Indian_Removal_Act

Indian Removal Act “The Indian Problem” In the beginning, native peoples occupied the lands that would one day become the United States of America. How they arrived there is the subject of discussion among experts. They came more than 20,000 years ago, and by 1492 AD, they had established patterns of society. Those of the Northeastern woods, known as the Five Nations, had established dominion over an area running from Maine to Kansas to South Carolina. The Indians of the Plains had each carved out their own territories, which they maintained by peaceful resolutions with each other. The people of the Southwest, in Arizona and New Mexico had two cultures, one nomadic and one for farming. There is no history of war, battle, even fighting during this point in history, among these people. Then the white man arrived. European settlers took over the Indian land like an unexpected plague. They found the Native Americans to be savages, in need of learning and dignity and unsuitable to live among, so they began pushing the Indians west, making room for the settlers coming in from overseas. Among those that were being pushed out of their homes, were the Iroquois of the Northeast and the Plains Indians cherokee, indians, indian, land, tribes, sioux, white, removal, tribe, native, nation, tears, plains, oklahoma, government, crazy, after, states, state, settlers, one, move, known, horse, cheyenne, west, united, thus, own, homes, georgia, day, become, americans, american, way