Nez Perce tribe

Native Americans had little political power as they had to defer from traditional chief conferences and refer to non-Native Americans (Bureau of Indian Affairs).5 Tribes were considered “independent nations”5; each tribe may have a conflict with another but according to the federal government there were all equal.5 This caused tribes to resolve internal conflict and move towards the “agenda of the American government”.5 This is an example of the exclusion of freedom in terms of political…

The I Will Fight No More Forever surrender speech by Chief Joseph tugs at any reader’s heart due to its immense use of pathos, logos, and ethos by describing the struggles of his tribe. The way this surrender speech was written helps readers relate to what exactly is happening at the time. Chief Joseph emphasizes on the fact that many are dead so that aides the reader sympathize with Chief Joseph and his people. He uses the many children’s possible death to evoke emotion and bring sadness or…

The eight scientists took a stand for the pursuit of knowledge and claimed that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ decision to repatriate the remains was wrong because they believed that they were not Native American. The coalition of tribes claimed the Kennewick Man as their ancestor and fought for their burial rights, which should have been protected under the Native American Graves and Repatriation Act of 1990 (“NAGPRA”). The outcome of this lawsuit set a precedent of how future NAGPRA…

Westward Expansion: Lewis and Clark You have probably heard of the Lewis and Clark expedition. this expedition was very hard and difficult in many ways.they faced many hardships, but in the end they succeeded and changed the life of the united states as we know it.according to national geographic “Lewis Clark Great Journey West”,”to survive was the equivalent in it’s day of a journey to the moon” When president Jefferson asked Meriwether Lewis to lead an expedition out to the rocky mountains.…

delegation of Oto and Missouri Indians. To show peace we handed out peace medals, 15-star flags, and gifts. I gave a speech saying Indians have new “great father” far to the east and promising future of peace and prosperity if tribes don’t make war on whites or other tribes. A few days later on August 20, we lost Floyd to what we think was an appendix burst. Ten days following we held a friendly council with Yankton Sioux, making another peace statement. Starting September 7, Cops members began…

In The way to rainy mountain by:N.Scott Momaday this text agrees with Morgan’s central idea. However Thomas Jefferson’s America, 1801 disagrees with Morgan’s central idea because they talked about how there westward expansion was good because they all came together and helped one another and got out of it. Yet The way to rainy mountain was different because in 1872 - 73 in that time there was a fire and all of their things were gone. I agree with Morgan’s central idea in the…

introduced the Appaloosa Horse in the 1500’s but it wasn’t until the late 1700’s that horses first reached the North West America then that's when the Appaloosa gained its recognition for its color. The Appaloosa was used for hunting by the Nez Perce tribe and soon became really popular for it’s endurance and how far it could go walking without a drink and…

prosper, would always dissent with Natives, who the whites considered no better than savages. President Andrew Jackson’s Indian Removal Act of 1830, which led to the forced migration of the Cherokee from their homelands to Oklahoma, proved that all tribes would struggle to retain their land. The belief of manifest destiny originating in 1845 spurred the expansionist impulse to disperse through the western territories obtained in the Mexican cession. The exodus of white emigrators into the west…

the river, and railroads were built along the side. There is always a bunch of salmon coming through the Snake River, making it a great place to go fishing. Over 11,000 years ago many Native American and Indian tribes inhabited the banks of the Snake River. The tribe that was known for naming the Snake was the Shoshone Indians otherwise known as…

Free to think and talk and act for myself” - Chief Joseph of the Nez Perce Tribe Johnson v. McIntosh. Cherokee Nation v. Georgia. Worcester v. Georgia. The "Marshall Trilogy. In these three cases, the United States Supreme Court established the doctrinal basis for interpreting federal Native law and defined tribal sovereignty. In the first of three landmark court cases, Johnson v. McIntosh, the court ruled that Native American tribes could not convey land to private parties without federal…