Colonists v.s. Native Americans
To some Americans, the childhood rhyme “in 1492, Columbus sailed the ocean blue” summarizes the depths of their knowledge of America’s discovery and foundation. While many people both today and in the 19th century acknowledged that a group of people called the Native Americans, not Columbus and his men, were the first ones to set foot on American soil, the Native Americans throughout history have been treated with little respect and tolerance by different groups of people, including the American government. For years, different Native American nations lived peacefully in various regions of western America; although, in the late 1800’s, as settlers moved west in search of new land and wealth, the Native American’s territory and lives were forever disrupted. While “ethnocentrism and cultural misunderstanding, rather than greed, was the key driving force behind the Native American policy in the late 1800’s” the American settlers also acted barbarically towards the Native Americans for the sole purpose of establishing and fostering their personal wealth and success. America’s hostility and insincerity towards the Native American groups can be explained by America’s general sense of “cultural misunderstanding” and close-mindedness.
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Approximate Word count = 882
Approximate Pages = 4 (250 words per page double spaced)
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