Throughout history, many ethnic issues have risen, ranging from peaceful protesters to wars. Out of many, the American Indian Movement caused upheaval in the young country of America. America broke many treaties and promises of a better life for the American Indians. The U.S. government took actions to solve the affairs that had taken place within its own borders, but the question still remains; was the U.S. justified in its treatment of the American Indians? One instance, the Indian Removal Act, leads us to believe that America had no intentions of keeping their promises to the American Indians. The movement of farmers, miners, and ranchers to the West caused the federal policy towards American Indians to change. The Indian Removal Act would compensate Indians with the Great Plains in exchange for their land in the East. By the 1800’s, whites had gone into the Great Plains and taken some of the land. Over the next half century, the government saw American Indians as obstacles for industrial and agricultural expansion. In 1867, the government decided to take the children of the American Indians and teach them how to live like whites. This is a clear example of the government continuously breaking its promises. …show more content…
Issues were mainly cultural disagreements. The Nez Perce, a tribe that lived in northwest Idaho, had to endure many hardships regarding different cultures. For years, they were friendly and open minded to whites. Sadly, the government's greed and hunger for expansion and riches broke their friendship. The government then listed them as wanted. The Nez Perce people were driven to the borders of Canada, where they were eventually captured and sent to a reservation. Within the next twenty years, all the next perce people were dead due to