Week eight was a tough week for me personally, since we did cover a lot of material. We looked at the removals of history and how they affected the Indigenous people. It is important to realize that the history of the removal period is better approached as a period of “many removals.” This is due to the fact that more than one Indigenous tribe was affected by the removal. A couple well known tribes that were removed are the Cherokee, Muscogee, and Seminole. These tribes were originally settled in the Southern part of the U.S. until they were forced to relocate near the Mississippi River. Even though the Indigenous people still had a decent water source due to the Mississippi River, it still should have been seen as an issue since the tribes were being taken from their origin lands.
I do believe that the extension of slavery through Western territories and the removal of Native communities should be seen as interdependent processes. Interdependent processes are usually brought up in businesses since they are processes that rely on other processes to be accomplished. However, this can also refer to parts of history as well since most history relates to business. The extension of slavery and the removal of Native communities were intertwined since the economy was relying on farmed goods while Native people were also losing their homes. Due to the Natives losing their land, that would also mean that they lost a majority of their sovereignty. Since the slavery was being extended, that would mean the African Americans were also losing power as well. According to episode thirteen, season two of Inseperable Separations: Slavery and Indian Removal, Nakia Parker mentioned how African and Native people were enslaved together. Since the two groups were allies, they started to intermarry which also pushed them to rebel against enslavement. This allowed them to maintain more power since they had more people now.
After the African and Native people gained enough power to fight back, policies that had to do with Native Americans were finally enforced. Treaties were made, so people knew where the Native American boundaries were. Along with that, acts and laws were made to protect them.