"Ambition, or Obsession?"

Throughout the decades, the Native Americans have struggled to find their freedom in the supposedly “country of dreams”. They experienced every calamity, every infamy a human being can experienced. From hanging to murdered, abused and chased, Indians passed through all. All of these unfortunate events were a little bit contradictory because when America was founded, it was mainly known for its revolutionary beliefs of human rights. If it was a free country, why did white Americans did not allowed the Indians to be in the country?

            Before I start discussing about this topic, we should keep in mind that white Americans were NOT always in control of the United States. Even though the real inhabitants were the Natives, many European countries (Great Britain, France, etc.) colonized America, making the country (called “New England” by that time) a country of different nationalities. A new race was surging after many people settled in the states and started creating their families. These people, Americans by birth, were inferior, and did not have any control of their land. For many years, Americans struggled to find their liberty, and after numerous and bloody wars, they finally succeeded, and with that victory, they did not just gained their freedom, but a certain pride that we still see around.

            Why do I think white Americans treated Native Americans so miserably as an obsession? First, I have to give credit to the Nation’s government and people from that time because after the country was formed as the United States, it was very difficult to keep it together, but they have succeeded. I still find intriguing that whites went against their beliefs by treating Native Americans like if they were animals, when in the past, they were treated exactly the same. The Golden Rule says: “One should not treat others in ways that one would not like to be treated”, and coming from the people that struggled for many years against this kind of behavior (against the British), I find kind of “odd” that they would do the exact same thing when they know how it feels to be treated with inferiority. In my personal opinion, this problem was not only caused by ambition, it was also a psychological problem, a fear, a fear of losing the land that they have struggled to maintain.

            There is no real scientific proof that can support my theory, but there are a chain of events that can lead us to many conclusions. I based my theory, not just in the events were Americans abused Natives’ rights, but also way back in the past. Like I said earlier, after winning the war against Britain, Americans were finally freed from their chains of dependence. They conquered what they were waiting for decades: to control their own country and be able to make the important decisions. It was so important for them to get their independence, and they proved in front of the whole world that they were capable of anything. With the British out of the way, there was only TWO threats: AFRICAN AMERICANS (SLAVES) and NATIVE AMERICANS.  

            Why would the Americans wanted to get rid of these two races? Because they represented a threat to their country! They did not want to share, it was THEIR PRIDE, and they might felt that these other races would want to take it away, as in the past, the British was controlling it. It’s understandable, because if I fight for something I want, and after many sacrifices I get it, it would be hard for me to just share it when I was the one who fought for it. Like I said it’s quit understandable if we see it from that point of view, but we’re forgetting one little detail: Native Americans OWNED those lands first, even though it wasn’t written on paper, it was their land that was took away by the white supremacy.

            For a country that was based on freedom, they were really judgmental. They tried to make Native Americans assimilate (to adopt the white’s customs) so they can be accepted in society. This has happen a lot of times, even with immigrants, whom are not well accepted because of their different customs. The truth is, Americans did not like what was different, if someone was not white, they would not like it. They would just accept what was the same as everyone else. It had to be their way because if someone did not follow their conditions, there would be fatal consequences.

            What for me it is hard to understand is that many of the Americans fought for the African Americans rights, whom were a different race, with different CUSTOMS and a different SKIN COLOR, why they didn’t did the same for the Native Americans? Because African Americans were not a threat at all! Native Americans were difficult to control because their had their country within the country, they would not accept anyone to change their mind, while African Americans did struggled a lot because they were not free.

            It is easier to find proof about things that happened, like wars, but when it comes to internal conflicts, it is way harder to predict. My statement is completely based on the events that happened in the past, and based of the personality that we know of Americans, which had not changed at all. These days, Americans still keep their pride and they still have problems with other races (Latin immigrants). To resume this hypothesis in just one sentence: Whites tried to get rid of the Native Americans because they represented a threat, and they would do anything to keep other people to “take away their country”.