US and Native American Relations: An In-depth Historical Analysis

This essay provides a historical overview of the relationship between the United States and Native Americans, focusing on key events and figures such as Sacagawea, Tecumseh, and Black Hawk. It examines the initial kidnapping of Sacagawea and her role in the Lewis and Clark expedition, the efforts of Tecumseh to unite Native American tribes against white settlers, and Black Hawk's involvement in the War of 1812. The essay further analyzes the evolving relationship between the U.S. government and Native American tribes, discussing policies, treaties, and cultural exchanges. It highlights the challenges faced by Native Americans due to encroachment on their lands, the impact of trade, and the cultural differences that shaped their interactions with white Americans. The essay concludes by noting the economic and social consequences of the War of 1812 and the increasing pressure on Native American lands due to immigration.

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 Compare the documents of the author
First event
The first event described here talks about the kidnapping of the 12 year old girl
Sacagawaea. This incident dates back to the year 1800. The war party was being named as the
Hidatsa Indians.1 They took her off to the Hidatsa-Mandan villages in the North Dakota,
currently named as Bismarck. After this kidnapping, the little girl was sold to the Toussaint
Charbonneau as a slave. This began her miseries. The person was the French-Canadian fur
tradesman. This is why in the year 1804 the Corps of Discovery had arrived at the Hidatsa-
Mandan villages. The 12 year girl gave birth to a baby boy in the year 1805. The name given to
that boy was Jean-Baptiste Charbonneau. This entire story is built on the kidnapping of the girl,
her fight with life to survive and come back. Captain Lewis and Captain Clerk can be mentioned
two of the most important characters in this event. Captain Lewis had become the pioneer person
in discovering the fleets of the kidnappers.2 The rescue teams had found that the girl Sacagawea
had preferred to speak Hidatsa and Shoshone when she did not speak in English.
Second event
The condition of the Indians in the American continent began to be fierce because
the white skilled people began to gain the positions properly. It was a huge ask to unite all the
Indians because the Indians had been on the target of the white Americans for a long time now.
This incident describes about the conditions that had arisen in that time. The author Tecumseh
1 Sanford, William R., and Carl R. Green. Sacagawea: Courageous American Indian Guide. Enslow Publishers,
Inc., 2012.
2 Norwich, Grace. I Am# 1: Sacagawea. Scholastic Inc., 2012

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had found out that all the things that were being discovered in this time, all were against the
Indians.3 The pan Indians had to build up an alliance so that they could survive in this scenario. It
has been believed that Tecumseh is one of the best Indians who had taken his place in the
history. The followers of Tecumseh had showed him respect that was very much surprising for
everyone. He had managed to win the big victories with smaller groups of people.
Third event
The third event concerns about the black hawk. The other name of the Black Hawk
is Ma-kai-tai-me-she-kia-kiak. He was considered to be the member of the warrior classes. He
was born in the year 1767.4 He took part in the war that took place in the year 1812. Black Hawk
got very much wounded when he was taking part in his first battle with the enemies when he was
just 15 years old. The tribal affairs took a huge role in shaping up these battles. In the war of
1812, the Black Hawk took the side of the British. He was a trusted soldier of the Tecumseh who
was the warrior from the Shawnee tribal group. The followers of Black Hawk were known as the
British Band. Black Hawk became to be the trusted leader of the war parties in many regions
indeed.5
3 Laxer, James. Tecumseh & Brock: The War of 1812. House of Anansi, 2012.
4 Foreman, Amanda. "The British View the War of 1812 Quite Differently Than Americans Do." Smithsonian
Magazine(2014): 17-21.
5 Foreman, Amanda. "The British View the War of 1812 Quite Differently Than Americans Do." Smithsonian
Magazine(2014): 17-21.

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 Relationship between United States and the Native Americans
The relationship between the Native Americans and the United States has gone
through several stages in the previous years. Many policies and treaties were signed and implied
to improve the relationships between the two sections. The different aspects from political,
regional and historical events had been taken a huge topsy-turvy turn in the previous times. This
will determine the relationship between the Native Americans and the people from the United
States.6
There was observed a very simple and improving relationship between these two
sections of the people. Both the parties wanted to improve the relationship between them as well.
It had been noted that one of the most significant problems in the context is the encroachment of
the white skinned British people over the Native American or Indian people. The former
president of USA George Washington had addressed the situation by ordering to capture or
purchase the lands owned by the Indians then. The Indian tribes had a great military power. This
is why they had to make treaties with the French and the British. After all these treaties, the
Indians posed a great danger to the great nation of USA.7 The Indian people and the white
skinned American carried on their relationship by trade. The new government formed in the
USA had decided to treat the Indians with the utmost respect indeed. Many Indians had begun to
trade with the people of the household goods and other things. There were many cultural
6 Tindall, George Brown, and David E. Shi. America: A narrative history. WW Norton & Company, 2016.
7 Hyde, Anne Farrar. Empires, Nations and Families: A New History of the North American West, 1800-1860. Ecco
Press, 2012.

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differences between the two sections of people. They decided to improve the education of the
native Indian people to a great extent. The new government always wanted to set a good
relationship with the Native Indians indeed. All these policies and treaties had affected the lives
of the Native Indian people indeed.
It is a notable fact that after the war of 1812, the entire country had suffered very
badly indeed. The suffering had varied from the economical effects to all the other things. The
trading between the two sections of people had suffered a lot as well. As the trades ceased to
flourish, the impacts were very strong on the financial grounds indeed.8 The number of
immigrants always increased and the pressure began to increase in the lands of the Indian people,
or the pan-Indian people.9 The situations had turned in a way that most Indians had to do the
works of selling the household goods like the cooking utensils, things important for the
improvement of technology and many other things like the hunter rifles. Other Indians had
stayed back and they began to prosper with the fur trade indeed. Other Indians had chosen to be
the hunters as well. The Indians did not want to move from the places in USA. However, it was
very much necessary to push themselves.
8 Fisher, Linford D. The Indian Great Awakening: Religion and the Shaping of Native Cultures in Early America.
Oxford University Press, 2012.
9 Hickey, Donald R. The War of 1812: A forgotten conflict. University of Illinois Press, 2012.

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References
Fisher, Linford D. The Indian Great Awakening: Religion and the Shaping of Native Cultures in
Early America. Oxford University Press, 2012.
Foreman, Amanda. "The British View the War of 1812 Quite Differently Than Americans
Do." Smithsonian Magazine(2014): 17-21.
Hickey, Donald R. The War of 1812: A forgotten conflict. University of Illinois Press, 2012.
Hyde, Anne Farrar. Empires, Nations and Families: A New History of the North American West,
1800-1860. Ecco Press, 2012.
Laxer, James. Tecumseh & Brock: The War of 1812. House of Anansi, 2012.
Norwich, Grace. I Am# 1: Sacagawea. Scholastic Inc., 2012.
Sanford, William R., and Carl R. Green. Sacagawea: Courageous American Indian Guide.
Enslow Publishers, Inc., 2012.
Tindall, George Brown, and David E. Shi. America: A narrative history. WW Norton &
Company, 2016.