Classmates Native American Essays :)

Gabriela Sanchez :)
Gabriela's essay about the Native Americans was very very good. I can tell that she knew this topic a lot. It seemed like she knew what she was talking about. I liked that she posted a photograph of an indian when he had his hair cut off to be assimilated to the white americans. Shee explained how native americans were treated by the white americans and in what ways they were assimilated.

Mariah Carolina :)
Mariah's essay of the native americans is another essay that i enjoyed reading. she was very organizeed when talking of the events that occured with the white americans and Native Americans. She explained how did indians learn to scalp and i think thats very important for other people to know because some people are very imature at this topic and will say that the indians were the ones who started that, which they didn't.

Roxanne Fuentees :)
Her Native American essay was really interesting. I liked how she started from how the Native Americans were before the White Americans came.She explained how the Native Americans lived and how happy they were. She explained how the White Americans lied about the Indians. They told they were savages and arrogant. She did a good job.

Ivania Colon :)

I really like ivania's essay. It gave me goosebumps to remember how Native Americans used to live in their own respected land. She did a good job explaining how they used to live and how they ended up living. The Native Americans didn't deserve to live that way.

Karlitza :)
I loved her essay, she was really creative. She explained how native americans were treated by watching a movie and explaining what happened, which was the exact thing. The movie was "Bury my Heart at Wounded Knee". I like that she atleast posted a photograph to support her essay. her essay post was very good.

White American doing the Best for the Native Americans?

        White Americans wanted to make people think that they were giving the Native Americans the best, but they really weren't. What happened in Wounded Knee was definitely not a battle, it was a massacre; Native Americans were not ready for that. White Americans wanted Native Americans to assimilate their culture. Native Americans were peaceful people who promoted tranquility. They even moved to Canada to avoid any risk in the United States.

        What happened in Wounded Knee today it's known as "Wounded Knee's Massacre" but the White Americans would name it as the Battle of Wounded Knee. This tragically event took place on the Lakota Sioux reservation in 1890. White Americans ordered Native Americans to stop doing their ritual, The Ghost Dance. White Americans thought that the Ghost Dance was disrespectful. The Ghost Dance was to celebrate a hope for day of reckoning when settlers would disappear the buffaloes would return and Native Americans would reunite with their dead ancestors. White American troops went to Indian's reservation and get their firearms, that way they wont have any chance to defend themselves. White American troops put cannons surrounding the Indian's Reservation. Most Native Americans died. They were 150 Indians killed and 50 were wounded. Men ,women, and children were killed.

        White people wanted Native Americans to assimilate American culture. Indian boys had to cut off their very long hair like white American boys did. Teachers forced their Indian students to have their White American name. Charles, a Native American man that was sent to Boston, was assimilated as an American. He used to be forced by a teacher to invent and say his White American name.

        Native Americans were peaceful people who promoted tranquility, they even moved to Canada to avoid any fighting with the white Americans. Sherman burned down Indian houses. clothes, furniture or in a short word, EVERYTHING. He did that because Indians killed Cluster in a battle, he wanted to rebel from the death of his good friend. Sherman was known of burning down things after war to the Native Americans, and that's what he did. So when White Americans fought with the Indians, the whites won because the Indians gave up. Sitting Bull, the best est leader, known by never giving up, decided with Sherman to go to war. After the war, all the Native Americans moved to Canada and there they were gladly welcomed.

        The White Americans wanted to make everyone think they were doing the best for the Native Americans, but they didn't, they only wanted land and ended killing most of Native Americans. What happened in Wounded Knee was not a battle, like white officials called it. It was a massacre, they had no idea that they were going to be attacked. The White Americans were very strict by wanting the Native Americans to assimilate them. They forced Indians to have their white name. Indians are an example of peace and tranquility. They moved to Canada to avoid fighting with the White Americans.