Indian Wars
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The Indian Wars were the manifestation of all the strife and hatred that had been built up between the whites and Natives Americans since Plymouth Rock. The Indian Wars followed shortly after the Civil war. The frontier was slowly wavering westward and the Indians began to fear for their life and property. Eventually the fighting between Indian nations themselves gave way to the looming threat of the white man during the Civil War. Clashes continued to occur all through the mid-west, when Indians were forced off of their land into reservations that restricted the Indian nomadic way of life. War was not declared on Indian nations because the more superior racist of the white man would not consider the 'savages' as other human beings. When the whites whipped out Indians, the engagement in white history books was called a battle; when the Indians wiped out whites, it was a massacre. After the defeat of General Custer, and the American army's retaliation, the Indians were forced into reservations where they were refused the natural rights that all white Americans received from the government.
These Indian Wars were significant because out of the fighting and conquering of Native Americans, a new humanist group emerged into society. Although they were far from what we would consider as humanitarians today (in not respecting the Native American culture or any other culture for that matter) it was the start of something...