Hostile Takeover Of The New World
Hostile Takeover of the New World
The Effects of the United States Government on the Indians "The responsibility of any nation, and the particular responsibility of elected officials of any nation, is not to justify what has passed for legality but to anticipate the conditions and problems of tomorrow and attempt to deal with them. The current confusion and violence in Indian Country are a result of the failure to do so by generations of elected officials in this country. To continue to perpetuate myths about American Indians which have no basis in fact or in law is merely avoiding the larger issues confronting the nations of the world," said author Vine Deloria, Jr. (Deloria, Prologue) ...
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blamed the Indians for existing, despite the want of the Indians to simply live on their lands peacefully.
The "Trail of Tears" was a great tragedy and many thought it would be the last now that all of the Indians were out of the eastern United States. But the U.S. government became land hungry and due to their idealism of "Manifest Destiny," the "Trail of Tears" was only a starting point on the path to the destruction of the Indians of the West. By 1850 gold had been discovered in California, and white settlers were heading West to strike it rich and lay claim to the entire continent. (Utley and Washburn, page 163) New violence erupted as the white man moved into Indian hunting grounds. Ten percent of the Diggers in California met death violently. In 1846, California was home to 100,000 Indians. By 1851, the population had dropped to 30,000. (Utley and Washburn, 164)"That a war of extermination will continue to be waged until the Indian race becomes extinct, must be expected," said ...
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of an efficient military force stationed in their country will do this," warned Fitzpatrick. (Utley and Washburn, 195) The U.S. government began forcing the Indians onto reservations. Sometimes they would simply kill them with no warning such as the killing of 224 Shoshones in the Battle of Bear River in Montana, 1862. (Utley and Washburn, 201)
The Apaches and the Navajos experienced a similar fate. With nothing left, and all their warriors dead, the reluctantly gave into the U.S. government. One by one, the tribes were tricked into trusting the white man. This trust almost always resulted in death for the Indians. However, under the direction of President Grant, Ely Parker or ...
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