Comparison Of Treatments Of Native Americans In The East And West

Almost all Cherokee Indians were involuntary made to pick up and relocate to Oklahoma in the 1800’s. Some Cherokee Indian escaped the Trail of Tears by staying out of site in the Appalachian mountains. The Trail of Tears was the Cherokee name for what the Americans called Indian Removal. During the 1800 's, the US government created an "Indian Territory" in Oklahoma and forced all native american tribes to go live there. The Americans forced Cherokees to move even though many tribes did not agree to this plan.

The American people called for military and political action against the Indian tribes east of the Mississippi. President Andrew Jackson answered the call and on May 28, 1830 signed the Indian Removal Act (“Trail of Tears Timeline”). Although this act was only supposed to allow the negotiation of voluntary removal with the tribes, it made it inevitable for the Indian removal. After Jackson’s victory in 1832 all tribe leaders agreed to the act. The Indian Removal Act was a catalyst for the abolishment of the traditional rights for the Indians. The Indians had only two options: assimilate and concede to United States law or leave their homeland. The five tribes most affected

Between 1820 and 1845 tens of thousands of Choctaw, Cherokee, Chicksaw, Creek and Seminole were pushed out of their land in the southeastern US and forced to walk west, past Mississippi, relocating them hundreds of miles from their previous homes. Many of these Native Americans died because of the tough winter. This march was later called as the Path of the Tears

The Northwest Territory would in fact become the battleground for conflicts between the Indian Nations and the United States. The British Empire had ceded the area to the United States in the Treaty of Paris in 1783 but both sides however, ignored the fact that the land was already inhabited by various Indian nations. The British saw the Indian nations as valuable allies and a protector of their Canadian colonies and provided arms to the Native American tribes. This would allow for attacks on American settlers in the Northwest further aggravated tensions between Britain and the United States. Raids grew more common in 1810 and 1811 and Westerners in Congress found the them intolerable and wanted them permanently

While journeying to the Indian Territory, around 5,000 Cherokee died on the Trail of Tears. In 1830, the Indian Removal Act was proposed by President Jackson and passed by Congress. This act authorized the removal of Native Americans who lived east of the Mississippi River, to lands in the west. This area was U.S land, in what is now Oklahoma. Congress established this, Indian Territory.

Only 2,000 Cherokee at the time voluntarily left, and 16,000 Cherokee remained. Under the command of General Winfield Scott, the last were rounded up at gunpoint and forced from their homes taking with them virtually nothing but the clothes they had on. They were kept under poor conditions in internment camps where they were to be held until departure the next day. Before the march, many Indians, perished in the camps from starvation and disease at the hands of the cruel soldiers. The mass departure took place in the middle of the winter taking with it the lives of thousands of Cherokee. The bitter cold and lack of proper clothing brought disease to many of the Indians, and the lack of food as well contributed to the fatalities that happened along the way. In an account from an exile Indian, he writes, “People feel sad when they leave Old Nation. Women cry and make sad when friends die, but the say nothing and just put heads down and keep on going towards West.” (Takaki 97) This atrocity and sad account in which 4,000 Cherokee Indians died was known as “The Trail of Tears“. By 1837, Jackson was successful in the removal of 46,000 southeastern Indians achieved by force and

He wanted to end negotiations with the Cherokee Indians. Jackson alongside other politicians pressured the federal government into extinguishing the Indians and removing them from Georgia. The Treaty of New Echota, which is another factor that contributed to the removal of the Indians. A latter group consisting of Major Ridge, John Ridge, and Elias Boudinat, signed the treaty without the consent of the Cherokee Indian representative, or the Cherokee government. This treaty requires the Indians to relocate the Cherokee nation from Georgia, to and Indian reservation in 2 years. Regardless that the treaty was not signed by anyone affiliated with the Cherokee government, the treaty was still ratified. The movement was enforced by soldiers and was known as the Trail of

The Native American culture is the original culture of the United States. Members of Native American tribes live throughout the country. “There are an estimated 4.9 million persons, in 565 federally recognized tribes who are classified as American Indian or Alaska Native (AI/AI), alone or in combination with one or more other designated racial classifications. This demographic group compromises 1.6% of the U.S. population” (Horowitz, 2012). Wisconsin is home to the Ho-Chunk (Winnebago), Ojibwa (Chippewa), and the Potawatomi tribes (“American”, 2014). It is important for nurses within this state, as well as any other state, to understand the Native American belief system in order to provide a quality healthcare experience. Nurses are the primary point of contact in the healthcare setting. Client advocacy is one of the nurse’s major roles. Therefore, the nurse should have the highest level of diversity understanding for the cultures within the local region.

