A blog for 8th grade students to discuss and comment on topics related to US History.
Monday, January 30, 2012
The Legacy of US Indian Removal Policy
Do
a quick web research on the legacy of Indian removal and the
reservation system. How does this story end? What is life like on the
reservations today? Then report what you have found.
Today there are native americans who live in cities, towns, and reservations. The reason that some native americans have to move to cities is so that they can find work to support their families. They are barley any true native americans left, they only make up about .9% of the population( this was in 2000). But about 1.5% of the population is native american and other races. You may think that 2.5 million people is a lot, but it is just a very very small part of the entire population. They are struggling on reservations, they are some of the poorest people in the country. The native american population in just decreasing by the decade.
Go back into your comment and find two sentences that you combine with a comma (You know that that is a big NO-NO!!) How can you fix that? Use a WWWASIAUABB clause, coordinating conjunction (FANBOYS), conjunctive adverb, or a semicolon. Of course, you can always break into two sentences as well.
While Indian reservations may be thought of and viewed as a tragedy, they are viewed by many as the last remaining stronghold of sovereignty and cultural traditions, ensuring the preservation of Native American survival. Reservation life has historically been faced with challenges, it has also offered a strong sense of place and cultural identity, supporting a renewal in tribal identity and a renaissance of traditions. Although the reservations can serve as a geographical and political platform to expand Native American rights, and serve as a home-base for those who have moved away, Indian reservations have produced extreme poverty, high unemployment, unstable families, low rates of high school graduation, and high rates of alcoholism and/or drug abuse and crime on many reservations.
Add "Although" before your sentence "Reservation life...." Then you have a complex sentence with a dependent clause at the beginning and an independent clause at the end. Right now you have two independent clauses (sentences) put together with a comma (Big NO-NO!!!).
Before the Indians had exposure to the Europeans, they could have there own way of life. Today the indians blend in in America. There are still many Cherokee's believe that the Europeans ruined there culture; however, there are some that like the way of life in America. Some Cherokee people are mad or upset that the Europeans made them walk the Trail of Tears and suffer. Today there are many Indian reservations but they are small, not farmable and usually the landscapes are not pretty. The Legacy of the Indian removal today is that....
Since westward expansion of America, Indian life has become harder and harder. The Americans pushed the Indians onto smaller and smaller pieces of land. They wanted the Indians to give up their culture and give into the Americans. They wanted them to join into the American society. The Americans made laws that restricted the expansion and growth of the Native Americans. They had no freedom and still do not have much. They are some of the poorest...
President Andrew Jackson came up with the idea of Indian reservations. Jackson was a man who was a proponent of Indian removal. I do not think that he wanted the Indians to have a very pleasant life, so the reservations were just a plain and simple place for the Indians to be without disturbing any whites. He stated that the reservations "will separate the Indians from immediate contact with settlements of whites; enable them to pursue happiness in their own way and under their own rude institutions; will retard the progress of decay, which is lessening their numbers, and perhaps cause them gradually, under the protection of the government and through the influences of good counsels, to cast off their savage habits and become an interesting, civilized, and christian community." Currently the majority of reservations (about 300 in the country) are located in the western part of the U.S (west of the Mississippi River). That was where the Indians were pushed to move...
The Indian's story ends when they are pushed out of their old land and forced to move to the West. When the Gold Rush starts in California, the Indians are moved even farther West and spread farther out. Life on the the reservation today are Indians that are stil trying to cope with the white mens' ways. Then ...
On the Indian Reserves thousands of Indians are living in absolute poverty in run down tralers and shacks. They have the right to be mad because we treated then bad and unfairly. We moved them out of their home land and we disconnected them from their culture in hope that they would give up and move into the American ways. We also put then in land that we found totally useless and we did not want...
