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6-3 Historical Analysis Essay Progress Check 2
Matthew Pearcy
February 18, 2024
HIS-200
Tara S. McGrew
Describe the causes of the historical event. In other words, what were the underlying factors that led to the historical event? Were there any immediate causes that precipitated the event? Many causes led to the Trail of Tears but the one I am focusing on in my historical analysis essay is greed and failure to accept. Many European-American settlers came to this country with their beliefs and traditions at the forefront and any other beliefs, traditions, or cultural customs were an abomination. So during the years of 1830-1839, these settlers sought out more land, more profit, and more familiarity that they called “normal”. These familiarities were things such as religion, their language, and their customs. The Indian was seen as “savage” and “inferior” to these white settlers. Illustrate the course of your historical event. In other words, tell the story or narrative of your event. Who were the important participants? What did they do? Why? How do the perspectives of the key participants differ? In 1830, President Andrew Jackson signed the Indian Removal Act, which would lead over 15,000 natives west to what is now present-day Oklahoma. These tribes were the Choctaw, Creeks, Chickasaw, and Cherokee. During this removal, many tribes gave in due to the militia
presence and the Cherokee were the last to leave. During the removal, a lot of Cherokee natives were moved to detention camps where they were killed by disease and unsanitary living conditions which come summer, were only made worse by the southern heat. Why this all happened is greed and the inability to understand and adapt on the European-American’s part. Describe the immediate and long-term consequences of the historical event for American society. In other words, how did the event impact American society? The immediate consequences of this event were that many Indigenous people were lost due to sickness and frailty. The impact that is felt today is racial tension. Native people have a hate for “the white man” and in my opinion (which is biased) rightfully so. Residential schools are an after-effect of the Trail of Tears. They were established “as an attempt to both educate and
convert Indigenous youth and to assimilate them into Canadian society.” (Miller, J. (2024)
Discuss the historical evidence that supports your conclusions about the impact of the event on American society. Support your response with specific examples from your sources. The historical impact that is felt today is both anger and sadness that the process of eradication is still ongoing. With MMIW and residential schools, which are still prevalent issues,
the eradication of Indigenous people is still ongoing and deeply felt in the native communities. “The National Crime Information Center reports that, in 2016, there were 5,712 reports of missing American Indian and Alaska Native women and girls, though the US Department of Justice’s federal missing person database, NamUs, only logged 116 cases.” (
Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women (MMIW)
, n.d.). “
Indian boarding schools were schools that only Native children attended. Those schools were in the United States and Canada. In Canada, they
were called residential (rehz-ih-dehn-shul) schools. Many boarding schools were run by churches, but they all had to follow the government’s (gov-ern-ments) laws. Michigan had three of those boarding schools. They were located in Baraga, Harbor Springs, and Mount Pleasant. Harbor Springs was the last to close in 1983.” (
Forced to Fit In: Indian Boarding Schools
, n.d.)
References:
Forced to Fit In: Indian Boarding Schools
. (n.d.). Historical Society of Michigan. Retrieved February 18, 2024, from https://www.hsmichigan.org/indian-boarding-schools
Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women (MMIW)
. (n.d.). Native Hope. Retrieved February 18, 2024, from https://www.nativehope.org/missing-and-murdered-indigenous-women-
mmiw
John Ehle. (1989). Trail of Tears : The Rise and Fall of the Cherokee Nation: Vol. Anchor Books ed
. Anchor.
Hill, S. H. (n.d.). Cherokee Indian Removal
. Encyclopedia of Alabama. Retrieved January 22, 2024, from https://encyclopediaofalabama.org/article/cherokee-indian-removal/
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