Abstract

In this study we try to explore the concept of “Native Americans” in a holistic context. The main focus of the research is on “Native Americans” and its relation with “European explorers”. The research also analyzes many aspects of “European explorers” and tries to gauge its effect on “lives of Native Americans”.

European explorers and Native Americans

Introduction

The Amerindians of the United States, also known locally as Native American (Native American) are the ethnic groups of Amerindian race living in the United States and who speak the native languages are characterized by their diversity and number. In the 1950s, Native Americans were able to gain citizenship because of the support they received from the federal representatives for more than two decades. However, during the same decade, the termination of federal services took place by the Bureau of Indian Affairs and the responsibility of Native Americans was given to state governments (Young Man, Pp. 199-210). From 1952 to 1956, Bureau sold 1.6 million acres of Native Americans land to various developers. After this incident, some political organizations such as the American Indian Movement (AIM) held protests and tried to gain attention of people towards the problems of unemployment and political rights that Native Americans were suffering. For instance, the gathering of twenty-five Native Americans took place in Plymouth, Massachusetts on Thanksgiving Day in 1970. They were dressed in traditional funeral clothes and assembled in front of a statue of Massasoit, the Wampanoag Chief who helped colonists in 1621, also buried Plymouth Rock under a heap of sand (Stewart, Pp. 179-93).

A.As a minority social group, Native American, now known as the Indians, is a lack of political power, economics, education and health care in US.

There is no doubt that the population of Native Americans has decreased in the recent years and they are considered a minority in the country. However, if they are a part of a minority, it does not mean that they do not have the fundamental rights of a citizen. They have the full rights of a respectable citizen like other Americans. There is a long history of the struggle which they carried out for their fundamental rights and obligations. Now the time has come where Native Americans would need to prepare an appropriate strategy for their better future (Price, Pp. 66-72).

The responsibility of the State is to look after the rights of their minority citizens; and them in meeting their important needs such as Food, Education, Housing, Medical, etc. In this way, it would lead to the satisfaction of the Native Americans which will prevent them in coming on the roads to protest against the Government. Native Americans are one of the smallest minority groups in the United States of America. They have a long history in this region before the British arrived in the 18th century (Price, Pp. 66-72). The confrontation even took place between the Native Americans and the British at that time which resulted in many deaths and killings of the people. However, the times have changed, ...