Chief Joseph’s, An Indian’s Perspective and Helen Hunt Jackson’s, A Century of Dishonor both come from contrasting perspectives. However, both passages share a common goal of peace and equality in the United States. Both, Joseph and Jackson understood the mistreatments of American Indians under the control of “white men”. The main difference between the two was that Chief Joseph was an actual American Indian and Jackson was only a “white woman” who sympathized with the American Indians. Chief Joseph, was a courageous leader of a large tribe called Nez Percé whose ultimate goal was to live in peace. Joseph and his tribe sought out peace by negotiating treaties with the American government. Similar to Chief Joseph, Jackson reached out to
Chapter five in Takaki’s “A Different Mirror” focused primary on the African-American experience 1700s through the end of the Civil War and the failure of Reconstruction. The experience of reading these chapters after learning about the continued degradation of Native Americans lent itself to continued feelings of hopelessness regarding the beginnings of U.S. history. For a moment, I felt deep shame at the actions of the founders of the United States, especially those who were the head of the country, in that time President Andrew Jackson. Slavery was not only a "peculiar institution" but also one that forced landowners to dismiss that they were exploiting fellow human beings for profit. Takaki discussed four major figures before, during, and
The Native American culture has been mistreated by the United States government and white people from the beginning of time. Every tribe has encountered hardships protecting land only to continuously be relocated to new Indian territories. I think Chief Joseph has faced the biggest challenges out of these three heroic writers. Many of the challenges Chief Joseph encountered revolved around the Indian territories that were rightfully theirs through treaty agreements prescribed by his father in the past. Treaty after treaty was broken by the white man taking territory that wasn’t rightfully theirs consequently leaving Chief Joseph and the tribe to encounter many hardships. Chief Joseph constantly fought throughout his life for equality,
Born in March 1840 in Wallowa River, present Oregon and Washington to Father Tuekaskas and mother Khapkaponimi. His father, as a converted Christian, took the name and passed it on to his son Chief Joseph, his tribal name was Hin-ma-toe-yah-laht-khit. Joseph siblings are Ollikut, Sousouguee Ollokut. His spouses are Heyoon Yoyikt, and Children Jean-Louise. Chief Joseph was not considered a warrior compared to his brother Olliku. Joseph’s brother was a skillful warrior who led the tribe to many wars said to outsmart the United troops. He was the only surviving chief of his tribe. In an article written by History Channel, Chief Joseph was seen as the spokesmen, a diplomat, and the only military leader of the Nez Perce tribe (History Channel
The document A Century of Dishonor, written by Helen Hunt Jackson, was made in 1881. During this time period, there was a corrupt system that suppressed human beings from having equal rights, Indians were forced to follow an untrustworthy government. The author Helen Hunt Jackson witnessed the mistreatment towards the Indians once she moved into Colorado. Triggering an effect she wrote A Century of Dishonor, a book meant for every single member of the Congress. Indians were being stereotyped as a danger to society and not having a say in society. After the Civil war settlers went westward and causing more misfortune for the Native Americans. Helen's main goal was to have the Congress improve the federal Indian Policy.
This primary source, John Rolfe’s Letter to Thomas Dale about marrying Pocahontas, is from the settlement era and was written in 1614. The European settlers in this era, early 1700s, wanted land and to displace the natives not intermarrying with them. Most settlers remained separate from the Indian society. Some settlers married Native women as a way to gain access to the native societies. It was a way to gain an economic relationship. Indians were being forced off their land because they had no real claim of it. Settlers would establish their towns on sites previously cleared by the Indians. The marriage of John Rolfe and Pocahontas was a rare and unique circumstance in the 1700s. The letter to Thomas Dale is a window to a period of uncertainty between the white settlers and the Native Indians in North America. The purpose of this paper is to analyze the importance of this letter and its effects to the society in the time period after it was written. John Rolfe’s decision to marry Pocahontas proved to be vital at the time. John Rolfe’s letter to Thomas Dale for approval on marrying the Indian Princess Pocahontas reflects on how much society in the early 1610s depended on such thing as intermarriage between a white man and an Indian woman to help keep peace between the white settlers and Native Indians in North America.
