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    In other word, Jackson’s message was favorable towards the Native Americans. He addressed and recognized the calamities and devastations brought on by early settlers and later the American people. Jackson believed that by moving the Native Americans out of the southeastern United States and onto the Indian Territory (present day Oklahoma) that he would be aiding the Natives in a manner that would assist in the rehabilitation of their culture and society, which has been under continuous attack…

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    The Seminole Indians were also part of the tribes which were ushered out of their homeland in the west. After the ratification of the Indian Removal Act the Seminole tribe encountered the harsh force of the United States. The Seminole fought back in an effort to protect their tribe and their land. Many homes of Seminole people were demolished and their occupants were arrested. The Treaty of Payne’s Landing was signed on May 9, 1832, it surrendered any existing land in Florida owned by the…

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    forced removals of Native American nations from their ancestral homelands in the Southeastern United States to a piece of land that was designated as Native Territory. In 1803 the Indian Removal Act was passed leading to the removal of the Creeks, Chickasaws, Choctaws, Seminoles, and Cherokees were relocated off their land. The trek was over 1,000 miles long and thousands of people died while being transported. Before the Indian Removal Act, the tribes were thriving in the southeastern…

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    if they were to leave their homes in the South. There were five types of Native American groups that were part of the relocating as an effect of the Indian Removal Act. The five tribes effected by this act were the Cherokee, Muscogee, Seminole, Chickasaw and Choctaw Indians. Each of these tribes walked the trails at different times as each tribe was mandated to leave at different times. Following the signing of the Indian Removal Act in 1830, the Choctaw Indian tribe were the first to walk the…

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    Theory and Research Adulthood is a time of physical, mental, and emotional growth in which one gains social and professional experiences in daily interactions. An adult learner in the classroom can be challenging, as they become another sub-demographic of needs to be met in a traditional or online course room. The needs of an adult leaner was first articulated through Malcolm Knowles’(1968) andragogy; the art and science of helping adults learn (Merriam, Caffarella, and Baumgartner, 2007, p.…

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    remove all Native Americans from their land. In 1830 Congress passed the Indian Removal Act, ordering all Native Americans to move west of the Mississippi River. The Five Civilized Tribes consists of The Cherokee, Choctaw, Seminole, Creek, and Chickasaw. Jackson had pressured each…

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    Starting in 1776, the American Revolution served as a launching pad for a new nation. The abuses of monarchical Britain, predominantly lack of representation and inability to effect change, shaped the ideals of the fledgling nation. Because of the American Revolution, there was radical social and economic change. The most prominent change occurred politically, its ideals leading eventually to the First Amendment. This amendment grants the citizens of the United States the right to freedom of…

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    figure, teacher, and representation of an individual with a mixed racial heritage during the time period of the short story, “The Old People” in Big Woods. He possesses the blood of African Americans, Whites, and Native American, as he was born to a Chickasaw Indian chief, Ikkemotubbe, and an unnamed quadroon mother. Several years after Fathers’ mother was pregnant and pronounced married to a slave in which Ikkemotubbe acquired, he sold “the man and woman and the child who was his own son to his…

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    Most Choctaw people speak English today. Some people, especially elders, also speak their native Choctaw language. Choctaw is a rhythmic language that is nearly identical to Chickasaw. Speakers of the two languages can understand each other without much difficulty. 2- What were the Choctaw woman’s role? Europeans and Americans universally failed to appreciate or report the powerful and predominant role of women in Choctaw traditional…

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    His 105 Book Summary October 13, 2016 Independence Lost The book Independence Lost was written by Kathleen DuVal. When you think of independence freedom comes well Kathleen DuVal provides us with an amazing image of what independence is through the story Independence Lost. The story gives us background information and so much history about what went on during those times as Americans and others was fighting for independence. Kathleen DuVal tells the story through many characters that I will get…

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