Imagine you were a woman living in the Nez Perce tribe, a tribe that had assisted hundreds of white Englishmen from the start of their arrival. But then suddenly, your trusted friend Governor Stevens turns his back on you and your people, he decides that miners could search for gold on your land. When you realize that the government soldiers are willing to kick you off your land, you are mad but you don't not want to conflict with white settlers so you leave but some of your tribe attacks killing four whites. This started a war which was called the Nez Perce War. What would you do if you were in the situation of the Nez Perce Indians? Three terms that define the conflicts between the Native Americans and English were the concept of superiority,
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This concept was embodied by the white settlers and the government. When the English people started settling on Native American land in 1877, the Nez Perce tribe, led by Chief Joseph, was very welcoming and helped all the pioneers who were settling the land or passing through on the Oregon trail (Clark, Dustin, and Lambert 220). During this time, the Washington State government wanted the land and was creating treaties that they had no interest in abiding. The pioneers believed the treaty was just for the Native Americans to obey, but that they could move around these laws freely. This notion angered some of the natives to the extent of killing four pioneers. The whites believed that they were greater than the Native pioneers due to their color, the is known as the concept of superiority, which is when one group concludes that they are greater than the other. Another major aspect of the war, was that the first peoples believed that the treaty proclaimed that that military would protect them from the settlers, but the military only protected the early settlers from them. In summary, the war that started in Walla Walla, Washington and ended in the Bearpaw Mountains of Montana, could have fully been avoided if the both sides had respected each
This concept was embodied by the white settlers and the government. When the English people started settling on Native American land in 1877, the Nez Perce tribe, led by Chief Joseph, was very welcoming and helped all the pioneers who were settling the land or passing through on the Oregon trail (Clark, Dustin, and Lambert 220). During this time, the Washington State government wanted the land and was creating treaties that they had no interest in abiding. The pioneers believed the treaty was just for the Native Americans to obey, but that they could move around these laws freely. This notion angered some of the natives to the extent of killing four pioneers. The whites believed that they were greater than the Native pioneers due to their color, the is known as the concept of superiority, which is when one group concludes that they are greater than the other. Another major aspect of the war, was that the first peoples believed that the treaty proclaimed that that military would protect them from the settlers, but the military only protected the early settlers from them. In summary, the war that started in Walla Walla, Washington and ended in the Bearpaw Mountains of Montana, could have fully been avoided if the both sides had respected each