begin with, it is possible to mention that there was a clash of civilizations between white men and Native Americans motivated by the US federal …show more content…
Indeed, reconciliation approaches started since 1976 when the US Congress passed a resolution authorizing President Ford to proclaim a week in October as “Native American Awareness Week”. Equally, in 2007, the United Nations issued the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (Art. 15) which states that, “Indigenous peoples have the right to the dignity and diversity of their cultures, traditions, histories and aspirations”. One may say that these recent actions form part not only of reconciliation efforts, but in some way a form to ease a white man´s guilt