# A Lack of Trust

In American History we can see the lack of trust, in the affairs between the Whites and the Native Americans. Throughout the dealings with Native Americans, the Whites have made no effort in trying to preserve the treaties signed by both sides of the group. Many times the Whites gave the N.A. no option except ti sign the treaties, as the N.A. didn't wanted to maintain peace. Many Native American chiefs have had to face the obstacles in living in lands that the Whites wanted, Chief Black is good example. Shortly after Black kettle signed a treaty that relocated his people to a reserve where they would be safe, the Americans discovered gold under the reserve. General Armstrong Custer was put in charge of ridding the reservation of the Cheyenne people. So, in 1868, General Custer killed Black Kettle and the rest of his people. It seems as though the treaties were created to convince the Native Americans to move off the land they were currently living on and go elsewhere. However, if the Americans found something the wanted where the Native Americans were, they would create another treaty to push them off again. In the end, the Natives would get the land the Americans didn't want or ended up dead. Although many of the Native Americans knew that the Whites couldn't be trusted, they were given no choice but to sign the treaties even though later it led to their own destruction. After the attacks on Black Kettle and his people, many powerful chiefs like Sitting Bull and Crazy never trusted another White again and refused to surrender, in any form, to the Whites. Crazy Horse and Sitting Bull became known for their courage to fight for their land, way of like and people. Even on land that originally belonged to the Native Americans, many Whites believed they had a right to take it away from the Natives because they were “uncivilized”.

#Fight for what you Believe in or.....Not???

They say that if you believe in something so strongly, than you should fight for it. We see countless people in history who did just that; Martin Luther King Jr., slaves, Gandhi, and JFK. It’s interesting to see how the passion someone has towards a specific topic, thing, person, or idea can push them to past the boundaries of right and wrong. If fighting for what you believe in means harming the lives of others, if so then why do tell you to fight for what you believe in? Why is there no specification? The Ku Klux Klan was formed in December of 1865. The essence of the Ku Klux Klan was to ensure the imbalance between Blacks and Whites. They hated Blacks and sympathetic Whites. In 1871, The Ku Klux Klan killed a republican judge for having sympathy on three Black men. Right after a mutiny ensued, the Ku Klux Klan killed 50 men who had already surrendered to the Klan. Shortly after the Klan dispersed and then resurfaces and became known as redshirts. According to the quote earlier discussed the actions of the Klan were justified. Even after the civil war the Ku Klux Klan still fought for slavery. The Klan’s actions although seem somewhat justified the way their actions were wrong. So, I believe that it all depends on how the fight is taken out, if it doesn’t put anyone in harm’s way then it’s fine. However, if it does, like the Ku Klux Klan, than it definitely isn’t okay.