Native Americans in the United States

Europeans, Native Americans have been actively destroyed as a people. Remarkable levels of discrimination towards minorities such as Native Americans, in the United States, after the invasion are displayed through media outlets like the internet and television networks. Commonly, those who tune in to watch the daily news and the newest post on the internet are intruded with one sided bias, sometimes unknowingly. My goal throughout this informative essay is to give reason to question how Native…

under the average Americans sounds like we would be talking about a third world country but these are the living conditions experienced by Native Americans residing on Indian reservations today. This is a huge problem because today the United States is home to 5.2 million Native Americans and around 22% of them are currently living on tribal lands. So many Native Americans are struggling just to survive on reservations “The U.S. Census Bureau reports about one of every four American Indians…

their mission and the demographic they serve. They were created out of a need to undo years of systematic assimilation and sustain 12,000 years of traditions, languages, and cultures. Tribal Colleges and Universities are the direct results of Native American tribes recognizing a need in their communities and demanding the solution. They developed their own form of education, based on Western traditions, to ensure their people were educated and prepared to succeed. The passionate dedication to…

The United States Federal Government should help with drug and alcohol abuse epidemic in adolescence in the American Indians and Alaska Natives (AIAN) community. According to Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) in 2011, there were over twenty million youth at the age of twelve and older, who were using alcohol and drugs. Also, eight percent of the population aged twelve or older were classified with substance dependence or abuse (SAMSHA, 2011). Heavy drinking has…

Native American land and culture were impacted negatively by the western expansion of the United States due to the fact that many lost their land, were stripped of their rights, and some even died. After learning and analyzing the 1800s, it is clear that Native Americans had to fight for the simply things that most people today take for granted. For instance, during this time period Native Americans were constantly having to battle the United States government for land. The U.S. citizens and…

Americanization: The Creation of the Indian Stereotype In Fall 2015 I took an American Indian Studies course, at first I was not thrilled since history courses are not my best subject. However, there was something different about this course that was intriguing. I began to find it appealing due to the information and history that was provided. In my perspective I found a connection with my culture and some of the suffering American Indians went through. As our course continued I was fascinated…

between the Native Americans and the Americans was extremely relevant and volatile during the 1800’s. The struggle escalated in 1830 when Andrew Jackson passed the Indian Removal Act (“Worcester”). As a result, new issues arose on a fight that had been around for centuries between the Native Americans and the Americans. One major collateral outcome of this act is the Supreme Court case, Worcester vs. Georgia. This case and the results of it turned out to be a major step forward for the Native…

disputes between Natives and U.S. settlements increasingly demanded a solution; Congress eventually passed the Indian Removal Act of 1830, which they believed would settle the century-long land disputes with Natives. This act forced all Native settlements to migrate to the lands west of the Mississippi so that U.S. settlements would be able to expand further. Between the years 1828 and 1838, over 80,000 American Indians were removed from their homelands and pushed west, giving American…

nation-state - Nation-states play a large role in American history, and are vital to the existence of the United States. A nation-state is the joining of one or many nationalities to create a formal political union, just like the (now) fifty United States of America. If the colonies were not able to unite as one in the beginning, the United States might not exist today, but instead be a continent full of many small countries like Europe. The melting-pot culture that the United States is known…

The Native American population has suffered many tragedies at the hands of the United States government from their first interactions through the mid-twentieth century. Government policies concerning American Indians worked in conjunction with the prejudices harbored by the majority of the white population in the United States to suppress Native American liberties and strip them of their cultural identity. These policies gave little to no regard for Native American customs, personal expression,…