The Native American people were extremely mistreated as a result of settlers from other countries moving in. Promises were made to them that to this day have not been kept. The unjust treatment of them has led to the diminishment of their people, land, and resources. The u.s. government is just now trying to correct the situation.
             In 1787 the Northwest Ordinance was created. It stated that they were to be treated with the "utmost good faith" and that "their lands and properties shall never be taken away without their consent. By 1812 they had already taken over Indiana.
             The Native Americans started fleeing to Florida to escape American authorities. In 1819 the United states purchased Florida from the Spanish. After Florida was sold, the Indians were moved off their land to designated areas where they could live called reservations.
             Before 1828 the native Americans in georgia, called Cherokee, lived in peace as farmers and building houses. All this changed when they began to find gold on their land. When the gold was found, white settlers moved in to clam jurisdiction over them. The Cherokee sued, claiming they were independent from georgia, and the supreme court ruled in favor of them. The victory did not last very long because at president Andrew Jackson's request the Cherokee were removed to Oklahoma.
             In 1830 the Indian removal act was enforced. It authorized he president to negotiate treaties and remove the remaining eastern Indians to lands west of the Mississippi. Federal agents used threats, bribes, and liquor the make sure the Indians agreed to the one- sided treaties. The government removed thousands of Indians, some in chains, ona trip known as the "trial of tears" many people died. By the 1940's almost all native Americans had been moved to lands west of the Mississippi.
             From 1860s to the 1890s the Plains Indians Wars were taking place. The wars started when Americans t...