Native Americans were forced to displace by the Indian Relocation Act in 1830
Before colonization, Native Americans lived all over the land that now we know as the United States. However, in 1830, President Andrew Jackson signed the Indian Removal Act. The act was made of the desire of white settlers to grow cotton in the South, on the rich lands of the Choctaw, Cherokee, Creek, and many other tribes.
The act was meant to force Native Americans out of Alabama, Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, and Tennessee, and to send them someplace else, to “Indian territory”, which was located in Oklahoma. As you can imagine, too many people died during these forced migrations.
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Looking forward to more information .History taught never much of any facts of actual history,facts marred in time.
Short paragraphs but loaded with precise facts .Very inspiring and informative.
What’s interesting to me, where did the ‘native’ Americans come from. If we complete a more intense historical search, the ‘native’ American came from Filipino islands which really complicate the ‘American’ claim. When tracing historical facts, we should not stop searching when we get the results we’re looking for. History requires accuracy to the historical beginning. When a complete line of heritage is gone because a ‘wacko’ kills them all, that doesn’t change historical facts!
It was very interesting would enjoy reading more about this as my mother was native American
My maternal grandmother was a Onondaga Iroquois. I learned a lot of my Indian heritage from my grandfather. I am proud to be part of this history. Thank you for this history lesson.
This is deeply disturbing. Many of us don’t think to reeducate ourselves. Our history that is taught in school is all lies. I am Iriquois, from the northern NY state into Canada’s Quebec providence. My great great great grandmother was full blooded Iriquois, Seneca. I am proud of that and I respect all the tribes.
Good one!
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