Native Americans

*Indian Removal Act*

• Jackson felt Indians were inferior/wanted land
• Convinced Congress to pass bill in 1830
• Forcibly moved NAs west of Mississippi Rv.
• Trail of Tears: 16,000 NAs forcibly moved west
• 4,000 Died - exposure, disease, starvation

Dawes Act 1887

• Help NAs assimilate into American society
• Broke up reservations into smaller units
• 160 acres family/80 acres individual
• Western lands desert, not good for farming
• NAs not accustomed to farming

Battle of Wounded Knee

• Dec. 20, 1890
• US government massacres over 300 Sioux
• End to NA military resistance in West

"I can still see the butchered woman and children...A people's dream died there. It was a beautiful dream"
- Black Elk

Johnson vs mcintosh 1823

• Two Party's were trying to purchase land
• McIntosh wins (bought land from congress)
• Johnson looses because NA had no right selling land 
• The Discovery Doctrine

Worcester v. Georgia 1832

• Samuel Worcester main representative for Cherokees 
• State of Georgia had made clear attempts to remove Cherokees 
• Chief Justice John Marshall ruled in favor of Cherokees 
• Georgia ignored Supreme Court's ruling, continued to try and remove them  

Cherokee Nation Vs Georgia

• 1828
• Denominated domestic dependent nations
• U.S. had a degree of authority

*Reservation Life*

• Scarcity of jobs
• Drug abuse
• Depression