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The Potawatomi Nation was one of the many nations and tribes removed from their land during the Indian Removal Act of 1830.These members have traveled all over the states before they finally made home in present day Shawnee, Oklahoma. Where they came from, who they were, and what has changed in the Potawatomi Nation. First of all, The Potawatomi Nation was a great tribe that started in the Wabash River valley of Indiana. When the Indian Removal acts after the 1833 Treaty of Chicago they were…

During the Creek War (1813-14), the Maskókî tribes that were in Alabama at the time revolted against the settlers, “the brutal repression and disastrous treaty forced upon them by General Andrew Jackson sent thousands of the most determined warriors and their families migrating southward to take refuge in Spanish Florida.” This of course refers to the First Seminole War (1814-18) when Andrew Jackson was too ambitious at trying to control the Indian problem. While there they merged with the…

What is this you call property, It cannot be the earth, for the land is our mother, nourishing all her children, beasts, birds, fish and all men, the woods, the streams, everything on it belongs to everybody and is for the use of all. How can one man say it belongs only to him¨? Said a man named Massasoit, an Indian chief in this text you will learn about who Massasoit is and what he did in his life. Massasoit was born in a small native American village known as the pokakent village…

After the civil war ended, White Americans decided upon the expansion across the continent. Although some of the parts were already occupied they went through with it anyways. As they made their way towards the western states of the country, they intruded amongst the Native Americans. Throughout this process the Americans crushed the Native Americans as they created a wavering policy towards them. The first thing the Americans did was force the Natives out their homes and lands. They intruded…

The Cherokee Are People Too In the book The Cherokee Removal, the author argued that most of the Americans did not want the Cherokee nation to be considered equal and wanted them removed. The American people tormented the Cherokees and tried to break their spirits. The Americans thought that if the Cherokee people could be dispossessed, that they would have agreed to the removal (Purdue, 84). The Americans disrespected them and made laws that harassed them. White people moved onto their land…

Hello. I am Adsila, of the Cherokee Tribe. My name means Blossom, and I am just 11 years old. A lot has happened in the Cherokee history, and there is much to tell. After all, my tribe loves to tell stories. For example, my mother, Adoette, has told me the story of the water beetle. We believe that once the Earth was all water. We think that humans lived in a world above Earth. When the water beetle came down, he swam around and spit dirt from his mouth and created islands! Over time, our…

Osiyo! Thats hello in cherokee. I’m Adahy nice to meet you. I’m 10 years old and a boy. I live in western North Carolina, but my relatives used to live in the more southern states til they got forced on the Trail Of Tears by Andrew Jackson’s troops. That wasn’t fair. The Cherokee brought the situation to supreme court and the judge was on their side. Andrew Jackson was greedy for land and didn’t listen to the judge . He still sent the native americans on the Trail Of Tears. I really don’t…

greatest gods who went by the name Red Man. Within the Cherokee tribe they were connected to the world by spiritual beings, such as elemental gods of the Sun, Fire, and Water. “The Cherokee, or ‘The real people’ lived in what is today present Tennessee, South Carolina, and North Carolina” (Raley). In Cherokee Mythology they believed in one Supreme Being who taught them to treat the world with great respect; to this day, traditions of the Cherokee ancestors are still followed by many. Within…

In the summer of 1990 a standoff that would reside for 78 days between the Mohawk and the city of Oka, Québec. This standoff was to settle a land dispute to expand a golf course and develop residence condominiums over disputed land including a Mohawk burial ground. Many factors in both history and during the time of the crisis enflamed this land dispute into a veritable standoff. The controversy behind this dispute is “Who is right?” and … The Oka Crisis was not a land dispute that arose from…

I am a chief of the Oglala Lakota tribe. Known the best for my success in confrontations with the U.S. government. Born in Nebraska in 1822I led as a chief from 1868 to 1909. I am one of the most capable Native American opponents the United States Army faced; I led a successful campaign in 1866 to 1868 known as Red Cloud's War over control of the Powder River Country in northeastern Wyoming and southern Montana. My parents named me after an unusual weather event. My mother, Walks as She Thinks,…