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- This is a Native American tribe. There were lots of these tribes around in earlier centuries; it is believed that the first Native Americans migrated here over 15,000 years ago, via a land bridge called Berengia. They lived nomadically, which meant they could move/roam around whenever and where ever they liked.
- I love nomadic life!
- So do I! The 1400's are the best!
- Starting in the 1600's, the British began to explore the frontier, and gradually began to find and colonize the Native American tribes. Because the British were shooting the buffalo too, either for food or just for fun, the buffalo numbers dropped dramatically. At one point, numbers had gone from 60,000,000 to just 1,100!
- It's 1830 and we've found Natives!
- We must go back and tell Andrew Jackson!
- Slowly but surely, the British began to colonize the Native American tribes. Some tribes reluctantly obeyed, but others fought back. Many people and buffalo died throughout this time, either dying in the fight, or by getting a disease. 90% of the Native Americans died after catching a disease from the whites, as they had not been exposed to things such as colds, smallpox or measles before.
- *Cough cough*
- Now I've got a disease!
- Andrew Jackson ( the president of the US at the time ), signed the 'Indian Removal Act' in 1830. It was created by Thomas Jefferson, and meant that the president could negotiate with the tribes for their land, in return for them to move west of the Mississippi River and into reservations.
- We hate it here!
- Well get used to it!
- 'Kill the Indian, Save The Man' was a quote said by Captain Richard Henry Pratt in 1892. It means to take away all Indian Culture, and they did this by sending Indian children to English schools, forcing them to speak English and putting them into reservations. The English pretty much just wanted to get rid of all cultural Indian identity and convert them to the English ways. The English believed that in order to save the Indians, they had to get rid of the savage inside of them.
- Why do we have to do it like this??
- I know. It's so unfair. I want to go home!
- Do it like this!!
- This is what the frontier used to look like.
- I'm so happy here!
- This is what the frontier looks like today. It has been colonized, and has now fill of buildings and cities. The only frontier left today are the Great Plains.
- 30% of the Native Americans living in the United States are still in reservations today. There are 326 Indian reservations currently in the US, and majority of the Native Americans are now doing everything the English way.
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