Tennessee Williams

As a proud and humbled Native American, that is apart of a group of people who were the first settlers on the face of the American Continent, and to go up against the disadvantages and unfairness that we were treated with, makes me feel disturbed and enraged. The settlers deprived us from our land, enforced their religion, shifted us onto reservation camps and had the audacity to call us godless savages. According to them, the only reason why they came here originally was to get out of the…

In the past 400 years the US has been taking the Native Americans land for: Factories, city's, parking lots, towns and roads. There have been many attempts from the Natives to fight this such as, Tecumseh's rebellion or the Sioux not selling their land to the US. Eventually they were all pushed out, some by military force, onto reservations or boarding schools. I believe that the way our government forcefully pushed the Natives out of their homeland was not justified. From the very beginning…

The unjustified Klan What do you think of when the KKK is brought up? Is it hate, or is it racism?Even though the KKK was an underground campaign, it was still well-known. Mostly for its mass parades and cross burnings. The Ku Klux Klan, formed for the idea of white-supremacy,will be remembered throughout america’s history. To start off, the main idea of the Ku Klux Klan was to “execute” the non-natives and to have a non-diverse system. The name “Ku Klux Klan”was formed by combining the greek…

Chief Pawhuska, the Osage chief during this time, urged the purchase of this land as an act of safety for the tribe. He thought it would be beneficial to purchase land the white man did not want, so they did not have to live in fear losing their land again (Ball). Little did the Osage people know this relocation was only the beginning of the tragedy they would face in relation to their new land. Before tragedy struck, the Osage people experienced a period of success, luck, and great wealth. All…

natural blending of cultures that came from a long tradition of cohabitation and cultural appropriation, beginning with white traders in Indian country. Many of the most prominent Creek chiefs before the Creek War were "mixed-bloods" like William McGillivray and William McIntosh (who were on opposing sides of the Creek Civil…

Did you know that about 22,000 people speak the Cherokee language today, first and foremost in Oklahoma and North Carolina? The Cherokee’s culture and belief has and still is used, Cherokee basketry has lived from prehistoric times to present day, can you believe how old this culture is? Also during the 1800's, the US government created an Indian Territory in Oklahoma and sent all the eastern Native American tribes to live there, the Cherokee called this trail “The trail of tears”, this is one…

Andrew Jackson Andrew Jackson has been both admired and despised by many people, leaving him to be a very controversial man. However, he has made a positive impact on our nation according to the actions he made in the past. Throughout his presidency, Jackson has proven his right to be on the twenty dollar bill, because of his Expansion of the Presidency, his actions on the Nullification Crisis and the Bank War. All of these have made a lasting impact on our union and we wouldn’t be the same…

When settlers started the move westward it was very apparent that there was a huge obstacle standing in the way, the Indians and the buffalo. For decades the US government tried to remove Indians out of their lands and into reservations. This process was very difficult because Indians could live off the land. A tribe can move and still be self-sufficient on the abundance of resources that the land provides. One of their biggest resources was the buffalo. Aside from the huge amount of meat a…

The Trail of Tears is the journey the Indians took after being forced by the federal government to leave their land and move west because white settlers wanted their land to grow cotton. The government forced the Indians to walk thousands of miles on foot to a reserved territory across the Mississippi River. This event is important because so many Native American lives were lost during the walk due to starvation, exhaustion and disease. The Civil War began April 12, 1861 after the Confederate…

serving in the War of 1812 at Horseshoe Bend, Jackson was appointed major General. As a result of this, Jackson later became a candidate for presidency, and later became America's seventh President. Andrew Jackson died June 8, 1845 in Nashville, Tennessee. This aroused a multitude of controversy and conflict, due to Jackson…