Crimes Against Native Americans

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Native American’s The Cherokee Nation I believe the Cherokee people were one of the first groups to deal with racism in America. The Cherokee people lived off of the land by growing corn, beans, squash, sunflowers and even tobacco. They hunted small game, such as raccoons, turkeys, rabbits, and squirrels. The also fished using lines, spears, and traps. The Cherokee’s negotiated a peace treaty with the United States in 1785. There were some who continued to resist for at least another decade after that. In the treaty they gave part of their territory to the United States, and they were given permanent rights to the remaining territory. Some of the tribe did not like being told that they had to give up their land and stay on a reservation…show more content…
For Native Americans to be subjected to racism in their own land is even harder to believe. Statistics show us that Native Americans have twice the rate of violence against them as the average American citizen. They are the victim of violence by other races more than 70 percent of the time. Why is it that we as a nation do not realize that this is true? Why is it that crimes against Native Americans go unpunished? Some of the problem is that they do not report the crime. Part of it is also because most police officers do not know how to fight crime in native tribes. Local police are also reluctant to respond to crimes against…show more content…
After their lands were taken over and incorporated in the United States, they were denied equality before the law. Native Americans were sent to live on reservations that totaled just 4 percent of what they once owned. They were forced to go to a school system that tried to educate them in American values, and culture. Equality for the American Indians has been legally granted but they remain among the most economically disadvantaged group in the
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