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Article: Native American Rights
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- West's Encyclopedia of American Law
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Native American Rights
- worcester v. the state of georgia
- surrender speech
- treaty with sioux nation
- my son, stop your ears
When Europeans arrived in North America in the 1600s, they discovered that Native American tribes already occupied the land. Between the 1630s and the War of Independence, white settlers gradually pushed the Native Americans, whom they called "Indians," westward. The goals of the settlers, which included colonization, land exploitation, and religious conversion, led to cultural and social conflict that erupted in periodic "Indian wars."
After the formation of the United States, state and federal government leaders agreed that the nation needed to establish a ...