Research Paper On Native Americans

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Native Americans Dear Angela, I am so pleased to hear from you again. How is the family? My family and I are doing well. I am honored that you asked me to help you research your paper on Native Americans. Being as I am a Native American I can give you details to benefit your research. Please forgive me if I start to ramble on about my heritage, I don’t want to sound bias, but this is who I am and it is important to me. Anyways, I hope this helps. The Native Americans have struggled for many years throughout history. When the Europeans came to North America they really thought that they were in India, which is where they received the name Native Indians. The name has been with my people for over 500 years. In the…show more content…
The massacre of 1890, in Wounded Knee, South Dakota, this is where the U.S. Cavalry took our warriors, women and children and had them slaughtered, so much devastation to my people back then. My people were now under the siege of the U.S. Government. The Government wanted to relocate my people and take them from their homes, they could not practice their customs or speak are native language. Our children were also taken from us and sent to school in hopes that they might be able to “civilize” them. They didn’t want our children to know of our…show more content…
My people have come a long way throughout history and beyond. With the help of Congress they provided funding for the Native Americans so they can have community colleges around their borders. My people and other tribes started to have rights to hunt, fish and have access to natural resources in and around their territories. Our children are now entitled to have the right to a safe and fun education that they so much deserve. Angela, the Native Americans have been through so much pain and suffering that it breaks my heart to hear how the white man has treated them. I am very proud to be the person I am today. Today, my people are living a free life and they still believe in their culture and practice their traditions. I hope that I was able to help you with your paper. It has been an honor to tell you about my history of the Native Americans. Now you should have a better understanding of what my people went through in our history. Please let me know how you did on your paper.
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