1. When beginning this journal, I initially thought Nativism referred to the Native American Indians that were the first inhabitants of America. The definition of nativism is a word that makes reference to a policy that is set to conserve or protect the wellbeing and interest of a native population within a country. So I figured I was on the right track, right? Wrong. The real context of the word “nativism” skips over the Indian reference and goes right to when Columbus discovered America. Thus claiming these new travelers as the Americans we consider ourselves as today. To confuse myself even more on the subject, nativism does not reference itself to the U.S. compromising with the original nativists of the country and making Indian reservations.
