· Explore the era of U.S. westward expansion, its impact on NativeAmericantribes, and the lasting legacy of displacement, resistance, and cultural resilience. Discover how America'swestward expansion affectedNativeAmericantribes, leading to loss of land, forced relocations, and lasting cultural impacts. What was the impact of continuedwestward expansion on the nativepeoples of the AmericanWest? Here is an interactive map of NativeAmerican tribes for a great sense of context to the Indian Removal and Relocation events that took place in 19th and 20th century America. Between the 1820s up through the 1880s, NativeAmericans were continually uprooted and relocated to reservation lands. These actions were legitimized by the passage of the Indian Removal Act of 1830, under President Andrew Jackson. The end result of the centuries-long conflict between whites and Indians was the devastation of traditional Native American culture. But in the middle of the eighteenth century the population of whites and Native Americans was fairlyevenly balanced. The tribes of the eastern seaboard had largely been defeated and driven westward by the expanding Br...See full list on encyclopedia.comThe French and Indian War (1754–63) was the first signal to the NativeAmerican tribes that the balance of power was shifting. The French, who had long been allied with the major midwesternIndian tribes, were defeated by the British and in 1763 gave the victorious British and Spanish vast tracts of American land, including most of the Ohio River V...See full list on encyclopedia.comOccupying most of present-day western New York, the five tribes that made up the Iroquois—the Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, Cayuga, and Seneca—had long ago established a peace among themselves that made them one of the most influential Indian nations in the East. Legend has it that the five tribes so loved war that they could not give it up. Indeed, wa...See full list on encyclopedia.comThe Navajo peoples of present-day New Mexicoand Arizona were affected very differently by westward expansion than the eastern tribes were. In fact, the advance of the Americans was not the first time they had dealt with a foreign nation encroaching upon their tribal lands—Spain was the first to colonize the desert Southwest, beginning in the late s...See full list on encyclopedia.comTheir land was known on the white man's maps as the Great American Desert. Stretching from the Mississippi River on the east to the foot of the Rocky Mountainson the west, and from the Canadian border all the way south to Texas, the land roamed by the Plains Indians was a vast prairie, dry in the summer, windblown and cold in the winter. It was a l...See full list on encyclopedia.comThe Plains Indians depended on the buffalo not only for food but also for a variety of other uses. The hides of buffalo calves provided swaddling for newborn babies, while the thick hides of adult buffalo were sewn together to make the coverings for the giant tepees the Indians used for shelter. Hides were also used to make clothing, moccasins, bag...See full list on encyclopedia.comThe massacre at Wounded Knee marked the end of meaningful Native American resistance in America. Of the hundreds of tribes and millions of Indians who had roamed the continent before the white men arrived, only thousands remained, herded onto reservations not of their choosing and forced to rebuild their cultures from the scraps that their white co...See full list on encyclopedia.comBooksBallantine, Betty, and Ian Ballantine, eds. The Native Americans: An Illustrated History.Atlanta, GA: Turner Publishing, 1993. Fichter, George S. How the Plains Indians Lived.New York: David McKay, 1980. Graymont, Barbara. The Iroquois.New York: Chelsea House, 1988. Iverson, Peter. The Navajos.New York: Chelsea House, 1990. Josephy, Alvin M., Jr. 500 Nations: An Illustrated History of North American Indians.New York: Knopf, 1994. Snow, Dean R. The Iroquois.Oxford: Blackwell, 1994. Underhill,...Web sitesGeorgia College and State University. Ina Dillard Russel Library Special Collections: Native American Resources.[Online] http://library.gcsu.edu/~sc/resna.html (accessed ). The Navajo Central.org Website.[Online] http://navajocentral.org/homepage.htm#language (accessed ). "Pueblo Indians and Revolts." New Mexico History.[Online] http://www.rr.gmcs.k12.nm.us/dNMhist.htm (accessed ). Sacred Beings: Buffalo and Deer, Sustainers of Life.[Online] http://www.c...See full list on encyclopedia.com For the Cherokee and numerous other NativeAmericannations, westward expansion was more like an invasion. As American citizens expanded across what would become the continental United States, they routinely encountered NativeAmericannations who inhabited land they found desirable. How did westward expansion affect Native American tribes?This approach allowed the government to cede native lands under dubious legal and ethical grounds, often providing inadequate compensation or failing to fulfill the promises made to indigenous communities. The impact of westward expansion on Native American tribes was extensive and detrimental.Why did the Cherokee expand westward?For the Cherokee and numerous other Native American nations, westward expansion was more like an invasion. As American citizens expanded across what would become the continental United States, they routinely encountered Native American nations who inhabited land they found desirable.Why was westward expansion important?For the United States government as well as many American migrant settlers, westward expansion represented the pre-ordained fate of the American people. For the Cherokee and numerous other Native American nations, westward expansion was more like an invasion.How did westward expansion affect the United States?Interactive Map of Westward Expansion from PBS Teacher's Domain explore various ways in which the United States experienced substantial growth between the years 1860–1890 including railroad and agricultural expansion/development and the presence of Native tribes in decade increments. Explore the impact of Westward Expansion on NativeAmerican rights, from displacement to resistance, and the legacy of key legislation. For the Cherokee and numerous other NativeAmericannations, westward expansion was more like an invasion. As American citizens expanded across what would become the continental United States, they routinely encountered NativeAmericannations who inhabited land they found desirable. Explore the impact of Westward Expansion on NativeAmerican rights, from displacement to resistance, and the legacy of key legislation.
