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  • 19th Century America...
  • Approximate population of Native Americans in 1800: 600,000
  • Life is so peaceful here
  • Native Americans are living peacefully, and are rich in culture and language. They live in harmony with each other and the Earth Mother, and have plenty of supplies to be able to live off. The land is sacred and holds the graves of their ancestors.
  • We have been destined by God to expand and spread democracy and capitalism across the entire North American Continent. -Manifest Destiny, 1845
  • White Americans are sent to expand the United States of America, to take over land for economic opportunities. The land will provide their people a chance to start over, and more space for the growing population.
  • Lewis and Clark, take your Corps of Discovery and find a route to the Pacific Ocean .
  • There is so much free land around here, we must spread the news about this amazing opportunity!
  • President Thomas Jefferson
  • Also 19th Century America...
  • Louisiana PurchaseTreaty1803
  • Europeans move west taking over land. Conflict between the Europeans and the Native Americans is common. Native Americans are forced to live on reservations. Buffaloes experience rapid population decline at the hands of the white Americans due to a growing demand for beef.
  • 90 million acres of tribal land taken! Dawes Act
  • BEFORE
  • 30 million buffalo killed! 1800-1886
  • "The tribes of Indians inhabiting this country were fierce savages...to leave them in possession of their country was to leave the country a wilderness."- Chief Justice John Marshall
  • 1800-1890
  • AFTER
  • President Andrew Jackson
  • Indian RemovalAct1830
  • Europeans brought new diseases, which spread among the Native Americans, causing many deaths. Land was cleared of plants and trees for farming and mining. Native Americans no longer had access to ingredients to make medicines.
  • All of the buffalo have been killed, we have no more food to eat.
  • By the 1890's only250,000 NativeAmericans remained.
  • You are forbidden to speak your native tongue. From now on you must only speak English, and follow all of our commands! You must assimilate!
  • Culture is stripped from the Native Americans. They are forced to learn the skills necessary to function in American Society.
  • Get up you lazy arrogant savage. Don't just sit there doing nothing, come and help with the farming jobs. Do something useful for once!
  • "KILL THE INDIAN IN HIM, AND SAVE THE MAN!"- Captain R.H.Pratt, 1892
  • Europeans gained greatly through the westward expansion, gaining land, wealth, and power. Unfortunately, this had a devastating impact on the Native Americans as they lost their land, culture, family, and homes.
  • "It makes my heart sick when I remember all the good words and the broken promises."- Chief Joseph, Nez Perce Tribe.
  • "They made us many promises but they kept only one. They promised to take our land and they did."- Red Cloud, Chief of the Oglala Lakota 1822-1909
  • "Yes, more, more, more!..till our national destiny is fulfilled and...the whole boundless continent is ours."- John L. O'Sullivan, 1845
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