Immigration...Native American: Destroying Cultures - For Teachers. Destroying the Native American Cultures When European settlers arrived on the North American continent at the end of the fifteenth century, they encountered diverse Native American cultures—as many as 900,000 inhabitants with over 300 different languages. These people, whose ancestors crossed the land bridge from Asia in what may be considered the first North American immigration, were virtually destroyed by the subsequent immigration that created the United States. This tragedy is the direct result of treaties, written and broken by foreign governments, of warfare, and of forced assimilation. Today, people see the policies of the past with 21st century eyes.
In 1786, the United States established its first Native American reservation and approached each tribe as an independent nation. In addition, Monroe observed that America’s westward growth “has constantly driven them back, with almost the total sacrifice of the lands which they have been compelled to abandon. Trail of Tears --Locate 1. On This Date in North American Indian History by Phil Konstantin. NMAI Codetalkers. Indians 101: American Indians & the United Nations. Following World War II, many of the nations of the world came together to form the United Nations to serve as a forum for international relations. Indian nations as colonial entities were not viewed as sovereign nations as thus were not a part of the United Nations when it was formed. In 1948 the United Nations classified genocide as a crime against humanity. Genocide is identified as an activity against a national, ethnic, racial, or religious group which includes one or more of the following: (1) killing members of the group, (2) causing serious bodily or mental harm to members of the group, (3) inflicting on the group conditions of life calculated to bring about its physical destruction, (4) imposing measures to prevent births within the group, and (5) forcibly transferring children of the group to another group.
Many Indian people realized that the actions of the United States during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries can be viewed as genocide under this definition. Continuance – Rechargeable Battery with USB Interface by Haimo Bao, Hailong Piao, Yuancheng Liu & Xiameng Hu. The Power Play Continues This is so simple. Continuance is a set of batteries with a USB interface on the side.
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