By 1837, the Jackson administration had removed 46,000 Native American people from their land east of the Mississippi. Today, about 70 percent of Native Americans are living in urban areas. The remaining 30 percent lives in reservations and is either extremely impoverished or running a casino
Today there are native americans who live in cities, towns, and reservations. The reason that some native americans have to move to cities is so that they can find work to support their families. They are barley any true native americans left, they only make up about .9% of the population( this was in 2000). But about 1.5% of the population is native american and other races. You may think that 2.5 million people is a lot, but it is just a very very small part of the entire population. They are struggling on reservations, they are some of the poorest people in the country. The native american population in just decreasing by the decade.
ReplyDeleteMaddie,
DeleteGo back into your comment and find two sentences that you combine with a comma (You know that that is a big NO-NO!!) How can you fix that? Use a WWWASIAUABB clause, coordinating conjunction (FANBOYS), conjunctive adverb, or a semicolon. Of course, you can always break into two sentences as well.
While Indian reservations may be thought of and viewed as a tragedy, they are viewed by many as the last remaining stronghold of sovereignty and cultural traditions, ensuring the preservation of Native American survival. Reservation life has historically been faced with challenges, it has also offered a strong sense of place and cultural identity, supporting a renewal in tribal identity and a renaissance of traditions. Although the reservations can serve as a geographical and political platform to expand Native American rights, and serve as a home-base for those who have moved away, Indian reservations have produced extreme poverty, high unemployment, unstable families, low rates of high school graduation, and high rates of alcoholism and/or drug abuse and crime on many reservations.
ReplyDeleteAdd "Although" before your sentence "Reservation life...." Then you have a complex sentence with a dependent clause at the beginning and an independent clause at the end. Right now you have two independent clauses (sentences) put together with a comma (Big NO-NO!!!).
DeleteBefore the Indians had exposure to the Europeans, they could have there own way of life. Today the indians blend in in America. There are still many Cherokee's believe that the Europeans ruined there culture; however, there are some that like the way of life in America. Some Cherokee people are mad or upset that the Europeans made them walk the Trail of Tears and suffer. Today there are many Indian reservations but they are small, not farmable and usually the landscapes are not pretty. The Legacy of the Indian removal today is that....
ReplyDelete"their" own way NOT "there own way"
DeleteIndians upper case
comma before "but" in second-to-last sentence because it is a COMPOUND SENTENCE!!!!
Since westward expansion of America, Indian life has become harder and harder. The Americans pushed the Indians onto smaller and smaller pieces of land. They wanted the Indians to give up their culture and give into the Americans. They wanted them to join into the American society. The Americans made laws that restricted the expansion and growth of the Native Americans. They had no freedom and still do not have much. They are some of the poorest...
ReplyDeletePresident Andrew Jackson came up with the idea of Indian reservations. Jackson was a man who was a proponent of Indian removal. I do not think that he wanted the Indians to have a very pleasant life, so the reservations were just a plain and simple place for the Indians to be without disturbing any whites. He stated that the reservations "will separate the Indians from immediate contact with settlements of whites; enable them to pursue happiness in their own way and under their own rude institutions; will retard the progress of decay, which is lessening their numbers, and perhaps cause them gradually, under the protection of the government and through the influences of good counsels, to cast off their savage habits and become an interesting, civilized, and christian community." Currently the majority of reservations (about 300 in the country) are located in the western part of the U.S (west of the Mississippi River). That was where the Indians were pushed to move...
ReplyDeleteThe Indian's story ends when they are pushed out of their old land and forced to move to the West. When the Gold Rush starts in California, the Indians are moved even farther West and spread farther out. Life on the the reservation today are Indians that are stil trying to cope with the white mens' ways. Then ...
ReplyDeleteOn the Indian Reserves thousands of Indians are living in absolute poverty in run down tralers and shacks. They have the right to be mad because we treated then bad and unfairly. We moved them out of their home land and we disconnected them from their culture in hope that they would give up and move into the American ways. We also put then in land that we found totally useless and we did not want...
ReplyDeleteBy 1837, the Jackson administration had removed 46,000 Native American people from their land east of the Mississippi. Today, about 70 percent of Native Americans are living in urban areas. The remaining 30 percent lives in reservations and is either extremely impoverished or running a casino
ReplyDelete