Why The Nez Perce War Was Not Justified

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Before the arriving of the Europeans, the native people used plants, animals and other resources carefully so that their children and grandchildren would be able to use them as well Caring for these resources was a way of respecting the land and what they had to offer as gifts”(washingtonhistory.com). Don't you think it was very nice living the NA had, yes. But when all the US settlers came in, they ruined the one good thing.No, the US was not justified in their actions leading up to, and during the Nez Perce war. Firstly , one reason the US was not justified in their actions leading up to and during the. Nez Perce War is that we all are equal, according to Martin Luther King Jr found on the website called goodreads.com “We hold these truths to be self evident, all men are created equal”. No one is better than another, they had no right to take control over them and tell them how to live their life, they are equal. …show more content…

On the website called wisdompills.com said by Massasoit "What is this you call property? It cannot be the earth, for the land is our mother, nourishing all her children, beasts, birds, fish and all men. The woods, the streams, everything on it belongs to everybody and is for the use of all. How can one man say it belongs only to him?”. Not only did the white men have no right for them to take mother earth's land but as said in the first paragraph, they are equal, therefore it’s everyone’s

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