Black Indians in the United States

It brought enormous economic output, and new political ideas. But not all were winners during the expansion, the First Nations Peoples were slaughtered and removed from their tribal homelands. The following will describe the expansion of the United States from before the Revolutionary war until the Civil War. The journey of explaining western expansion can only begin with the Revolutionary War and its conclusion. Before the Revolutionary War, the British American Colonies had only relatively…

Native Americans, signed the Indian Removal Act in 1830 (Tindall and Shi 342). The Indian Removal Act authorized Jackson to give the Native Americans land west of the Mississippi River in exchange for the land in the south and in the east (Tindall and Shi 342). The removal of the Native American's was primarily for land and urbanization of that land, which were held by the Native Americans at that point. The Native Americans were then forcefully removed by the United…

of 1830s, close to 130,000 Native Americans occupied a couple million acres of land across the southern states. Their ancestors had cultivated this land for generations. By the end of the 1830s, Native Americans were forced by the government, to uproot their lives and transfer to a specific area set aside as “Indian territory”, now known as Oklahoma. White settlers has stumbled upon the Indians’ land and wanted to grow cotton on their plantations, forcing the Native Americans out, where they…

The United States Federal Government should help with drug and alcohol abuse epidemic in adolescence in the American Indians and Alaska Natives (AIAN) community. According to Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) in 2011, there were over twenty million youth at the age of twelve and older, who were using alcohol and drugs. Also, eight percent of the population aged twelve or older were classified with substance dependence or abuse (SAMSHA, 2011). Heavy drinking has…

BRIEFING: DIABETES AMONG BLACK, LATINO, AND NATIVE AMERICAN POPULATIONS TO: CHAIR, SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON HEALTH DISPARITIES, NC GENERAL ASSEMBLY FROM: JANEL GRANT, DATE: SEPTEMBER 19, 2015 Executive Summary The burden of diabetes is more prevalent among minorities than the white population. While minorities are more likely than whites to be diagnosed with diabetes, the rates of difficulties differ by disease and minority group. Diabetes is detrimental among the Black, Latino, and Native…

Gandhi was an Indian nationalist leader who spent a lifetime fighting discrimination against Indians and advocating for their independence. He was known for his peaceful protest, and his tireless struggles to alleviate poverty and to end caste discrimination. Gandhi accomplished great social and political changes in India in his quest for independence from British rule which came to fruition on August 15, 1947 and one significant social change noted was his influence over the Indian people as…

the founding of the American colonies and, later, the United States, as driven by the quest for freedom when initially, religious liberty and later political and economic liberty. Still, from the beginning, American society was equally founded on brutal forms of domination, inequality, and oppression which lead to the foundation of two models of minority exclusion known as Apartheid and Economic/political disempowerment. Apartheid meaning “state of being apart” is “An official policy of racial…

Between 1787 and 1840, slavery shifted the relations between France and the United States and allowed for western expansion to have a massive effect on the US economy. Not only did slavery inside the United States impact its own development, but also slavery outside the US, especially Saint Domingue. With the massive expansion of the global economy to West Africa, the Americas, and the Caribbean, the US provided strategic ports for intercoastal trade. However, its potential for being a massive…

and Clark’s expedition led to one of the most successful explorations to date. This paper will describe the importance of the Lewis and Clark Expedition along with the expansion and growth of the United States. Jefferson formulated a plan for collecting information of the regions west of the United States with hopes of discovering water routes for traveling. Meriwether Lewis and William Clark were handpicked by Jefferson to lead this expedition. “Lewis and Clark were instructed to observe and…

The Articles of Confederation was nothing more than a document that stated the unity of sovereign states and a “firm league of friendship.” The only issue with this document was the lack of control and power given to the federal government. The founding fathers were afraid to give their new government control because they believe that it would be abused…