Choctaw

type of illegal activity. Abramoff’s scandal was based mainly around his lobbying work with the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians and their interests in owning casinos and gambling. His first job in 1995 was to eliminate the bill that was charging an unrelated sales tax to the Native Americans casinos. Abramoff charged ludicrous amounts of money for his services because the Choctaw…

The Native Americans are the original Americans. At one time many tribes lived as hunter gatherers and farmers made of different tribes spread though North America for numerous years. However, through the settlements of the New World by Europeans, unfair treatment from state and federal government, slavery, and suffering (diseases like smallpox, measles, influenza, whooping cough, diphtheria, typhus, bubonic plague, cholera, and scarlet fever. All imported by the Europeans, to which they have no…

After the Revolutionary War, American newborn government began to exercise the compromise of justice and liberty addressed from the “Declaration of Independence” and “Bill or Right”. Beside the positive effects, the war left many consequences: high debt, tremendous poverty, political crisis and civil war temptation. One of the most negative effects was social segregation promoted by government’s policies to seek for new territories. Like other minority groups, Native American, Latino Americans…

their land. President Andrew Jackson and his government conveniently ignored the proposition of the Indian Removal Act, and continued to force the Native Americans off their land that they had occupied for many, many years. In the end of 1831, the Choctaw community was the first Indian Tribe to be expelled from their own land or face consequences from the U.S. Army. “They made the journey to Indian territory on foot (some “bound in chains and marched double file,” one historian writes) and…

Heroes Like All the Others: Native Americans in the Military Zac Beckham Junior Division Research Paper 1,522 words In the United States Military, the highest percentage of any ethnic group serving is the Native Americans. Native Americans have served with distinction for over 200 years: the Revolutionary War to today’s war in Iraq. “The warrior spirit, courage, and determination that made them a formidable enemy made them a strong ally when they chose to fight alongside…

assimilated to the white culture while still remembering who they were. They took on the ways of the white man and even married white women. Some even owned slaves. The five Indian tribes that were considered civilized were the Cherokee, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Creek and Seminole (Dwyer…

implies that the Indians accepted to an agreement, in blunt terms, these tribes were being forcefully removed or they faced certain murder. Many tribal leaders understood the disgusting reality and they signed away their land. Between 1831 and 1837, Choctaws, Seminoles, Creeks, Chickasaws, and most Cherokees traveled westward to their new homes in the Oklahoma territories. Some Cherokee tribes refused to relocate, and they were met with federal troops, who took them on a Trail of Tears. The…

order where they used to live But they already signed the indian removal act. But few of the tribes only agreed on this act so this act was not equal. The Cherokees were not treated equally and treated as if they were stupid. Second, the cherokees Choctaw and Creek was treated horrendously Their horses were stolen and many died during the travel by a disease. ¼ of the Cherokees died because of this unfortunate events. They all died because they had bad luck. But because…

In Marcia Brown’s article “Maine’s First Graffiti Artist,” Mike Rich was inspired by the beauty, creativity, and anonymity of graffiti. He has dedicated his life to this art form to allow people to see the beauty behind graffiti by using it for “positive messaging.” When Mike was 11, he was creating traditional art, but started painting graffiti to get away from the simplistic traditional art. Mike’s first most recognized mural was done with a team of 7 other artists that came together to paint…

Native American history like others in history was scattered with stories of war. Whether it be the fighting of other tribes or conflicts with white settlers, their history was filled with bloodshed. In the days before the arrival of guns, battles could last days, and casualties could number in the hundreds. While eastern Indians fought almost exclusively to achieve retribution, southwestern Indians clashed with their neighbors both to avenge previous wrongs and to loot them of material…