What is America?

What is America? Did this land of the free belong to the white settlers in the 1800’s when they first arrived or the Native Americans who cultivated here thousands of years ago? While hunting down the American dream, settlers have almost committed genocide to the Native American tribes around the country during the westward movement, sending the rest to low quality reservation lands. American’s actions were unjust, cruel, and inconsiderate. If more unbiased attitudes …

…the Americans continued to force Indians on reservations and fraud compromises, they continued to live on with a scarce population. Many things could have happened that might have changed the outcome of the Indian future before the Dawes Act and the American settlement. Knowing their land and freedom had been taken away by another civilization once at their mercy in the beginning, they’ve accepted what has come of their future. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography** America Oddyessey