Native American mascot controversy

Eventually the NEW Americans wanted the Natives’ land for more settlers, and in-turn, made advances to force them further west, to the underdeveloped, mostly untouched portion of America. One major player in this mission was called the Indian Removal Act, aptly named for the purpose…

as the “Era of the Common Man.” The presidential election was a great win for Andrew Jackson. Not only did he earn almost 70% of the electoral votes, popular participation was up to 60%. The winning of Andrew Jackson also brought in a cycle of new American politics. The strive and the determination for equality and democracy was evident following the post-Revolution United States of America. According to Political Thought In America, by the year 1830, individuals who believed in the principle…

and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR), to which the United States is a party, both state that individuals have a right to freedom of expression. So, how does that right pertain to the Native American population? Our nation’s 2.5 million Native Americans were denied basic civil rights for many years, and it has…

requiring all Native Americans in the northern plains to relocate to a designated reservation, the Lakota Sioux, Northern Cheyenne, and Arapaho Native American tribes remained in the golden, rugged foothills of south-central Montana, near the Little Bighorn River ("Battle of the Little Bighorn"). Lieutenant George Armstrong Custer was attempting an element of surprise attack with all his troops as they marched forward to the massive camp to terminate the tribes. But the Native Americans were…

The westward expansion was one of Americans biggest desire to take the western territories that were claimed by other countries. Westward expansion played a pretty big role in the divisions during the 1840s and 1850s in the United States. The exploration of new land leads to an unknown abyss, to gain access to the western part of the country the white settlers had to pass through the Native Americans, or a horrific predator waiting to attack. Complication with Texas led to the Mexican War and…

horses that established trade between vast regions, unfortunately for the Americans they did not have horses so their technology was dismal. Dismal because warfare between American tribes was limited, and their weapons had no need to evolve to deal with things like, inter-state warfare, religious wars, or conquering empires that were all to common for their European counterparts. Another tool used to conquer the Americans was the wide use of ships to transport materials to and from the Americas.…

The Agriculture Shift Agriculture began to spread throughout many Native territories, specifically the Northeastern and Southeastern, and began to transform many of the societies that relied on hunting and gathering for resources. As agriculture expanded, many cultures adapted to different economical systems to cater to this change. One primary crop, corn, managed to impact the entire eastern seaboard by making both Northeastern and Southeastern cultures use their environment to their full…

federal government eager to undertake a project which would reduce dependency on foreign oil. Native American agitation over the proposal is a contemporary example of protest by a non-political minority group whose outsider status prevents it from exercising its property rights within a capitalist system. Minority groups separate from the body which forms a social contract…

The Impact of Christianity on Native People in North America With the arrival of Christopher Columbus to the Americas, the Native or Indigenous people of the country have been under threat from both attacks by Christopher Columbus and the diseases he brought with him. The Natives were the true owners of the land of the Americas but it was sadly taken from them by invasion of the European. This was not the only thing taken, as this also led to the destruction of their religion. As Christianity…

of Native Americans The Native American religious experience from before the European presence to the 20th century underwent many transformations throughout its evolution. In the beginning, the Olmec and Mayan hierarchical civilizations believed their kings, who were also their religious leaders, were able to communicate with the Gods and ancestors. This demonstrated how the early Native Americans believed that supernatural forces existed. This belief in the supernatural led to the Native…