The west was expending inevitably. The Fort Laramie Treaty of 1868 established the Sioux Reservation. The U.S government pledged to keep whites out of this territory. In 1874 Lt. Col. George Custer and his army discovered gold in the Black Hills, which led to different battles between the Americans and Sioux who just wanted to defend their area, homes and way of life. On June 25, 1876 Lt. Custer was defeated at the Battle of Little Big Horn by the chiefs, Sitting bull, Gall, Crazy Horse and their men.
Documents prove that the British intentionally killed off the buffalo in areas populated by the Native Americans. By doing this, the British took away their main source of food. Starvation occurred in many villages and the Natives population had reduced from an estimated 12 million in 1500 to barely 237,000 in 1900. Villages were pillaged, and prisoners were sent to camps or reservations. The British’s actions were rationalized through religion, Indians were seen as savages that needed to convert and those who didn’t were murdered.
Even with the concessions that the government made to the Native people, the fact is that they have been put through hell and they were initially and continue to be targeted for extinction in one way or another. The intended death and destruction of a people just because they are of a certain origin or ethnic background does fall under the definition of genocide. The fact is that most of white America is in denial of this term “genocide” and the idea that this continues to haunt the Native Americans of today. Is it a question of being too proud to admit that the whites could actually be this cruel and wrong and make such a mistake? I don’t think that the white man will ever own up to this
In testimony before a Congressional committee investigating the massacre, Chivington reported that as many as 500-600 Indian warriors were killed.” One source from the Cheyenne said that about 53 men and 110 women and children were killed. Chivington and his men decorated their weapons, hats, and equipment with scalps and other body parts, including Indian fetuses that had been cut from their pregnant mothers, and male and female genitalia. They also publicly displayed these battle trophies in the Apollo Theater and saloons in Denver. The congressional investigations resulted in public outcry against the slaughter of the Native Americans, but it didn't last long. Also the Battle of the Little Big Horn: On June 25, Custer attacked a large hunting camp of Lakota, Cheyenne and Arapaho on the Little Big Horn River in Montana.
There is a lot that one can assume just by looking at the piece. At the time this picture was painted, Bosnian Serb guerrillas were carrying out campaigns of “ethnic cleansing” which explains the title of the painting. Soldiers were clearing out certain ethnic groups but either just killing them or by turning them out of their homes. It was the worst refugee crisis in Europe since World War II
Another recognized Native American is Sitting Bull. He was born in 1831 and belonged to the Lakota Sioux tribe. Sitting Bull was notorious for leading his tribesmen against the US government. His victory in the 'Battle of the Little Bighorn' against Colonial George Armstrong Custer was one of his infamous achievements. The Indian agency police killed Sitting Bull in 1890 when they were making an attempt to arrest him.
Page |1 Daniel Castracion Soc 100 tues-thurs Hotel Rwanda Between April and June 1994 a war between the Hutus and Tutsis occurred in the East African country of Rwanda. An estimated 800,000 Rwandans were killed in the span of 100 days. I will discuss the basic scenario of the movie, how social theories may have influence particular outcomes and how dehumanization of the Tutsi people may have led to the acceptance of the genocide. This horrific event was not merely an act of one denomination simply not liking the other. Colonial history, global economic integration and finally the assassination president Habyarimana was the perfect combination for the tragic genocide of the Tutsi people of Rwanda.
The war started when the American Indians became bitter about the settler’s encroachment on their land. Many grievances were also left unresolved from shady fur trades. A group of Yamasee Indians attacked and killed 90 white traders and their families (April 15, 1715).1 In early 1715, a confederation was formed consisting of Yamasee Indians and several other tribes. This confederation struck white settlements all over South Carolina. Many hundreds of settlers were killed while their homes were burned and their livestock destroyed.
Killing more than 250 000 people and leaving over one million wounded. After the war, von Falkenhayn claimed that his intention at Verdun was not to win but rather to "bleed the French white" by forcing them to make a stand at a place from which they could not move. The Battle of Verdun is said to be a symbol of the nation's determination to defend its soil at all
He read about the atrocities and senseless violence of slavery that had ravaged his people for four hundred years. X read about rises to power with many left destroyed in its wake. Story after story about death and loss with little or no forgiveness and compassion. X pointed his finger in one direction for who was to blame. He believed white people were far less superior and the reason for so much violence.