native americans

1、NativeAmericansIndiansNativeAmericansalsowarecalledIndiansAmerindians.Itissaidthatthename‘Indian’wasnamedbyChristopherColumbusin1492.HethoughtthathehadarrivedintheEastIndieswhileseekingAsia.Laterthenamewasstillusedbypeop

2、leIndiansbelievedthattheyweretheprimitiveinhabitantsinAmerica.TheylivedinnthofAmericapartofAlaskatheislofHawaii.Theylivedashuntergathersocietiestheyalwayshuntedthebisonftheirfood.Howeversincetheendof15thcenturythemigrati

3、onofEuropeanstoAmericaEuropeanstreatedIndiansastheirslaveskillednumerousIndiansbrutally.AsinfectedsmallpoxvirusbyEuropeansmillionsIndiansdied.OwingtotherequirementofdevelopingagriculturebuildingCommunitiesEuropeansdroveI

4、ndiansawaytheirlwhichtheyhadlivedthereseveralthousyearstothewest.Besidestheydidn’tallowotherimmigrantstothewest.IndianssufferedhighfatalitiesfromthecontactwithinfectionsEurasiandiseases.EpidemicafterEuropeancontactcaused

5、thegreatestlossoflifefindigenouspopulationrangingoftensofmilliontofewmillion.AfterthecoloniesrevoltedagainstGreatBritainestablishedtheUnitedStatesAmericangovernmentabolishedtherulethatimmigrantscouldn’tgotowestencouraged

6、peoplemovingsettlingtowest.Itwascalled‘westwardmovement’.IntheprocessofthemovementAmericanIndianssufferedbrutalmassacrebywhitepeople.Thewhitepeopleoccupiedtheirldrovethemtothereservations.Sowecansaythatthewestwardmovemen

7、tistheIndians’tragedy.AsthewdsaidthatalmoststreamsofpeoplewhomovedtowestweretreadedonIndians’bloodbones.InadditionthemovementledtothefinaldestructionofIndians’tribalsocietiestheirnomadicwayoflife.Despiteoccasionalvicties

8、Indianresistancewascrushed.Thetribeswerenotonlyoutgunned.Massslaughterledtothenearextinctionofthebuffaloherdsonwhichtheydepended.NotonlyhadIndianslosttheirlbutalsotheylosttheconfidenceofliving.NowadaystheremnantsofNative

9、Americansocietyaretobefoundonthereservations.Theystillarenotfreetheystillliveonthelonelyislpovertyinthestofavastoceanofmaterialprosperitytheyarestillsadlycrippledbythemanaclesofsegregationthechainsofdiscriminationtheyare

10、stilllanguishedinthecnersofAmericansocietyfoundthemselvesanexileintheirownl.Sincethedleof19centuryIndianshavestrugglefequalrightsopptunitiesofdevelopmenttheyhavewonaseriesoflegalpoliticalvicties.Thoserightsincludevotinge

11、lecting.Thefederalgovernmentrecognizedtribalsovereigntyexceptwherelimitedbytreatycongress.Butthestrengtheningofprincipleofself—determinationhadonlyalimitedimpactonthelivesofmostIndians.TodayIndianscanleavethereservationt

12、ofindjobpursuittheirdreamsbutwecanseethattheyaretreatedunfairlytheyaresuffereddiscrimination.Sotheystillinsisttofightneversaygiveup.Theltheytheirancestlivedonitthefertilelhadbroughtthemdeliciousfoodwarmclothesrichresourc

13、ebutnowtheyjustcanliveonthosebarrencnersevenaredrovebyoutsiders.WhatshouldtheydoKeepsilencestruggleffreedom.Absolutelytheychosethelaterone.Nofightingnofreedomnofightingnorights.ItistimefstrugglingIndiansaretryingtofindth

14、eirtomrowtheycanlivewithwhitepeopleshareequalrightstheirchildrencanstudywithwhitepeople’schildren.Theredoesn’texistdiscriminationallpeopleareequal.Howeverthedreamisdifficulttocometrueitneedsmeefftsblood.Itisanarduouswayt

15、heymustgo.FtunatelytheirefftsarenotinvaintheAmericangovernmenthadtakenmeasurestoeasethecontradiction.Fexamplethegovernmentdecidedtoearmarkfoundsabout45milliontoIndiansfcompensatingwhattheyhaddonetoIndians.HoweverIndianss

16、tillfacedsevereproblemsnamelyunemploymentpovertyeconomichardship.Someofthoselivingthereservationmadealivingbyoffergoodsdeveloptourismoperategamblingthatareprohibitedelsewhereunderstatelaw.ButsomewhitepeoplethinkthatIndia

17、nshavenotrighttoopencasinos.ItisunfairtoIndianstheyhaverighttochosewhattheywanttodounderthelaw.Americacallshimselfasademocraticequalrespecthumanrights’country.Butinfactwecanstillfindunequalthingsracialdiscriminationinit.

18、IndiansBlacksChineseotherracesareconsideredinferitowhite.InasummaryitisalongwaytoIndianstofightffreedomequalright.ThisswelteringsummeroftheIndianslegitimatediscontentwillnotpassuntilthereisaninvigatingautumnoffreedomequa