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American Indians form one of the minorities groups in America. Yet their native soil has the leading population in the world. America was inclined by their viewpoint before the first settler. Many of the Indians came to America as early as the turn of the century, in which they were deprived of residency until a congressional act was approved in 1946(Lee 106). Most Indians have supplied abundant assistance to the culture and flawless being of US; majorities of these donations regulate to the science field. Indians immigrated in the period of 1830- 1890. In this time India was in marvelous shape. However the British took over India, they emptied the country for all of its wealth and required the Indians to run off. America at this time was a sturdy attraction to immigrants, with offers of jobs and religious freedom (Takaki 42). Consequently, America was referred to many countries as the " Land of Opportunity."(43) Many Indians faced poverty upon their arrival. In modern existence, they have been among the fatalities of aggression fueled by prejudice (42). Indians first emerged toward the end of the last Ice Age, they were the first "Americans." (Noble, 1998) When Christopher Columbus arrived in the America’s in 1492 and seeing the people of this land for the first time, he thought that he had landed in India, thus giving them the name "Indians." (Noble, 1998) However, he was nowhere near India, or that region of the world. Ancient Indians were itinerant people, (people who wondered the lands with no permanent home) through the years they urbanized, separated, and re-located their clans, mounting into what we know today as the American Indian. One group or tribe, are the Hopi Indians. Although the Hopi are still a tribe today, m... ... middle of paper ... ...kept order with the help of his private army, the goons. Those who opposed him would either have their houses burned to the ground or be beaten, sometimes shot and killed. In closing, the use of protests and militancy was a necessary tool in bringing about the recognition of sovereignty for American Indians. The Trail of Broken Tears and the siege of Wounded Knee showed the rest of the nation that AIM and other Native Americans were willing to go to drastic measures to end their oppression. They wanted what was rightfully theirs and were tired of living the way they were forced to on the reservations. Although even today there is a long way to go, leaders like Leonard Crow Dog helped to unite American Indians into one movement that got the United States to recognize their desire for sovereignty.

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