Nez Perce

daughter died it was sad and it was a hard time. The tragic Whitman Massacre happened in November,29th 1847 (Washington History book). At the time of the massacre, the mission was occupied by Cayuse Indians, Marcus Whitman, Narcissa Whitman, Nez Perce Indians, Chief Tiloukaikt,Tomahas,and Joe Lewis. This Massacre was located in two places, one being Walla Walla, and the other…

Throughout the 19th century, several specific ethnic groups faced discrimination in the United States. Both women and American Indians were suppressed in many ways. How they reacted and responded to this discrimination also changed by the beginning of the 20th century. Not only were women held back by society’s expectations of them, they were also limited in economic opportunities, since women were expected to devote themselves to the family; being a respectable mother and wife was the social…

The inland tribes were more hostile than the coastal tribes. Especially Cayuse, the Yakima and Nez Perce tribes revolted against the newcomers. When the Northwest Ordinance, in 1787, opened up the Northwest Territory for white settlement, indigenous tribes revolted against it. George Washington was forced to send military help to suppress this resistances…

The White settlers may claim that they really didn’t treat us unfairly because in 1865, Chief Joseph’s father signed a treaty that allowed our people to retain much of our lands. However, after months of fighting and forced marches, many of the Nez Perce were sent to reservations (now known as Oklahoma) where many of them died. Then the government had the nerve to offer forgiveness if only we reported to Army Forts. So again that right there is another unfair advantage for us Indians. Not…

Author Dee Brown presents a factual as well as an emotional kind of relationship among the Indians, American settlers, and the U.S. government. The massacre at Wounded Knee Creek in South Dakota on December 29, 1890, provides the setting for the story. Brown states the reason behind these efforts and how it provides for the introductions. A chronological period in which the battles of suffering and hardship for the Natives Americans. In this book the author provides insight and eyewitness…

Lewis and Clark; Journey to the Pacific “we all believe we are about enter on the most perilous and dificuelt part of our voyage yet I see noone repineing”- William Clark, June 20, 1805. St. Louis May of 1804, Meriwether Lewis, William Clark, others, and I set off on an expedition that would last about 28 months. The one goal they had was to find a Northwest Passage way to the Pacific. Jefferson also wanted Lewis to write down animals, plants, and the type of landscapes they…

Malcom X, an American Muslim Minister and rights activist, once said that “You are not supposed to be so blind with patriotism that you cannot face reality. Wrong is wrong, no matter who says it.” He is speaking of a term called civil disobedience, the active refusal to obey certain laws, demands, and commands of the government, or of an occupying international power. Civil disobedience is used by influential “rebels” all over the world and throughout history. Many people have different opinions…

After the Civil War, white supremacy was a guiding principle which gained much popularity through former slave-owners, the Klu Klux Klan, and the government's regulation of Blacks, Chinese immigrants, Native American Indians, and the Philippines. White supremacy is imbedded in American history as a historical phenomenon because of the repetition of whites craving power. White people of the past have thought that they are the only race that is capable of running the world and they have gone to…

After the Civil War a lot southerners wanted to go back to the plantation life that the region had been characterized by before the war but a few prominent leaders believed that the South should move onto a “new society of small farms, thriving industries, and bustling cities” (Tindall 560). Unfortunately, many farmers could not afford wages and a system of sharecropping was developed where the farmer paid no wages, the worker paid no rent and the two shared the crop they mutually produced.…

The Source Analyzed is the speech Chief Joseph gave to Americans to explain why he fought and to give American a chance to determine if Indians are men or just savages. This speech was meant to give Americans, at that time, the opportunity to see things from the point of view of the Native Americans. He begins the speech by giving a list of laws his people were taught, these law included: treating all men equal, never to break a bargain first, to never lie. He even talks about the Great Spirit,…