Native-American Indian Relations

The relation between the early colonists and Native-American Indians through American settlers and Native-Americans changed so drastically due to many tragic factors. Although the biggest factor would have to be that the settlers saw the Native-Americans as savages and felt that they needed to alter their cultural ways to the European ways. The Sand Creek massacre and the Battle of Little Bighorn were two events that greatly affected the relations among the settlers and the Native Americans. These are only some of the numerous events that caused tension in the relationship between the American settlers and the Native-Americans.

The Sand Creek Massacre was a tragic incident that resulted in the deaths of 150 Native-Americans mainly consisting