A Century of
Dishonor
A Sketch of the U.S. Government’s
Dealings with Some of the Indian Tribes
 By Helen Jackson
Published 1888
518 pages, Indexed, Searchable
 
- Bonus Book -
A Compilation of All the Treaties
Between the U.S. and Indian Tribes
By United States
Published 1873
1,075 pages, indexed, searchable

 
 
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The differences in cultures between the established
Native Americans and immigrant Europeans, as well as shifting alliances among
different nations of each culture through the centuries, caused extensive
political tension, ethnic violence and social disruption. The Native Americans
suffered high fatalities from the contact with infectious Eurasian diseases, to
which they had no acquired immunity. Epidemics after European contact caused the
greatest loss of life for indigenous populations. Estimates of the
pre-Columbian population of what today constitutes the U.S. vary significantly,
          ranging from 1 million to 18 million.



After the colonies revolted against Great Britain and
established the United States of America, President George Washington and Henry
Knox conceived of the idea of "civilizing" Native Americans in
preparation for assimilation as United States citizens. Assimilation (whether
voluntary as with the Choctaw, or forced) became a consistent policy through
American administrations. During the 19th century, the ideology of Manifest
destiny became integral to the American nationalist movement. Expansion of
European-American populations to the west after the American Revolution
resulted in increasing pressure on Native American lands, warfare between the
groups, and rising tensions. In 1830, the U.S. Congress passed the Indian
Removal Act, authorizing the government to relocate Native Americans from their
homelands within established states to lands west of the Mississippi River,
accommodating European-American expansion.


 
 
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