Movement Native American Civil Rights Movement - 3155 Words

Movement: Native American Civil Rights Movement A: How When did people involved become aware of themselves/ How When did people identify as part of this movement? Native Americans have always had a strong sense of pride of their culture and traditions and identity, though it was when they were becoming stripped of their traditions that the movement towards their original freedom began. 1. Overview (Why then, why there?) The basic summary of events that went down in Native American history started first when the British sailed and first reached American lands in 1492. Even though the settler’s hadn’t started unlawfully stolen any land yet and banished the natives, the natives were still affected greatly by the new and unfamiliar†¦show more content†¦After Britain lost the war and the treaty was signed, however, the native land became like â€Å"free game†. The Americans felt that it was their land because they had won the war, and they wanted the land, in order to expand and grow their empire, since the only other direction to expand was to the west. I think this marked the beginning of the chain of broken promises that the natives had to suffer at the hands of the greedy. When the Americans took the land east of the Mississippi from the natives, it was like they did not even consider that there were people living there, all they saw was land and money, as if the natives were not even worth any thing, and were able to leave and come on their command. Also, just by having taken a part of the native’s previously protected land, it would turn into something that is â€Å"normal† for them - after all, their mentality was that, because they had won the war, they were obviously free to steal from the â€Å"savages†. Indian Removal Act: This act was passed by the congress and brought up by President Andrew Jackson in 1830s. The act gave the Americans not only access to the native lands in Georgia, but also allowed them to sell and do whatever they would like to the land of the natives. It is a very forceful act because it was like writing a law to suit your own needs type of situation. The Americans and Andrew Jackson wanted the land in Georgia, because gold had been