The Nez Perces Migration To Canada

In 1855 the Nez Perce signed a treaty with the United States concerning what land was theirs. In the Treaty, the United States gave the Nez Perce about 7.7 million acres for

My group read a Nez Perce legend “When Sweat Lodge Was Human". The Nez Perce tribe was located in Northwest America but now has a 750,000 acre reservation in Idaho. The Nez Perce was a migratory tribe and their diet consisted of such foods as roots, moose, buffalo, elk, salmon, potatoes, carrots, blackberries, elderberries, pine nuts, strawberries, and sunflower seeds. From what I have read and analyzed The Nez Perce Tribe believes that In the beginning of time before humans all the animals met together in a group and had a discussion. This discussion was about the animals and what their roles in wildlife would be.

The Lakota find out that the whites set up camps near them for the winter. Chapter 12: Crazy Horse finds out that many more soldiers are at Fort Laramie with more on the way because they found gold

The Fashionable Nez Perce Tribe “It does not require many words to speak the truth. ~Chief Joseph” The Nez Perce tribe had many unique qualities. They lived mostly in Idaho but moved around to Washington and Oregon. They did this because they would hunt buffalo and would go wherever they went. They enjoyed doing this and would look forward to when they got to move again.

On November 28, 1729, what seemed like a friendly visit turn into a blood bath. According to the text, the Natchez attacked and killed white men, women and children with less than a fourth of the men escaping. The tensions leading to the conflict begin with settlers began to move closer to the Natchez land. As more and more settlers begin to move the lower Mississippi, the Natchez felt as if their land was being slowly moved onto by the settlers. To add onto the tensions, new settlers did not respect or try to learn about their Native neighbors.

Métis fatherly ancestry came from a diversity of nationalities such as French, Scottish, Irish, and English. Most of the mothers were native Indian. In the beginning, the Métis had two different characteristic groups such as the French Métis (Brois Brule) and English half-breeds. In most cases the Métis used European technology for their settlements. From there Indian background the Métis had minor road knowledge of conventional Indian ways.

The government couldn’t do much about the situation because there were too many people coming into the territory and there was gold on the land. The tension between the Indians and Whites grew. Slowly the Natives started to get out of control. They started to steal farmers and ranchers cattle and some cases they would also burn ranches down. They would raid; wagon trains, miners, and settlers that were traveling through the Indians territory or settling the

The Nez Perce a Native American tribe who live in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. A person says they descended from the Old Cordilleran Culture, which moved south from the Rocky Mountains and west into lands where the tribe th. The federally recognized Nez Perce Nation currently governs and lives within its reservation in Idaho. Their name for themselves is Nimíipuu part of the Sahaptin family.

“Doing outdoor activities is a stress reliever and it is a chance for us to bond with our friends and families. It also makes us healthy and it prevents us from having illnesses.” - Gadwin In 2007, Gadwin and his Family migrated to Canada from the Philippines. They migrated to Canada because they knew that Canada offers many opportunities for them to have a better life.

Native Americans flourished in North America, but over time white settlers came and started invading their territory. Native Americans were constantly being thrown and pushed off their land. Sorrowfully this continued as the Americans looked for new opportunities and land in the West. When the whites came to the west, it changed the Native American’s lives forever. The Native Americans had to adapt to the whites, which was difficult for them.

After watching Tecumseh’s Vision, I became more knowledgeable about the struggles Natives had to experience as western civilization occurred. Tecumseh was a trailblazer to his people and was a visionary. He was in favor of a strong Indian confederacy and was a strong Indian leader. As a result of rising tensions between the Shawnees and the Americans, it lead to a costly culmination of battles in order to claim Ohio land and westward expansion. Tecumseh’s legacy lives on and he is remembered for his leadership and courage to take on the Americans.

The Nez Perce refused to sign the agreement that said they would give their land to the government and they said that they were not bothering anyone. However, the settlers did not like Native Americans and accused the Nez Perce of stealing horses and killing their farm animals. Soon after, White Bird attacked the fort and won the battle. In retaliation, the Union attacked the Nez Perce’s allies. As a result, the Nez Perce ran with their fellow allies to an area in Montana that is now known as Yellowstone.

After the purchase of the Louisiana territory from the french, Thomas Jefferson has sent Meriwether Lewis and William Clark to explore this new land, in hopes of locating useful resources, mapping territory and setting out a trade route toward the pacific ocean. So then set the long, treacherous trail Lewis and Clark has embarked on, encountering foreign environment and Native Americans. Who they eventually have started to disrespect them, by their act of violence, and motivation of cultural cleansing, therefore causing an act against different tribes. While Lewis and Clark ventured deeper into the west of this new American land. They encounter a large variety of Native Americans and started to act a behavior of aggression towards them.

The Allotment Act The Dawes Act and its supporters sang a very similar tune to southerners who justified slavery as their patriarchal and christian duty. The Dawes Act allowed the President of the United States to survey the reservations Indians lived on and allot its land to heads of households, single persons over eighteen, and to orphans. This meant that the President went into reservations and redistributed the land, upsetting the system Native Americans had previously. Slave owners of the Antebellum South believed that the Black men and women needed to be enslaved, for they could not function without a patriarchal master. Westerners too saw the Native Americans as inferior, and felt that they had to help the tribal people be free of

Following a series of battle between his tribe and the United States Military, On October 4th, 1877 Chief Joseph of the Nez Perce tribe gave a speech of surrender to an aid of General Oliver Howard. Chief Joseph's “I Will Fight No More Forever” describes the effects that U.S. Westward Expansion had Native American tribes. The literary movement associated with Chief Joseph's speech is Realism. Realism is a realistic approach that focused on common people and depicts life at it is