With the different ways of expressing life and culture in their territory, the US attempted to take control of the Tribe. The Tribe did not want to be taken control of these new unknown people. So, they decided to fight back. In the 1850s, the Tribe was lead to war by the Navajo leader known as Manuelito. With the war in the South West between the tribe and the US from the 1850 to the 1964 made it a hard long battle.
The Native American leaders that were brutally killed were called Chief Little Turtle, Chief Blue Jacket ,and Chief Buckongahelas. Not all American Indians, however they agreed to the treaty and bloodshed continued in the region for the next twenty years as Anglo settlers and American Indians struggled for control of the
The Arapaho Tribe were strong and formidable people who secretly had warrior societies. During November 1864, a small village of Cheyenne and Arapaho
After the recent readings for Zinn’s book, I began to do some research on the Indians helping the British during the Revolutionary War. I Google “Roles of Indians during the Revolutionary War,” and I sound a very interesting site that backed up Zinn’s statement. Many of the Indians, especially the Shawnee, Creeks and the powerful Cherokee and Iroquois helped the British in the American Revolution. The British promised Indians more than their freedom, they also promised to stop settlement on their land. However, there are some Indians that fought for America as well, those tribes were most involved with people who would become Americans.
Even those within the same tribe fought against
The Kansa Indians were at war with many tribes like “the Sacs and Foxes, Omahas, Osages, Iowas, Otoes, Pawnees, and the Cheyennes” (27). The Osages and Pawnees often proved to be the most dangerous to the Kansas and were treated as such. Despite their previous dealings, the Kansas experienced a change when white traders started to roam the area. The Osages and the Kansas spent “the winter of 1806-1807 hunting and trapping…” together (86). The interaction with the traders influenced the Kansas to halt hostilities towards its former enemy.
Before American settlers came to America, Native Americans lived here. The Great Plains were their home, and had lived here for many centuries. Some lived in communities, while others were nomads. Native Americans were divided into bands which consisted in around 500 people. They had their own government that controlled each band, but most of the people helped in making the decisions.
The Apaches had to step up their attacks which included brutal ambushes on stagecoaches and wagon trains. Eventually, the Apache leader, Geronimo’s father-in-law, Cochise, put a halt to the war and his people were sent to a reservation on Apache territory. Within a few years, Cochise died and the Government broke the treaty and the people were sent North. Geronimo didn’t go with them but authorities caught him and sent him to a different reservation in 1877. He escaped four years later.
The Lakota Indians The Lakota is a tribe located in the northern plains of America. They are related to the Sioux by culture, Language, and history. The Dakota are also a related tribe to the Lakota. They are known as Teton or also western Sioux. In the 1640’s the Lakota stayed closer to the Sioux.
Comanche culture grew and flourished through raiding, fighting, and soon, every aspect of life in Comanche culture became intertwined with war. This explains their actions towards the Texans, barbaric and violent. The Comanche would steal animals from other tribes and also would steal from American and Mexican settlers. Raiding sometimes lead to war but in the eyes of the Comanche, it was manly and sufficient to raid others for cattle and loot. The Comanche’s life was based around the art of raiding, resulting in a lot of fighting, mainly with the Texans.
Even though Native American involvement during the Revolutionary War is often overlooked. they played a significant role. Not only did the war determine which direction in history America would take, but it also progressed the downfall of the Native Americans. They lost land and freedoms while America gained it. Both sides in the war wanted the Native Americans to stay neutral, however most Native Americans sided with the English during the American Revolution.
The combatants were the warriors of the Lakota Sioux, Northern Cheyenne, and Arapaho tribes and the men of the Seventh Cavalry, guided by General George Custer. The tribes had come together for a variety of reasons. The lands surrounding the river were plentiful, and they regularly gathered there for their annual sun dance ceremony, where Sitting Bull had prophesied a great victory for his people. When news spread of Custer’s arrival to the land, Sitting Bull (Lakota) and Crazy Horse (Oglala) quickly took control and devised a plan for victory. Elsewhere, Custer split his forces, leaving him with command of just five companies.
The Cheyenne had times when other tribes threatened their territory or they had a bad relationship with a tribe, which sometimes ended on battle - grounds. The most famous chiefs of the tribe were: Chief Roman Nose, Little Rock, Morning Star, Dull Knife, and Black Kettle. The Cheyenne’s most steadfast enemy was the Pawnee tribe, to protect their claim of land the Pawnee allied with eastern tribes. The Cheyenne gained strength through alliances, but by the end of the 18th century, the Cheyenne had already started to fight with other northern plain tribes. The Cheyenne fought with arrows, jaw - bone clubs, hatchet axe, knifes, stone ball clubs, and when on horseback, war shields.
Iroquois Confederacy was an association of five tribes named Mohawk, Oneida, Onandaga, Cayuga, Seneca. The conference was characterized by a peaceful pact between the tribes. In 1700, the Tuscarora tribe joined to the confederacy making the Six Nations Iroquois. Each tribe was compound by two moieties, and each moiety was compound by one or more exogamous clans. The Iroquois Confederacy had a huge importance in America History because they were the immense native American political group that fought with French and England settlement of the America.
The American Revolution lasted six years and the impacts of it were everlasting(Schultz, 2010). The effects were felt by every group of people in North America and many worldwide. Even though George Washington had all of his troops vaccinated against smallpox, the colonists were not so fortunate and as a results some estimates are that as many as one hundred and thirty thousand people died from this dreaded disease. This loss of life combined with the divisions among the colonies into those loyal to Britain and those who wanted freedom would forever change the way of life for the colonists.
