The Oppression Of Native Americans

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"The book tells about the time when the Indians, the original inhabitants of America met with the US Army from the fact that the Indians were moved to reservations from their homes in the middle of the 19th century peridium. this had many conflicts. when the Indians did not want to leave their homes. describes various plepena Navajo, Apache, Iroquois and in the book talks about is outputting not only from the point of view of white people but also on the part of the Indians, the point in my opinion is more correct. there is a description of various battles that took place between the Indians and their opponents, and almost all of them took place not just in a - for the oppression of indigenous peoples such as due to the construction of railways

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