Native American Imperialism/Persecution

When Columbus' ship landed on the shore of the Americas in 1492, he was hoping for a clean slate for white settlers. But later when Pilgrims landed on Plymouth Rock, it was discovered that a mass population of "Indians" - or so they had thought - lived on the land. A want for control over the new found land provocted the European's motive for killing off the unknown group of natives. Even in 1830, Pres. Andrew Jackson encouraged the "Trail of Tears" otherwise known as a death march to the native american community. In America's earliest years, the Native American population was completely torn down - millions loosing there lives to the selfish wants of early settlers. In result, much of the traditional Native American culture had been lost in the early mass persecution - being that in many of the eldery population had died in the Trail of Tears, dying with the secrets of ancient tradition. These acts of Genocide are a few of the first of the new age, and still hold a struggle on Native Americans today. Even in this day, many Native Americans could say they have experienced form of segregation and bigotry towards their culture. This is understandable, infact many still call rural reservations there home - a tradition started by the white men in "trade" for Indian land. In conclusion, both short and long term effects are inevitable when dealing with a problem such as genocide - an unfair treatment for a culture we had such little knowledge about.





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