PROGRESS

GERONIMO

• Born June 16 1829
• escaped from the San Carlos reservation several times
• Geronimo served as the Chiricahua Apache's shaman (medicine man) and war leader,
• Geronimo's camp was attacked on March 5 his wife and three children were killed
• Delayed Native Americans making progress because he rebelled against Mexican and American forces

ANDREW JACKSON

• Born march 15 1767
• Died June 8 1845
• Some nicknames are king mob, hero of New Orleans, old hickory
• Was in favor of Indian removal
• Vice Presidents: Van Buren, Calhoun

CHIEF STANDING BEAR

• He was a Ponca chief
• Was relocated to different reservations multiple times
• Was arrested three times for trying to walk to their home lands
• Had a landmark court case win Standing bear v. Cook
• Made it known that Indians have the same rights as native Americans

QUOTE

• "Our nation was born in genocide when it embraced the doctrine that the original American, the Indian was an inferior race"
• I think this means that America thought that the white race was superior to the Indian race so the y could just uproot them and move them.