Mistreatment And The Removal Of Native Americans
One of the major “selling points” for mistreatment and the removal of Native Americans was that they were a alien like people who were uncivilized and simple. The dislike for the Native Americans was apparent well before the Indian Removal Act, many presidents before Jackson had talked of the importance of europeanizing the Native Americans. Settlers came to know this as the “Indian Problem,” and their solution for this “problem” was to civilize the Natives by teaching them european ways including, conversion to christianity, teaching them english, western farming and western gender roles. In relation to the Indian Removal Act, the “Indian Problem” was still just merely an excuse for settlers to remove Natives from land that they wanted. Around