Great Father at Wash-ington
was this a common name used for the president by the Natives?
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Now we cannot compel the Government to abide by her treaty stipu-lations, by going to war. We have tried that, and. it has reduced us Irom large nations to mere handfuls of tribes.
the Native tribes never truly stopped fighting. They just became smart enough to know that fighting through war was not going to produce the desired outcome they would want.
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le to come up to this desk, and do busi-ness as well as a citizen of the United States. You who are educated cannot pull away the veil and
it is disheartening to see how the Americans made the Natives actually believe that they were inferior.
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Wherever you go, I will go, and where you die I will die also.
they truly were acting as one united nation. almost similar to the American colonies. they were separate with their own leaders but at the same they were united with one goal in mind and one council with representatives of each tribe.
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It has been said that we were in the way of civilization, and that we were not able to help ourselves; if we pass this bill it will muzzle our enemies and make our friends strong in our defense.
the members of the tribes were aware that the early settlers would call them "uncivilized" but that it was simply not true.
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I, too, claim to have love of nationality, and if I believed this meas-ure would hurt my Nation, or injure the interests of any Nation represented in this Council, I would be far from advocating it. Especially wo
even though their backgrounds were from different tribes, they were starting to have a national identity that involved all of them.
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Life and property
two of the main reasons that the United States revolted for is something of concern for the natives as well.
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All the good talk I have heard here, I am going to keep until I get home to my people, and tell them all the good news
almost every speaker states how they will spread the "good news" to their people. this might be due to all pf their struggling and knowing the importance of spreading some good news.
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There is another want our people have, and ask for, a preacher of the Gospel of the Son of God; who will have Sabbath schools, and meetings. We want a live preacher, one who can instruct us, and teach us the words of the Great Spirit.
Accepting the religion of Christianity is the biggest piece of proof that they were willing to assimilate with the United States.
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but we will not give it up
they had a strong will to be able to start new lives that many times and still be optimistic
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The Indians en-gaged in the fight, destroyed it because we would not assist them against the United States.
they were constantly placed in the middle of other conflicts and were often left losing even if they did nothing.
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Committee on International Relations.
I never knew they had this type of committee
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Many of our people were carried into other states during the late war, and it is a constant source of trouble to us that they are"not allowed to come back and have their rights with us,
it is saddening to see how the natives were not allowed to return home after the war had concluded. they were practically war prisoners.
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I am the peacemaker between white man and red man. Government is strong, and I want to be at peace.
it seems as he wanted peace since he saw no way of beating the strong government.
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I will keep my chil-dren at school till they can read, write and under-stand the English language. I will buy cattle, hogs and chickens. I want to do as the Cherokee, Creek, Choctaw, Seminole, and all my wealthy and educated red brothers.
it seemed as the mentioned tribes were the leading forces in their time. to persuade someone who is a soldier into assimilating due to just observing your actions must mean you are well respected amongst your peers.
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mething this time they will not fo'get. I thank you brothers, for the good advice and couns
Were any representatives of the Kiowas present in the meeting?
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Many innocent persons were killed, and my people, fearing they would be involved in the war, fled from their homes, in their haste and excitement abandon-ing all their property but their horses.
this shows an example of how difficult it was being a Native American in that time. they fled their houses solely because they were afraid of being associated with another tribe.
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I am glad to hear how well the Osages and Kaws are doing, and hope that at the next Coun-cil they may be able to tell of still greater improve-ments.
even though the council consisted of several different tribes, it is easy to see that they have formed an actual brotherhood with one another and helped each other through their ordeals.
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We do not want the land to be taken from our children.
The future of one's children is always strong motivator.
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and in fact, petitioned Congress to facilitate thefinal transition from tribal to state governance.
tribal leaders truly felt as they had no other choice
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Oklahoma is admitted on the express condition thatstatehood would have no impact on preexisting treaty rights and that the federal-tribalrelationship would continue as if no state had come into being
I am somewhat pleasantly surprised that the government decided to keep their word with the treaties.
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At present, there are thirty-nine federally recognized tribes within the geographicboundaries of Oklahoma,31 each maintaining a viable tribal government and exercisingvarying degrees of tribal sovereignty to the exclusion of state power.
this is definitely a better outcome since they are able to keep their tribal sovereignty as opposed to becoming a state as a last resort.
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Under immense pressure, each of the Five Tribes eventually entered intoagreements with the United States for the allotment of tribal lands, with theunderstanding that if the tribes did not consent to allotment, all three branches of thefederal government were aligned to force allotment without tribal input.
there were so many instances where the US government pretended to give tribal leaders choices but in reality were only giving them one option.
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The new state would envelope thetreaty-guaranteed territorial boundaries of the Five Tribes, geographically bordered byTexas to the south, Arkansas to the east, Kansas and Missouri to the north, and the
it would have been interesting to live in the United States with a whole state designated for Native Americans. especially how they would affect the presidential outcomes of the last 100 years.
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a barbaric dominion within acivilized republic, subdivided into nearly twentydifferent nations, all speaking different languages,and each under its individual chiefs.
Settlers always preferred calling other nations as barbaric in order to give them a reason to take over and help the people become more "civilized"
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Would a Native state, a political entity recognized by the US and devoted to tribal needs, have been the best way to safeguard tribal sovereignty
I believe it would have to a certain extent but they would have probably faced many dilemmas in achieving proper representation.
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These tribes were called to a meeting with the Union at the end of the Civil War in 1865 and told that the treaties they had signed with the Confederacy meant that they had “rightfully forfeited all annuities and interests in the lands in the Indian Territory,” and they had to send delegates to Washington DC to sign new treaties of “peace and amity.”
these native tribes were caught in the crossfire of the civil war. they most likely did not want to get involved but were afraid of losing their lands. the confederacy must've seemed like the logical choice since Oklahoma was surrounded by confederate territory.
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Natives were considered to be culturally and intellectually inferior to whites.
I believe that this mentality was only created in order to give a "valid" reason to claim the lands of the natives as their own
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explain your choice in the annotations.
Many of the actions of the Native people helped contribute to an American victory in the revolution. they also helped settlers survive the harsh winters by providing food and also acted as guides many times. This helped with western expansion of the continent and saved settlers the trouble of exploring many of these lands
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Natives fought for the Americans and suffered greatly as a result of the war, their petitions to Congress went unanswered.
it must have been so disheartening for them to lose all those lives and then not receive any compensation. the men who died, died believing that their sacrifice would benefit their families
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Virginia’s leading revolutionaries added the abolition of land speculation to their list of grievances against Britain
money is one of the biggest motivators
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not even a second Chinese wall, unless guarded by a million soldiers, could prevent the settlement of the Lands on the Ohio and its dependencies.
it still amazes me how early settlers felt the right to proclaim the land of others as their own
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Ye have only to become good again and do what I wish, and I will send back the animals for your food.”
This reminds me of many stories in the Bible where a prophet would tell the people that they had to rid themselves of the evil teachings of other nations and that once they did so, would be rewarded with some sort of return to prosperity.
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