1. The Removal of Native
Americans
Be it from history, land, or education
By: Evan Gales
2. The 18th Century
Filtering White Narrative
• The Remarkable Size of Cahokia
• Christopher Columbus meets the Taino
• King Philip responds to the injustices
inflicted by the colonists
• George Washington as a military leader
razes and targets Indian villages
• Treaty of Paris ends American Revolution
and disregards the agency of the Indians
3. The 18th Century
Filtering White Narrative
• The Remarkable Size of Cahokia
• Christopher Columbus meets the Taino
• King Philip responds to the injustices
inflicted by the colonists
• George Washington as a military leader
razes and targets Indian villages
• Treaty of Paris ends American Revolution
and disregards the agency of the Indians
4. The Era of Removal
• Indians vie for their autonomy and sovereignty in
the face of removal at the hands of the United
States Government
• John Ridge and John Ross of the Cherokee have a
dispute over the Treaty of New Echota
• John Ross starts a petition against it, Cherokee
nearly unanimously against it
• Andrew Jackson ignores petition and Supreme
Court to force removal
• Cherokee and other Indians forced onto
reservations
• And yet, still some remained and persisted in the
face of removal
