EC: Native Americans
Read the following excerpts from various books and answer the following questions;
1) What similarities do you see in the ways that various Europeans treated the Native Americans?
2) What information below shows a trend in how the US Government related to the Native Americans?
3) Is it enough for contemporary Americans to learn of the atrocities of the past, or should more be done? Explain.
Answer the above listed questions in 2-3 paragraphs.
Submit to schoology.
Due by Thursday, 9/12/19
Taylor
The explorer Christopher Columbus first gave the Native Americans the name “Indians.” In 1492, on what would later be known as the island of San Salvador, the Tainos greeted Columbus with lavish gifts. Columbus later sent a letter to his sponsors in Spain, explaining that these natives were weak and savage.
In the mid-17th century, the Dutch settled in what would eventually be known as Manhattan. They “bought” the island for beads and fishhooks. In 1641, the Dutch sent troops to punish Native Americans for “offenses which had been committed not by them but by white settlers.” In the ensuing fight, the Dutch massacred entire villages of Native Americans. Similar events took place across America for the next two centuries. The Iroquois, the Miamis, the Pontiac, and many other strong Native American tribes fought against European settlers without success.
In the ten years following the establishment of Andrew Jackson’s Native American relocation policy, many of the largest tribes went through a crisis. In 1838, the U.S. army raided Cherokee settlements in Appalachia. They rounded up Cherokee men, women, and children and marched them out west. On the march, one in four Cherokees died. This march was eventually called the “trail of tears.”
In the late 1850s, Manuelito, a Navaho leader, made a treaty with representatives of the U.S. government. The treaty arranged for the Navaho to live peacefully with white settlers in the Southwest. But soon, whites raided Manuelito’s farms and killed his livestock to avenge the actions of “a few wild young Navahos.”
In the spring of 1862, the Confederate and Northern armies arrived in New Mexico and crossed the Rio Grande. Union General James Carleton believed that there was gold on native land. He ordered his soldiers to massacre any Apaches found near the river, with the goal of clearing the land for white settlers. A delegation of Apache chiefs met with Carleton and begged him to stop. Carleton replied that the chiefs’ only option was to leave. Outnumbered, the chiefs relocated to the reservation of Bosque Redondo.
1) What similarities do you see in the ways that various Europeans treated the Native Americans?
2) What information below shows a trend in how the US Government related to the Native Americans?
3) Is it enough for contemporary Americans to learn of the atrocities of the past, or should more be done? Explain.
Answer the above listed questions in 2-3 paragraphs.
Submit to schoology.
Due by Thursday, 9/12/19
Taylor
The explorer Christopher Columbus first gave the Native Americans the name “Indians.” In 1492, on what would later be known as the island of San Salvador, the Tainos greeted Columbus with lavish gifts. Columbus later sent a letter to his sponsors in Spain, explaining that these natives were weak and savage.
In the mid-17th century, the Dutch settled in what would eventually be known as Manhattan. They “bought” the island for beads and fishhooks. In 1641, the Dutch sent troops to punish Native Americans for “offenses which had been committed not by them but by white settlers.” In the ensuing fight, the Dutch massacred entire villages of Native Americans. Similar events took place across America for the next two centuries. The Iroquois, the Miamis, the Pontiac, and many other strong Native American tribes fought against European settlers without success.
In the ten years following the establishment of Andrew Jackson’s Native American relocation policy, many of the largest tribes went through a crisis. In 1838, the U.S. army raided Cherokee settlements in Appalachia. They rounded up Cherokee men, women, and children and marched them out west. On the march, one in four Cherokees died. This march was eventually called the “trail of tears.”
In the late 1850s, Manuelito, a Navaho leader, made a treaty with representatives of the U.S. government. The treaty arranged for the Navaho to live peacefully with white settlers in the Southwest. But soon, whites raided Manuelito’s farms and killed his livestock to avenge the actions of “a few wild young Navahos.”
In the spring of 1862, the Confederate and Northern armies arrived in New Mexico and crossed the Rio Grande. Union General James Carleton believed that there was gold on native land. He ordered his soldiers to massacre any Apaches found near the river, with the goal of clearing the land for white settlers. A delegation of Apache chiefs met with Carleton and begged him to stop. Carleton replied that the chiefs’ only option was to leave. Outnumbered, the chiefs relocated to the reservation of Bosque Redondo.
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