In 1838 and 1839, as a part of saint Jackson's Indian removal policy, the Cherokee nation was forced to present up its lands east of the river and to migrate to a district in contemporary Sooner State. The Cherokee folks known as this journey the "Trail of Tears," owing to its devastating effects. The migrants two-faced hunger, disease, and exhaustion on the forced march. Over 4,000 out of fifteen,000 of the Cherokees died.

On may 28, 1830 the Indian Removal Act was passed by the congress and was signed by the current president at the time Andrew Jackson. The Indian Removal Act authorized the president to grant unsettled lands west of Mississippi in exchange for the Native Americans land. This forced Native American tribes to march their way west of Mississippi. Some tribes left in peace but most of the tribes resisted. In 1835 the agreement to, Treaty Of New Echota allowed Jackson to order Cherokee removal. Some Cherokee leaders signed the treaty and left but people under the leadership Chief John Ross resisted until they were forced to move to a new location 1838. Their forced journey to their new location was called the Trail Of Tears. Ever since, Native Americans have been living in reservation lands and the government has taken notice but don’t know if they should give them land or money. The government should be giving Native Americans land instead of money because the reservation lands are not

The law required that the government to negotiate removal treaties fairly, however Jackson and his associates ignored the law and forced the natives from their lands homes and divided their families up tortured them and cut them down right in front of their faces. Federal government drove the Creek tribe from their land for the last time, 3,500 of the 15,000 Creeks who set out for the long journey to Oklahoma never made it they died from starvation exhaustion and diseases the whites brought with them. In 1835 Cherokees negotiated a treaty called the New Echota, all land east of the Mississippi was sold off for 5 million dollars in return for the Indians, also relocation assistance and compassions of lost property. The federal government agreed to these terms, the Indians on the other hand had thought they were cheated and signed a potion, by 1838 only about 2,000 Cherokee Indians had their Georgia home land left for “Indian Territory”. President Martin Van Buren sent General Winfeild, Scott and 7,000 soldiers to drive the Natives from their their land, this started the Removal process. Soldiers forced the Indians into stockades at bayonet point while whites looted their homes and

In 1830, congress passed President Andrew Jacksons Indian Removal Act. This policy allowed the United States government to extinguish the Cherokee, Chickasaws, Choctaws, Creeks, Seminole and many other tribes title to their land. The Indians had to leave the land and life they had always known in the Southeastern United States behind. This disturbing event was named the Trail of Tears because many Native Americans died during the process of marching to an area west of the Mississippi River due to disease, starvation, and the long journey.

On May 28, 1830, the Indian Removal Act was passed. It stated that the Native American were to be removed from the Southern states (Indian Removal Act). The act ended the Native American’s right to live in the states under their own traditional laws (Indian Removal Act). They were given the options to assimilate and acknowledge the United States’ laws or leave (Indian Removal Act). They were forced to leave their land, their homes, everything they ever knew or face the consequences. They were forced to go to a land that they knew nothing about, and hope that they would be able to survive where ever they ended up. When the Cherokee were forced to leave, out of the 18,000 that left 4,000 died on the way (Primary Documents) As a result of all of the death on the trail, it was named the Trail of Tears (Primary Documents).

Native Americans were forced to move from their homelands mostly so that settlers could have that land. Many people believe that the removal of Natives saved them from extinction because the other option instead of moving was to be killed. (Horn) The Indian Removal Act of 1830 allowed this to happen under American laws. The first big wave of removing natives was the Five Civilized tribes removal (Choctaws, Creeks, Chickasaws, Cherokees, and Seminoles). (Horn) Later on was what was named the Trail of Tears in which the Cherokee people were forcibly removed from their lands and resisted causing about 4,000

Throughout Jackson’s presidency, Jackson was prone to making questionable decisions. One of Jackson’s most monumental blunders was when he decided to relocate tens of thousands of innocent Native Americans. Jackson was a huge fan of the idea of Americans moving westward to unsettled areas. The Native Americans occupied the areas that Jackson wanted to transform into American cities. That did not halt Jackson from doing what he desired. Jackson displayed his egocentric behavior and called for the Indian Removal Act of 1830. Jackson wanted to move the Cherokee, Creek, Choctaw, Chickasaw and Seminole nations from their southeastern homes to Oklahoma. The Creek, Choctaw, Chickasaw and Seminole nations all somewhat cooperatively deserted their homes at the request of the Americans with little fight. These nations forfeited their land, homes and possessions to walk the Trail of Tears, an 850-mile path from the southeastern states to Oklahoma. American soldiers forcefully kept the Natives moving without breaks. Throughout the trek, thousands of Natives died from sickness and starvation. One tribe, the Cherokees from Georgia,