Native Americans in the United States

key to democracy, and is safeguarded by the First Amendment to the United States Constitution. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) 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…

Through the cries and screams of the Natives, United States did a crime which could never be forgotten. United States was built to leave tyranny and made precaution to not have tyranny and United States even started a revolution because of the crimes of tyranny which Great Britain had committed. But little did they know that they were repeating the same sad crimes which Great Britain had committed and repeating them to the suffering of Native Americans. Manifest destiny was a belief that the…

documentary Standing Silent Nation: A Native American Family Seeking Economic Independence portrays the constant and permanent struggles that Native Americans, specifically the Oglala Lakota tribe, face daily. The documentary focused primarily on the economic inequality and underrepresentation that Native Americans experience due to the persistent prejudice that remains against this specific group. In other words, the Oglala Lakota tribe, and other Native American tribes, express their worry of…

access to, privately, or publicly. In the United States, millions of Native Americans on reservations are stifled from receiving the much needed dental care they deserve, and the consequences are damaging to their health and prosperity. Tribal sovereignty is the right of an independent authority to govern tribal members. In regards to dental care, this is the right to train, license, and employ professionals. Right now this system is not working. Native Americans are faced with oral ailments at…

The Cheyenne Native American Dull Knife once said, “All we ask for is to live and live in peace” (332). The quote exemplifies the relationship between the Native Americans and the United States government. The Native Americans did not agree with the American settlers coming into their territory and using their beloved natural resources. As more policies were enacted and more settlers came into the unsettled territories inhabited by the Native Americans, the more likely a violent dispute…

History is two-sided, which makes historians the lawyers of sociology. Each representative presents facts in order to persuade readers to believe their ideology. On June 21, 1788, the United States Constitution was ratified. This ratification would provide numerous points of debate for historians, for society was divided into two groups: the strict interpretationists and loose interpretationists. The division into two groups created two sides; therefore, ultimately creating a trivial subject…

government of the United States. It is insane to think the United States would do such a thing especially with a patriotic history. The Trail of Tears (1838–1839) was an eight hundred mile journey from the southern Appalachians to Indian Territory. Over 17,000 Cherokee had been evicted and 4,000, possibly more, died along the way. This was not only from harsh weather condition, starvation, and disease, but also military treatment along the journey. The conflict between Native Americans and…

The United States was one of four countries who originally did not sign the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous People, (UNDRIP) in 2007; it has since signed but has not fully committed to the Document. This begs the question, is the United States in compliance with this Declaration? The United States was the last country to endorse the UNDRIP in 2010, three years after its ratification. The UNDRRIP was established to help aboriginal populations save their culture and…

stratification system is Spaniards and the bottom is Native Indians. A historical force that contributed to this hierarchy was the hacienda system which came about due to the conquest led by Spaniards. The racial stratification in Mexico is similar to the United States in light of the fact that the history began with the genocide of the native population; however, Mexico and the United States are different due to the fact that the United States has more pluralism than Mexico. Historical forces…

example in history is the dream of Manifest Destiny. Manifest Destiny was the belief that the United States was destined to extend its territory west to the Pacific Ocean and also had a considerable impact on American policy in the 1800s. Manifest destiny was the main influence for the huge expansion of the United States in the 1840s. All Americans supported the idea of Manifest Destiny, but it led to the American politics being even more separated between the north and the south. There were…