As we approach the millennium, a time capsule will be a great idea to make because it will contain a summary of important dates and historical headlines that happened a long time ago. It will also be a very helpful thing to preserve for the future in order for people to have a better rationalization of the significance of the American Indians in the United States History from 1609 to 1865.

The Native Americans or American Indians, once occupied all of the entire region of the United States. They were composed of many different groups, who speaked hundreds of languages and dialects. The Indians from the Southwest used to live in large built terraced communities and their way of sustain was from the agriculture where they planted squash, pumpkins, beans and corn crops. Trades between neighboring tribes were common, this brought in additional goods and also some raw materials such as gems, cooper. seashells and soapstone.

To this day, movies and television continue the stereotype of Indians wearing feathered headdresses killing innocent white settlers. As they encountered the Europeans, automatically their material world was changed. The American Indians were amazed by the physical look

The main reason that I selected these items to be in my time capsule is because in most cases the new immigrants that are coming to the United States are not fluent in knowledge in our American history. This is only a small piece of evidence about the drastic changes that the Natives faced because of the colonization. I hope that by rearing my time capsule about the American Indians between the 1609 and 1865, you have a better understanding about the problems and benefits that the Native tribes faced. Even today, Native Americans continue to suffer from a cultural crisis, but if we contribute and help them, we can also benefit from their rich culture.

In 1830, the Congress ordered the total removal of all American Indians to West of the Mississippi river. The American government systematically followed a policy that pushed American Indians from their traditional lands and onto government reservations in the West. The government reserved land for a tribe and signed a treaty with them. The tribes were not supposed to go beyond the borders of its lands and whoever did, was captured and brought back. However, on each occasion when new settlers moved into the territory, the government broke its promise and the tribes were moved further Westward again. This process encouraged the "Trails of Tears" where one-quater of the Cherokees perished on the journey Westward. The Indians were forced to emigrate because the colonists were in need of more land for their farming purposes and for more space for the new settlers. Many Indian tribes, approximately 15,000 people, were forced to walk hundreds of miles, barefoot in the middle of the winter, without proper clothing,

I will strongly encourage people to visit Museums and historical sites about the American Indians so they can become more fluently in this subject.

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