Essays on Indian Removal Act

Settler colonialism was an unmitigated disaster for Native Americans. Prior to the arrival of our fore fathers, the indigenous people were free. They had a vibrant culture with an established values and belief system. They hunted and fished for food. They had communities with leaders,…

For millennia, Native Americans throughout North America and primarily in what would become the United States survived on their own with little interaction on the global scale, being self sufficient and forming tribes amongst their vast homelands. With the introduction of European colonialism in the…

“This land is mine, God gave it to me and if I wanted to sell it I would have put it up for sale” (Standing Bear, PBS 2012). Standing Bear, one of the most notable god fearing Indians in the Ponca tribe was a strong…

Andrew Jackson’s address to Congress on the text called “On Indian Removal” and Michael Rutledge text titled “Samuel’s Memory” both talk about the same subject which was the removal of Indians from their native lands for white settlers to take over. These texts, however, differentiate…

According to the article, “Cherokee Petition Protesting Removal, 1836”. Along time before, the idea of Indian removal has its origins rooted earlier in the eighteenth-century. A form of Indian removal was first proposed by Thomas Jefferson. However, Native Americans resisted the violent attack of American…