Indian Removal In 1976 Mr. Marvin J. Sonosky, Mr. Reid Chambers, and Mr. Harry Sachse established a Law Firm for the sole purpose of representing American Indian tribes. Sadly Mr. Sonosky passed away in July of 1997 due to heart failure. Mr. Chambers and Mr. Sachse continued his work and added partners to the Firm and continued to help and support American Indian Tribes (Reid Chambers & SCSE&P, LLP.) Growing up surrounded by people who have dedicated their lives to making other people’s…
“In the beginning of the 1830’s, nearly 125,000 Native Americans lived on millions of acres of land in Georgia, Tennessee, Alabama, North Carolina, and Georgia. This land was passed down generations to generations.” (History) The idea of the Indians owning so much land, angered white settlers very much. President Andrew Jackson, had to do something about this issue. To the white settlers, Indians were uncivilized, unfamiliar, and alien people. They hated the fact of the Indians occupying so…
Alice Walker’s The Color Purple explores feminism in a low class environment, the importance of religion, and power structures within race and sex. Although this novel was published in 1982, and set in the time periods 1910-1940, the themes are still relevant to today. During these years, Celie becomes obsessed over Shug. Even though all Celie has is a picture, she lives off of that and hearing stories. Soon Shug comes to Albert’s place due to a sickness and Celie is left in charge to take care…
1830’s, it had only been a few decades since America had been founded.The white settlers who were new to the land began to explore it with intent to claim it as their own territory. Tens of thousands of Native Americans lived on millions of acres of Georgia, Tennessee, Alabama, North Carolina, and Florida land that their ancestors have lived on for many generations. The land that they lived on were valuable, containing an abundance of minerals for growing cotton.The immigrants from Europe only…
John Ross was the chief and led the Cherokee Nations through all of their tough times. The general council was also responsible for making any agreements and negotiations with the United State’s government. The delegation, a total of twenty people, with officials such as Ross, McCoy Gunter, and William Rogers would go to meetings and make decisions with the United States. Although the leaders of the nation respected each other, they had different opinions among the Treaty of New Echota. Some…
The Cherokees are a Native American Tribe from the Southeastern United States, they lived in The Great Smoky Mountains which stretched through North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Georgia. In the first paragraph, I will talk about the Cherokee villages. In Cherokee villages, there was an wall to keep intruders out of their territory. There were over 100 villages in the Cherokee nation, they were all connected by the great cherokee path. Cherokee villages had several large cornfields…
The year was 1838; approximately 16,000 Cherokees were forced off of their tribal lands by the United States Government, on a march later known to the Indians as the Trail of 4,000 Tears known to us as the Trail of Tears. They were forced to leave their homes and everything they held dear to their hearts. This treatment was unfair to the Natives after everything they helped us with. The removal of Native Americans from their lands by the Indian Removal Act of 1830 violated their political, legal…
Would you consider Lewis and Clark being disrespectful to the Natives while exploring the Louisiana Purchase. Well Lewis and Clark were chosen by Jefferson to go explore the land that America has bought from the French. Overall, Lewis and Clark weren't disrespectful to the natives due to being supportive, and obeying their rules and regulations while exploring their land. In addition, Lewis and Clark were respectful based off the fact that their tribes that they went to, Lewis gave a medal to…
Part A: Plan of Investigation Topic: Was Gen. William T. Sherman’s march to Atlanta, Georgia during the American Civil War a justifiable use of total war? General Sherman’s march from Chattanooga, Tennessee to Atlanta, Georgia was a justifiable use of total war. To prove this, one first needs a clear definition of total war. Total war can be defined as a war in which one side uses all of its available resources to complete its goal at any costs. Sherman’s march to Atlanta fits this definition…
On February 8, 1887, Congress passed the Dawes Act as a solution to the "Indian Problem." Congress viewed this conflict similar to Americans Richard H. Pratt and Carl Schurz. They had noticed the Westward Expansion campaign had become an "invasion," particularly for Native Americans. Both men believed the Natives could be saved be integrating them into western society, to "individualize them in the possession and appreciation of property," as Mr. Schurz claimed. Mr. Pratt had seen the harsh…