Trail of Tears

While analyzing historical texts, one should always proceed with caution, and read tentatively; specifically, due to misinterpretations, false translations, and basic human error, verbal speeches delivered in previous centuries tend to succumb to inaccuracies, which leads to false transcripts of the actual work. Despite this, one can still appreciate the words of Chief Seattle, the Native American chieftain of the Suquamish tribe, in his speech Address, which was presented to the European…

traveled by many. The original Natchez Trace was a roadway that connected frontier settlements in Tennessee, Kentucky and the Ohio Valley with the lower Mississippi River. Sections of the original road, however, followed ancient Native American trails that had been in use for thousands of years before European explorers arrived in North America. It once was an essential trade route for farmers, Indians, and boatmen. The Natchez Trace links three of the largest water courses in the United …

Jaime Jo US History 2 Ms. Bruno Native American Experience Chickasaw Tribe The Chickasaw tribes are said to be descended from a story of brothers, Chisca and Chacta. These people were known as “Flat Heads” because of their custom of the flattening of skulls of children in which they would put weight on their heads. Chickasaw lived around the northeastern area of Mississippi of the Tombigbee River. But as more settlers moved to North America, they were forced to move to Oklahoma. Also…

Life in the 19th century was hard for the Indians to adjust to. The Westerners decided to claim as much as they could. So how could the Indians adjust to such living conditions that had just been pushed onto their land? In recent years the Americans only remembered the Indians when we celebrate “Thanksgiving” and of course the myths and legends of Pocahontas. Sure that was part of the Indian culture only affecting the influence it had on America. There are many things can contribute to this.…

Introduction There seems to be no small amount of literature on how Native Americans are represented in our popular culture. Over the past several decades, Native Americans have been mythologized in films, TV, and other forms of popular media. And, “For the most part, the white man’s visual expressions of Native peoples have been dominant” (Boehme, et al. 1998:75). It is these depictions that have created a false impression of American Indians. As anyone could guess, the conquest of…

The Marshall Trilogy, which is comprised of three Supreme Court cases that took place during the early nineteenth century, was a significant influence in the formation of federal Indian Law. Through observing the language of federal Indian policy at this point in history, such as in the Marshall Trilogy, one can acquire a greater understanding of how Indian Nations were treated by the United States, and as a result see the ongoing negative effects that it has had on Native American society in…

Andrew Jackson, a strong-willed, stubborn, selfish man who only listened to himself and ignored the opinions of others, won his way into presidency during the election of 1828. Throughout his presidency Andrew Jackson made some horrible choices, that affected the country in negative ways. People were killed, orders were ignored, laws were broken, amendments were violated, all because of the choices he made. Even before his presidency he was a cruel man, that deserved punishment. Thomas Jefferson…

When the U.S decided to build the transcontinental railroad it was a big step in the U.S’s future. It connected the east to the west and it saved people weeks to get to the west. While this was good for the U.S it had impacted the native Americans greatly. The Americans pressured the natives to switch their culture and the native the refused got into battles with the Americans. One of the biggest things that impacted the natives was the lost of their land. The transcontinental railroad…

Apocalypto is a historical film that was written by Mel Gibson. The film release happened in the year 2006 whereby, it illustrates the historical events that occurred in the sixteenth century. The historical period reflected in the movie reflects the journey of Mesoamerican tribesman. The film is set to play for two hours eighteen minutes to enhance a broad historical description of the events. This means that Apocalypto is a film that is cultivated in deep historical context making the current…

Native Americans have continuously been removed from their land to adhere to the business interests of gold miners, the casino industry, and oil miners. For the purposes of this assignment, I viewed the documentary "Super Chief" as well as "Native American Boomtown". By viewing these documentaries, I will answer the question of what happened to the money that was made, and how it was spent on the reservation. Both documentaries talked about money fraud in the government, and how the citizens of…