Amerindian Genocide: Difference between revisions

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Following the American conquest of California, the American government decided to remove the native population of approximately 150, 000 in order to make room for white settlers. This started with the first meeting of the California State Legislature in 1846, when it was decided that white settlers had the right to forcibly adopt native children against their will and instituted enslavement as the punishment for any crimes committed by natives, up to and including minor crimes such as loitering and drunkenness.

When it became apparent that the natives were prepared to resist these abuses, Governor [[Peter ~~Hardenman~~ Burnett]] formed several state militias tasked with hunting down and killing natives, declaring that “[A] war of extermination will continue to be waged between the races until the Indian race is extinct”. The militias raided tribal outposts and shot and scalped natives, and local people soon began to form their own militias to do the same. Entire tribal populations were wiped out during the massacres, and rape of native women by white settlers was common. Even when the massacres ended in 1873, violence was still rife and thousands continued to die from starvation and illnesses introduced by the settlers.

When it became apparent that the natives were prepared to resist these abuses, Governor [[Peter Hardeman Burnett]] formed several state militias tasked with hunting down and killing natives, declaring that “[A] war of extermination will continue to be waged between the races until the Indian race is extinct”. The militias raided tribal outposts and shot and scalped natives, and local people soon began to form their own militias to do the same. Entire tribal populations were wiped out during the massacres, and rape of native women by white settlers was common. Even when the massacres ended in 1873, violence was still rife and thousands continued to die from starvation and illnesses introduced by the settlers.

====[[Wounded Knee Massacre]]====

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 Following the American conquest of California, the American government decided to remove the native population of approximately 150, 000 in order to make room for white settlers. This started with the first meeting of the California State Legislature in 1846, when it was decided that white settlers had the right to forcibly adopt native children against their will and instituted enslavement as the punishment for any crimes committed by natives, up to and including minor crimes such as loitering and drunkenness.
-When it became apparent that the natives were prepared to resist these abuses, Governor [[Peter Hardenman Burnett]] formed several state militias tasked with hunting down and killing natives, declaring that “[A] war of extermination will continue to be waged between the races until the Indian race is extinct”. The militias raided tribal outposts and shot and scalped natives, and local people soon began to form their own militias to do the same. Entire tribal populations were wiped out during the massacres, and rape of native women by white settlers was common. Even when the massacres ended in 1873, violence was still rife and thousands continued to die from starvation and illnesses introduced by the settlers.
+When it became apparent that the natives were prepared to resist these abuses, Governor [[Peter Hardeman Burnett]] formed several state militias tasked with hunting down and killing natives, declaring that “[A] war of extermination will continue to be waged between the races until the Indian race is extinct”. The militias raided tribal outposts and shot and scalped natives, and local people soon began to form their own militias to do the same. Entire tribal populations were wiped out during the massacres, and rape of native women by white settlers was common. Even when the massacres ended in 1873, violence was still rife and thousands continued to die from starvation and illnesses introduced by the settlers.
 ====[[Wounded Knee Massacre]]====