In the 1830's the Plains Indians were sent to the Great American Deserts in the west because the white men did not think they deserved the land. Afterwards, they were able to live peacefully, and to follow their traditions and customs, but when the white men found out the land they were on were still good for agricultural, or even for railroad land they took it back. Thus, the white man movement westward quickly begun. This prospect to expand westward caused the government to become thoroughly involved in the lives of the Plains Indians. These intrusions by the white men had caused spoilage of the Plains Indians buffalo hunting styles, damaged their social and cultural lives, and hurt their overall lives. The lives of the Plains Indians in the second half of the nineteenth century were greatly affected by the technological development and government actions. The development of the transcontinental railroad was the most devastating technological development that affected the Plains Indians. Although the railroad was powerful and helpful to the white man, it was not for the Plains Indians. The transcontinental railroad was the reason why the westward movement of the white man happened so quickly. With the white man moving westward they found valuable land for agricultural, which to be the Plains Indians land, and they found a lot of gold mines. During the time of the building of the transcontinental railroad a lot of white man killed the buffalo. They found that as a sport, and even to use it to harm the Plains Indians. At that time the buffalo was a main source of food, fur, and a hunting lifestyle for the Plains Indians and by the white man killing it off it effectively hurt them. The white man killed the buffalo in large amount of numbers that they almost made them go instinct, and they hurt the Plains Indians huge. Although the Plains Indians did kill the buffalo for their food and furs, their hunting did not have a large impact on the buffalo population. Also, the transcontinental railroad went through the land that the Plains Indians lived on. They were forced to move into smaller areas that were designated by the government. A lot of wars happened over this issue, and over the issue of gold being on their land.
The land of the Native Indians had been encroached upon by American settlers. By the
On the east coast people were also being taken advantage of by the government. As a result of the building of the Transcontinental Railroad, the government began giving out land grants ‒through the Homestead Act of 1862‒ for Americans to live on and farm; the only problem was that another culture was already living on the land: the Sioux Nation. After the S...
The Effect of the Spanish, French and British on Indian Culture in North America The life styles of the Indians of the Americas changed greatly over time, almost completely influenced by Western culture. Each of the different Western civilizations affected the Indian tribes very differently. This is partly due to the reasons why they came to the "New World." The British came primarily for land due to their fast population growth and partially for a new economic venture. The French came for furs and luxuries that only Indians and the untamed land could provide. They created trading posts and shipped these commodities back to the mainland.
As the promise of individuals being able to own their land, for low sums of money, stayed present, more and more people from every race made their way out west, via the brand new rail road. Along with all the new towns that formed along the railroad, the separation of Native American land along the rail caused an uneasiness in culture between them, and the people invading their lands. To worsen the relations in between the two groups, the new act of mass hunting buffalo caused almost extinction for one of the Native American’s primary assets. As the rush continued to fly through the West, America, really began to spread its wings across the country, this caused the economics of the nation to go to major high point. Some of the trades that caused the United States to increase its financial breadth, as a result of the railroad, were shipping live stock via train, rather than driving them, the sale of buffalo relating apparel, and one of the most major, The Gold Rush. Although the rail was not the primary way of mining gold, it did help transport the news of gold in the far West, it helped bring eager miners to the
Natives were forcefully removed from their land in the 1800’s by America. In the 1820’s and 30’s Georgia issued a campaign to remove the Cherokees from their land. The Cherokee Indians were one of the largest tribes in America at the time. Originally the Cherokee’s were settled near the great lakes, but overtime they moved to the eastern portion of North America. After being threatened by American expansion, Cherokee leaders re-organized their government and adopted a constitution written by a convention, led by Chief John Ross (Cherokee Removal). In 1828 gold was discovered in their land. This made the Cherokee’s land even more desirable. During the spring and winter of 1838- 1839, 20,000 Cherokees were removed and began their journey to Oklahoma. Even if natives wished to assimilate into America, by law they were neither citizens nor could they hold property in the state they were in. Principal Chief, John Ross and Major Ridge were leaders of the Cherokee Nation. The Eastern band of Cherokee Indians lost many due to smallpox. It was a year later that a Treaty was signed for cession of Cherokee land in Texas. A small number of Cherokee Indians assimilated into Florida, in o...
