Indian Child Welfare Act

“Cherokee blood, if not destroyed, will win it’s course in beings of fair complexions, who will read that their ancestors became civilized under the frowns of misfortune, and the causes of their enemies.” This quote is a prime example of the hardships that the Cherokees had to endure and live with. The Cherokees are of Iroquoian decent and they are one of the five tribes that had settled in Southeast America. They were known as being the most culturally and socially advanced in the 19th century…

The Indian removal itself shows how people will manipulate freedom to benefit from the outcome, which in this case is the land that Indians occupied. The act forcefully encouraged established Indian societies east of the Mississippi to abandon the comfort of their homes and lives in order to move west of the Mississippi. The Cherokee in Georgia are a great example of a stable Indian society where they felt their social independence allowed them…

Cherokee territory and continuously passing laws that would abolish Cherokee infrastructure. Their land is claimed and given to white Georgians. 1828, President Jackson is elected and immediately sets sight on Cherokees, two years later comes the Indian Removal Act of 1830 where the Federal government…

The trail of tears was the hardest time for Native Americans during the Westward Expansion. Native Americans were removed from the Eastern and Central United States just to cross hundreds of miles to Oklahoma. Americans knew that since the Native Americans were in ‘their’ territory, they had the right to claim it from them. The Government had two choices to claim the territory from the Native Americans, either kill them off or move them to a different part of the state. In the end, President…

For this week’s forum I decided to research the Shawnee and Chickasaw American Indian Tribes due to the fact these particular tribes populated both areas the paternal and maternal sides of my family originated from. The Shawnee tribe mainly populated Northeast areas such as Ohio and Indiana. Their culture was based on a village lifestyle where farming and hunting were done by the men of the tribe while the women focused on household chores and took to pottery. The homes were round in shape and…

Our homes torn away from us. All because of worthless traitors. They have paid for their betrayal, but I should start from the beginning. It all begins with the Indian Removal Act and Andrew Jackson. To begin, I’m Mohe, part of the Cherokee tribe, and I have been forcefully removed from my home. First the white men’s old leader made an act that was to force all tribes leave their land and move west. Then Andrew Jackson went against a case made by his Supreme Court deeming Native Americans…

As Andrew Jackson once stated in his Inaugural speech: “It will be my sincere and constant desire to observe toward the Indian tribes within our limits a just and liberal policy, and give that human and considerate attention to the rights and their wants which is consistent with the habits of our government and the feelings of our people”. While Andrew Jackson served as the 7th president of United States, from March 4, 1829 to March 4, 1837. Many considered him the founder of the Democratic…

the Indian Removal Act that took place in 1838, where over 15,000 Cherokee Indians were forcefully removed from their homes and sent on a brutal journey almost 1,000 miles long to present day Oklahoma. This journey is known as the Trail of Tears, since so many…

Exceptionalism driven by Manifest Destiny and the American Industrial Revolution sought new lands and new frontiers to conquer. Those lands were west, into the Plains and Oklahoma territories. Decades prior, the U.S. Government had set up a Bureau of Indian Affairs inside the Department of the Interior. A Federal Executive branch of the U.S. government in charge of the administration and preservation of most elected land and normal assets and the organization of projects identifying with the…

His father was a major leader in his community and held offices such as tax collectors to constables. As a child, Calvin Coolidge assisted his father by tending accounts, selling apples, and doing other chores around stores. However, Coolidge’s life took a tragic turn when his mother and sister died at an early age, which contributed to his stoic personality…