Native American picture

This picture is of American soldiers burning a Native American village. The American government had established treaties with the Naive Americans declaring what land the Indians could live on. These treaties were necessary because Native Americans were not citizens for the United Sates, so the government would allow them to only live in certain parts of the country. Sometimes the Whites or Native Americans did not like the regulations that the treaties set; this would cause fighting between the parties. In this case military forces form Virginia were not pleased by a treaty established in the 1760’s; this lead to the destruction of the Native Americans homes. Many of the conflicts between the white Americans and the Native Americans was because of difference in culture. Native Americans believed that no one owned the land that they lived on, and it could be used by anyone. This picture captures the disrespect the parties had for each other’s cultures and beliefs about the country’s land. If people had been more understanding of one another, there would have been less out breaks of violence, death, and destruction.