Tennessee v. Garner

Would you consider Lewis and Clark being disrespectful to the Natives while exploring the Louisiana Purchase. Well Lewis and Clark were chosen by Jefferson to go explore the land that America has bought from the French. Overall, Lewis and Clark weren't disrespectful to the natives due to being supportive, and obeying their rules and regulations while exploring their land. In addition, Lewis and Clark were respectful based off the fact that their tribes that they went to, Lewis gave a medal to…

Most people are aware of the devastating effects The Trail of Tears had on the Cherokee people and some people may question why this horrible event had to take place and what kind of President was Andrew Jackson to not only let but to fight tooth and nail for this policy. Though much has been written about the injustices that the Native Americans endured during the Trail of Tears very little attention has been given to why the people of that time would allow this forced removal to take place.…

For years Native Americans have been some of the poorest people in North America. Is the U.S government to blame? The government took all of their land at the beginning and put them in reservations. They said that the Indians would get free health care and lots of other things, but they still haven’t gone through with this promise. Now Indian reservations are known for poverty, alcoholism, unemployment, bad education and abuse. How can we help them? First of all the government needs to give them…

On February 8, 1887, Congress passed the Dawes Act as a solution to the "Indian Problem." Congress viewed this conflict similar to Americans Richard H. Pratt and Carl Schurz. They had noticed the Westward Expansion campaign had become an "invasion," particularly for Native Americans. Both men believed the Natives could be saved be integrating them into western society, to "individualize them in the possession and appreciation of property," as Mr. Schurz claimed. Mr. Pratt had seen the harsh…

described as sparse, in his teens Jackson was a reader of law long enough to become a member of the bar. He went on to be the first member elected to the United States House of Representatives from Tennessee, a Major General in the War of 1812, and finally the first man elected President to claim Tennessee as his home, having a small plantation (The Hermitage) in the Volunteer State. Jackson’s presidency was the second following end of the Era of Good Feelings, (a time in national politics…

Siege of Boonesborough - September 7-17 1778 In 1775 Daniel Boone blazed his way into central Kentucky. He built a fort near the Kentucky River and christened it, Fort Boone. Soon American settlers began to move westward,they started settling at Fort Boone. With the beginning of the Revolutionary War, Lieutenant Colonel Henry Hamilton ordered the British to arm the local Native tribes and Loyalists with weapons, and encouraged them to attack the American settlers in Kentucky. In February of…

Negative and Positive Impacts of Andrew Jacksons Presidency. President Andrew Jackson was elected as President of the United States in 1829. He was a very sympathized man among the lower classes, mostly thanks to him conveying the idea that he too was like the lower class, he also shared stories with many lower class people to make them like him. By campaigning across the United States, he told people his story, and thus, he won the presidential election of 1828. Jackson was the first of the…

After living among the Cherokee in North Georgia as a missionary, I have discovered that the Indian peoples are quite useful. They are all civilized in their own way and know how to work hard for the things that they receive. Their work and harvest skills are impeccable and would be an excellent asset to any community. Although many of the white settlers coming to Georgia wish to dispose of the Indians, it would ultimately be more beneficial for them to stay. The Indians should be able to stay…

Cherokee Nation v Georgia was a United States Supreme Court case in the 1831. It was “one of the ten worst cases” (pg.87). “The Cherokee Nation was the first Indian tribe that went to the federal court in a major lawsuit to protect the political, human, and property rights of an American Indian tribe and its member from destruction by a state” (Pg.87). The case of the Cherokee Nation v. Georgia was filed by the Cherokee Nation one of America’s most well-known Native American tribes. Using this…

to turn their thoughts again toward the normal affairs of life.” Clan communities were there to help with the mourning process just as friends and families do today. The account of Chief Dragging Canoe's death in November of 1792 near Nashville Tennessee, expounds upon the both the customary and burial traditions. Records show that his body was taken to his village where the people mourned for seven days and nights. This was the Cherokees' traditional mourning period for a chief in those days.…