69. Women's Petition against Indian Removal (1830) Source: Twenty-first Congress, House Report No. 209. During the 1830s and early 1840s, tens of thousands of Native Americans w forcibly removed from their communities in the East and resettled in Indian Territory (modern-day Oklahoma). Indian Removal opened large amounts C land to white settlement, and most white Americans, especially in the West seem to have supported the policy. But not all-numerous petitions were ser Congress urging lawmakers to respect the rights of Native Americans. One originated with a large group of women in Steubenville, Ohio. Congress table their petition without responding to it. Questions 1. Why do the women feel the need to deny that they are interfering in the "political affairs" of the nation? 2. What arguments do the women advance against Indian Removal?

69. Women's Petition against Indian Removal (1830) Source: Twenty-first Congress, House Report No. 209. During the 1830s and early 1840s, tens of thousands of Native Americans w forcibly removed from their communities in the East and resettled in Indian Territory (modern-day Oklahoma). Indian Removal opened large amounts C land to white settlement, and most white Americans, especially in the West seem to have supported the policy. But not all-numerous petitions were ser Congress urging lawmakers to respect the rights of Native Americans. One originated with a large group of women in Steubenville, Ohio. Congress table their petition without responding to it. Questions 1. Why do the women feel the need to deny that they are interfering in the "political affairs" of the nation? 2. What arguments do the women advance against Indian Removal?