Henry Clay, known as “The Great Emancipator” and a tough political opponent versus Andrew Jackson in the 1832 election, made his opinion on Native American removal known in 1829 during his “State of the Union Address” (Biography.com Editors). Clay was in a position of great power, as he was one of the “first modern politician who had carefully create an image for himself”, which boosted his popularity in office, even against a famous opponent, such as Jackson. To convey his audience, he uses literary devices, such as logos, by comparing the Indians as a lower form of life. Despite his powerful position, he lost the electoral college 's presidential vote by a large margin, 219-49 (Courier). In Clay’s speech “On Native Americans,” where he addresses his plans of Indian removal west of the Mississippi, he uses ethos, logos, and others opinions to take a stand against Native Americans.
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“It is a duty to extinguish the Indian title to all lands.” Mr. Jackson says Indians will become better, possibly civilized people by removing them from their home lands. No one has more of a,”friendly feeling,” towards them than him. Becoming a “happy, prosperous,” person does not come when you remove people from their home lands.
n Chief Joseph’s speech, “I Will Fight no more Forever,” written on the occasion of the white man trying to take away their land in Oregon and addressed to the white men and Native-Americans, Chief Joseph attempts to move those who believe in fighting and getting our land back from the white men to stop fighting and not let the white men take any more lives than they already have taken. One may represent his argument thus: because he had lost so much of his family and tribe that he did not want to go through more loss than he already did, therefore he wanted to stop fighting and live in peace since he wanted nothing else to be taken from him and his tribe. While Chief Joseph’s subject, broadly conceived, is the fighting for their land and why it is not worth the fight, his argument is marked by his use of emotion and repetition to get his point across to the white man and the Native-Americans. Ultimately, Chief Joseph’s argument is very persuasive because he uses rhetorical devices like repetition, parallelism, and pathos, to have his emotions into one speech about one specific topic for his tribe.
The Shawnee Tribe was around for many years with a huge history in America. However, this past was disturbed by westward expansion of the European settlers. This led to “Shawnee-British relations deteriorate[ing] throughout the first half of the eighteenth century” (Edmunds 3). At first, the Shawnee tribe was peaceful as they tried to avoid conflict and forced settlement (500 Nations pt. 1, 9 min).
Andrew Jackson was one of the most controversial presidents that the United States had in that time. When discussing his presidency many people have different views on if Jackson was a good or bad president and if he had benefitted for this country. Most opinions over Jackson was that he wasn’t a good president since of the decisions he made affecting other citizen but he also was a good president since of how he handled situations as the US debt. One of the most major events that Jackson had caused was the Trail of Tears and how Jackson killed thousands of Native Americans in the process of transportation. This paper will discuss about the wrong-doing from Andrew Jackson to the Native Americans and how this affected our history and this affected people’s views on the Native Americans.
Chief Joseph is the leader of the Nez Perce tribe. He led his tribe through many great accomplishments, although he had to end his success in a surrender. On October 5, 1877, Chief Joseph and to announce his surrender speech in the midst of a battle. In his famous speech, I Will fight No More Forever, Chief Joseph effectively uses appeals like ethos, logos, and pathos.
One of the first ways that Jackson portrays race relations is how the Senora talks about the white settlers talking her land. The Senora would refer to them as hounds and she would say they “are running up and down everywhere seeking money, like dogs with their noses to the ground!” The Senora was not the only one unhappy with the Americans moving to the west after the Mexican American war. The Native Americans were unhappy about the Americans traveling through their territory on the Organ Trail.
Chief Joseph, the 38 year old leader of the Nez Perces tribe, had little education yet still traveled to the capital of the United States, Washington DC, to speak to Congress. He spoke on behalf of his people about the treatment of American natives, an issue that directly affected him and his fellow people at the time. Joseph lived in a world where Indians were viewed as uncivilized savages, and were treated as such by most people in the United States. These same people also supported manifest destiny and did almost anything to get ahold of land in the west. Even if it was not intentional, many natives were hurt and relocated by the rapidly spreading United States. By traveling to DC to make his speech, Chief Joseph hoped that he could persuade
In the passage of “Chief Joseph’s” they are speaking through the natives side of the westward expansion. The passage tells how the white men whose names were Lewis and Clark were the first White men and how they acted