more than a third of their army while the Nez Perce had lost only a few. Chief Joseph had only wanted freedom for his people and to cultivate and hunt on the land that they owned. The reservations were no more than a prisoner camp. The American Indians were not allowed to travel from place to place, but only confined to the reservation. They needed permission from the federal government to leave and move
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established in Wetumpka, Alabama after the Indian Removal Act of 1830. This town provided supplies the tribe needed to survive such as food, water, and other necessities. The town basically re-established the Muscogee (Creek) Tribe. Because of the Indian Removal Act of 1830, the people were very much in trouble. Thlopthlocco later left Wetumpka and left with hopes to move to a larger town. But they were later cut off and were removed and then sent to the Indian Territory.
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Cherokee The Cherokee had a deep respect for nature. They believed that everything had a spirit, a soul. The earth to them was flat, held by four cords, on in the east the west the north and the south. They had a deep, respectful relationship with nature. Some very specific. They had an upper and middle world in which spirits can move through. As well as a down world where the bad spirits live, ones that cause chaos and disaster. The Natives did not think they were better than the environment,
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Background Small background information on the Osage Indians The Osage Indians was a Native American tribe predominantly established in Osage County, Oklahoma. From the early seventeenth centuries to the later nineteenth centuries the Osage tribe made their living on fur trading with the French settlers in the Mississippi Valley. Then the tribe was unceremoniously removed for unspecified reasons. The tribe ended up in Kansas in the nineteenth century and then moved once more to Oklahoma. It is in
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The Osage Indians is a tribe from the Great Plains who dominated much of the modern day Southwest United States. They were a powerful tribe, striking fear into other tribes in their region. Painters, missionaries, and explorers would describe them as “fierce, courageous, and warlike” and the most intimidating natives they have ever seen. They were a semi nomadic tribe who depended on buffalo and agriculture to survive. But as with many other tribes, the US government began to interfere with their
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and Southeast Asia, 1500 B.C.E.- 600 C.E. Thesis: Religion had played a major role in the shaping and development of the Indian civilizations; South and Southeast Asia from around 1500 B.C.E. – 600 C.E. I. Foundations of Indian Civilization, 1500 B.C.E.- 300 C.E. a. India is a large, isolated piece of land, which is why it is called a subcontinent A. The Indian Subcontinent a. This extensive piece of land is split up into three geographical sections: mountainous, great
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Juan Cortina and his family were forced to leave their land, a primary source who losses his land and is forced out across the border, Black Hawk, an Indian chief suffered the loss of his land and culture completely in the end, finally Caroline Kirkland who provides intuition, a wife to a working man who feels neglected and express her feelings towards her routine. Turner presents an arrogant story of
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Understand the circumstances that led to the Louisiana Purchase The circumstances that led to the Louisiana Purchase were the transcontinental railroad that would connect Atlantic to the Pacific that allowed settlers a faster and safer way to California and the West. It led to the now famous Lois and Clark Expedition to the Pacific Ocean. We championed westward expansion and exploration which doubled the size of the landscape. He fanned fundamental disagreement about the spread of slavery to
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American tribe, the Cherokee. In the 1830s, the Indian Removal Act was passed, giving President Andrew Jackson the freedom to force the Cherokee to be exiled beyond the state of Mississippi. During that time the Cherokee nation was violently forced from their homes and made to leave behind the only life they had ever known. Stricken by harsh weather, sickness, and surrounded by death and sadness, the Cherokee people made the long march from Georgia to Oklahoma. The Cherokee Indians should not have been
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The Cherokee Indians were one of the largest Native American Tribes in the United States. They were considered one of the most civilized tribes in the United States. The tribe was located in the southeastern part of the of the U.S. They were also found in parts of North and South Carolina, northern Georgia and Alabama, southwest Virginia, and the Cumberland Basin of Tennessee and Kentucky.(tolatsga.org) The tribe had descended from the Iroquoians, but the Cherokees differed significantly from other
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