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Pros And Cons: The Assimilation Of Native Americans

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Assimilation: assimilation is a noun that means the process of absorbing one cultural group into another. Whether you 're talking about ideas or nutrients, assimilation describes the act of taking something in and absorbing it fully. This is exactly what the Natives had to do to be able to survive through their harshest move, their biggest challenges, and the disappointments that changed their lives. The Natives had it ruff and in most cases the Americans weren 't fair to the Natives, the Americans could of acted differently towards the Natives so they wouldn’t feel so threatened by the Americans.
The Natives had a huge challenge to face, an illegal treaty robbing them of their rights and possessions. In the Cherokee letter protesting the treaty of New Echota says "A spurious Delegation, in violation of a special injunction of the general council of the nation, proceeded to Washing City with this pretended treaty, and by false and fraudulent representations supplanted on the favor of the Government the legal and accredited Delegation of the Cherokee people, and obtained for this instrument, after making important alterations in its provisions, the recognition of the United States Government." Even though the treaty was illegal and fake they still brought it up to the US Gov. to make it legal even after the Americans were making the Natives follow it. Also in Gen. Winfield Scott 's Address to the Cherokee …show more content…

The harshest movement for the Natives was when thousands of their people died because of the US. In the A solider recalls the Trail of Tears says “I saw the helpless Cherokees arrested and dragged from their homes, and driven at the bayonet point into the stockades.” The Cherokees couldn’t defend themselves unless they were willing to die while fighting for freedom. Also it says “The Trail of the exiles was a trail of death” The Cherokees weren’t treated right, they weren’t cared for when sick and because of that thousands of Cherokee people died while being

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