when it was frozen 1000’s of years ago. Eventually there people made their way across the Americas and settle in various places to become the Native American tribes we know today. In Mississippi there were three major tribes where are the Natchez‚ Choctaw‚ and Chickasaw. Each tribe settled in a different part of what became the state of Mississippi through the group was different from the others‚ they all suffered
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protect the native people‚ President Jackson ignored the law. He chose to do as he pleased. (Humphrey) The Indian removal began with the Choctaw indians with a three step process in the winter of 1831 under threat of the US Army. This was arranged by the secretary of war‚ Lewis Cass. Cass appointed george Gaines to be in charge of the Indian removal. The Choctaw indians were the first native people to be
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Hernando de Soto was born in Jerez de los Caballeros‚ Spain sometime around the year 1500. He was born to parents who lived in Extremadura‚ an area of great hardship and poverty. Like many young men at the time‚ de Soto longed to escape Extremadura and achieve military fame exploring new lands. In 1514‚ de Soto sailed with the Spanish governor of Panama where he assisted in the conquest of Central America. From an early age‚ de Soto gained a reputation for bravery‚ intellect‚ and brutality
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“I was here first!” is something that many children have shouted when trying to keep their spot in a line or at a crowded activity. However‚ sometimes this is more than a petty argument amongst kids. The Indian Removal Act was pushed through Congress by President Andrew Jackson‚ giving President Jackson the power to negotiate treaties with Native American tribes living east of the Mississippi River (“Indian Removal”). Originally‚ the relocations were supposed to be voluntary: the Indians could either
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Early in the 1830’s‚ there were about 125‚000 Native Americans that inhabited the areas of the present Florida‚ Georgia‚ Alabama‚ North Carolina‚ and Tennessee which covers millions of acres. The Native Americans and their ancestors had cultivated and occupied these lands for generations. It had been a growing importance to expand the United States of America and to be able to use the resources that surrounded them to grow as a country; cotton for example. For this to occur‚ the lands that were thought
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Jackson and the government ignored this and forced Native Americans to move off the lands they’ve inhabited for generations. One winter in 1831‚ the Choctaw were expelled from their lands and made their way to the new territory on foot without any food‚ supplies or assistance from the government whom have placed the predicament on them. It was‚ one Choctaw leader told an Alabama newspaper‚ a “trail of tears and
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Lacrosse is the oldest team sport in North America‚ having been played by Native American tribes long before any European had even set foot on the continent. A century after European missionaries discovered the game played by Native Americans‚ they began to play it themselves‚ starting in the 18th century. From there‚ it evolved and grew in popularity from a very savage game that resembled war‚ into what it is today‚ a recreational sport played widely in America and other countries. As U.S. Lacrosse
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removal was well know and accounted for his popularity in Georgia‚ Alabama‚ and Mississippi. The issue involved Indian tribes all over the country‚ but the ones with the most to lose were the civilized tribes which included the Cherokee‚ Creek‚ Choctaw‚ Chickasaw‚ and the Seminoles. These people practiced agriculture and animal husbandry and still processed substantial domains in the Deep South states plus in Tennessee‚ North Carolina‚ and the Florida Territory (342). The Indian removal bill took
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The Expulsion of Native Americans Since the beginning of the United States‚ this nation has been faced with the question of what place do the Native Americans have in the American society. At different points of time‚ Natives have been treated as individual nations‚ granted sovereignty by the U.S‚ as U.S citizens‚ and as dependants of the federal government or a mixture of all of these. Ever since the first steps of Columbus‚ Native Americans have been placed in an awkward position. Europeans hungered
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DFW Hotel & Casino Marketing Plan August 2010 Final Draft Executive Summary DFW Hotel & Casino is a start-up resort that will offer gambling‚ restaurants‚ accommodations‚ and live entertainment to North Texas residents and out-of-state visitors. The casino market in Texas has been underserved due to prohibitive legal regulations that are now being relaxed. Presently‚ most Texas residents choosing to gamble must travel to adjoining states. Up to now‚ this has been a prosperous situation for
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