Sacagawea was a crucial part of the Lewis and Clark expedition. At first she was just their translator's 15 year old pregnant wife, but turned out to be much more. She was a very good icon for the natives that they were encountering. The natives saw a young native woman that had a young ch...

In the late 1880's, the Native American people were a nation in trouble. These people suffered through the Trail of Tears, starvation, and illness. Throughout all this, they managed to grasp something that they could believe in. Unfortunately, this something resulted in mass murder. Since the &...

Thesis: The Seminole Wars were unnecessary wars fought during the eighteen hundreds. The American government was strongly against the Native Americans. It was said that the Government had "taken their actions a step further with the Seminole Indians," of Florida (McGill 1). Novem...

In the 1830s the United States was beginning to expand west of the Mississippi. There was, however, usable land east of the River. It was inhabited by the Native Americans and it was very valuable. In 1830 and act called the "Indian Removal Act" was passed. It allowed the federal gover...

I will admit that I am not much for reading. I will also admit after reading the first chapter in this book that I felt sick to my stomach, literally. That I feared reading the rest of the book knowing that this really happened and that people could actually do this to one another. Although th...

In his article "The Columbian Voyages, the Columbian Exchange, and Their Historians", Alfred W. Crosby seems to think that much of the Columbian voyages and what came out of them was detrimental to many cultures, most of all the Native Americans. Crosby brings up many institutions and ide...

Native American culture in the western United States suffered greatly during the mid-1800's. Intrusions by white settlers believing in Manifest Destiny, or the obvious belief that Americans were meant to expand from the Atlantic to the Pacific, caused the Natives to be driven from their homelan...

What were the worldwide effects on the political expectations for self-government and individual liberty after the American Revolution and the Glorious Revolution? I believe that the American Revolution was not a fair war because the British had a huge advantage. The British had a bigger and bette...

The Lakota/Dakota/Nakota Nation is also known as the Great Sioux Nation. The word Sioux was adopted by the United States government from the term (Nadowesioux), which comes from a Chippewa (Ojibwa) word which means little threatened snake or enemy. This was because the Ojibwa or Chippewa learned t...

Many people view Sacajawea as an indian woman who helped Lewis and Clark during their expedition. Although that is true, it doesn't reflect Sacajawea as a person. Born in 1798, Sacajewea, whos name means "bird woman" was a member a the Shoshone trible. The Shoshone tribe was the largest Nat...

D. Alexander Brown was born in Alberta, Louisiana, in 1908 and raised in Arkansas. Brown is best known for his writings on the American West with his most famous work being, \"Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West\" (1970). To date, the book has been translated into 1...

Throughout Jackson's two terms as President, Jackson used his power unjustly.As a man from the Frontier State of Tennessee and a leader in the Indian wars, Jackson loathed the Native Americans. Keeping with consistency, Jackson found a way to use his power incorrectly to eliminate the Native America...

LABOR IN THE NEW WORLDIn 1492 on October 12, Christopher Columbus sighted the islands of the Caribbean Sea. Columbus was hoping to establish new trade routes with Asia. This was his first contact with Native Americans. He found them pleasant with good looks. Columbus and his crew, alth...

Book ReviewThe Name of War: King Philip's War and the Origins of American Identityby Isabel FeiteiraOur history books continue to present our country's story in conventional patriotic terms. America being settled by courageous, white colonists who tamed a wilderness and the savages in it. With ver...

There is a story to it the way there is a story to all, never visible while it is happening. Only after, when an old man sits dreaming and talking in his chair, the design springs clear. There was so much we never saw and never knew. --Nanapush in Tracks"We started dying before the snow, and like th...

Summary: Geronimo and the Apache ResistanceThe Myth about Geronimo portrays him as an implacable savage, but in reality he is a man that risked everything including his family, his land, his home, and his way of life to fight for his beliefs. He is said to have magical powers. He can see into the ...