The first way Native Americans were impacted by western expansion was in their land. In 1850-70, Indians lost most their land due to gold rush and settlement (Doc. 1). This made the US remove the Native Americans to make the land available to settlers. Troops were used to remove Native Americans from their land so settlers could move western (Doc. 2). This resulted in the Battle of Little Horn where a lot of th Native Americans were killed and lost their land (Notes Doc. Pg 12). The Lakota people had a large amount of land in 1868 (Doc.
During the second half of the nineteenth century, the lives of the Plains Indians were affected by both technological advancements and government actions. The American government made treaties with the Plains Indians, promising it would be fair, yet attempted to isolate American Indians and replace their culture with white heritage. In the later half of the nineteenth century, the Plains Indians were forced into a disparate lifestyle by both technology and government actions that disregarded the lives of the Indians.
Many Native groups, because they were nomadic, didn't see land as belonging to one person. The idea that someone could come in, claim a piece of land and ban them from it, caused many problems.
Westward Expansion after the Civil War affected the Native American’s tremendously. There were many reasons that the Native Americans expanded towards the west. The Native American’s moved west because they were promised some land. Majority of the people was afraid of dying from tuberculosis. For others the Westward Expansion was a great way to have a fresh start of life. The cost of living was extremely cheap in the West compared to what they were paying in the east, some of the Native American’s moved to the west was to advance in everyday life.
On top of the farming craze, mining soon became very popular. Towns centered on mining would emerge, but shortly after they would disappear. This caused the Indians to move according to the mining towns. All this movement in the west caused life to become even more difficult for the Native Americans. When Americans and immigrants moved to the west they brought disease and violence with them. Ninety percent of Native Americans died after the gold rush in California (p. 501 Nash et al., 2010).
The first point he made was how the Westward expansion affected the Plains Indians. The Plains Indian tribes consisted mostly of the Kiowa, Kiowa Apaches, Comanche, Sioux, and Cheyenne. As the white settlers made their way across the country taking land, the Indians pushed back by raiding settlements and killing the occasional settler. More and more white settlers were pouring into the West in search of gold and silver. As the settlers came into the territories, large herds of buffalo were killed, much of the time just for the sport of it. This had an adverse affect on the Indians since they relied on buffalo not only for food, but also for hides and blankets as well as to make teepees. Another factor was the pony herds; the U.S. Army frequently seized herds and a herd of upwards of one thousand was killed just so the Indians would not be able to use them. The soldiers that were on patrol in the West kept pushing the Indians, driving them away from their hunting and fishing grounds.
The impact of the Westward Expansion had on the Native American’s was always having to move, over 2,000 dead, and loss of tradition.
In the 1800's, white traders were killing all the buffalo. The Indians were starving to death so they had a war and the Indians were starving during the war. The indians killed alot of the white traders
The Indians in the 1900’s were thought of vanishing. Not being able to adapted to urbanization and would die out from lack of keeping up with the new world. How the Indians used endurance and survival skills to last through all that has happened. The sources from “Buffalo Bill’s Wild West” and “Touring The Indian Country” have proved that the Indians isolate to work out problems. Upper America times in the North and South were in a more likely to having a higher savagery. White people looked at them as Ancestors because they were in the Americas before any of the colonies explored the land.
For decades, the United States practiced policies of removal to gain valuable land for itself. The policies of removal, assimilation, and concentration caused the deaths of thousands of Natives. The song Indian Reservation by Paul Revere and the Midnight Raiders is a reminder of the Trail of Tears, which killed a ¼ of the Indians that marched. The government removed the Indians from Georgia to benefit the plantation owners in the south, at the expense of the Native people in the area. Even the Supreme Court of the United States agreed that removal of the Indians from that land would be illegal, but President Jackson went ahead and did it anyways. The Indians marched over a thousand miles until they were west of the Mississippi River. It also gives a general overview of how the whites put the Indians on reservations and tried to assimilate them. “The beads we made by hand are nowadays made in Japan,” shows how the whites took over the Indian’s culture and commercialized it. Another situation in which the government practiced assimilation and concentration was with Chief Joseph and the Nez Perce. Joseph’s tribes were cooperative and sold their land to the whites as long as they got to live in their valley, but eventually the whites wanted all their land. The Indians fled and tried to make it to Canada, but 30 miles from the border they were caught and rounded up. They were sent to live on reservations, and most died of white diseases or starvation. By the year 1890, all Indians were on reservations. The Blackhawk war, which happened over land disputes in Wisconsin and Illinois, also led to the death and relocation of numerous Indians. This disrespect towards the Indians was typical of the time period.