This article shows how Native American history is wiped out.  Students are still taught that Columbus discovered the new world and anything before that is thought of as “pre-history.”  Archaeologist Vine Deloria Jr., who is part of the Standing Rock Sioux, uses teachings from Mathers and Schoolcraft to show that native people are pushed out of American history.  He also makes the point that we have learned much more about native peoples, but we are not teaching this information.  The article goes on to show that natives had the choice to become “civilized or extinct.”  His example was that of the Cherokee Indians who were removed during the Trail of Tears.  This article is useful in showing that we now know a great deal more about native people, we just need to do a better job of relaying that information and making Native Americans part of American history.

Tom Outland disagrees with his friend Roddy Blake for selling indian relics which he considers "family heirlooms."  The disagreement is primarily about ancestry, Tom sees it as selling part of their history.  This is important because Native American heritage gets washed out of American history and Roddy has "given it up."  Tom really is not of a native heritage, but is not sure of his heritage.  This is similar to the role of Native Americans in American history.  We know that Native Americans are a huge part, but because there was a time when indians were to be "Americanized" we are not sure exactly how much history is missing.

This image of the two Native Americans sitting by each other depicts a more realistic picture of what Indians were like.  Seeing that their dress and lifestyle is exceedingly different from that of the average settler, which may be why they were deemed “savages” and “uncivilized.”   Native Americans were simply different.  This image shows the adornment with feathers and beads that is often associated with the term Indian.  There were probably faults with Native civilizations, but there are also faults in every other civilization.  Assumptions were made about Native Americans and it is important to look into the history of their civilization, and the impact it has on American history. 

This article shows the hardships of an interracial marriage.  The marriage of Harriett Gold and Elias Boudinot definitely took the brunt of prejudices.  An interracial marriage can sometimes now be difficult, but during thus time period it was not accepted by anyone except the two that were married.  Indians were seen as 'uncivilzed" and therefore even Gold's family disapproved of the marriage.  her brother burned images of the two in protest of the marriage.  White poeple only excepted indians if they were trying to be civilzed or they pretended that indians simply did not exist.  This is just another example of the many racisms that Native Americans had to endure at this time.  The brutality of people towards another race is simply unjust and truly exemplified in instances like this one.

In Christopher Columbus' travelogue he mentions certain encounters with the Native Americans.  This work is another prime example of the misunderstanding of indians.  They are thought to be unsophisticated and a crude people by the spaniards with Columbus.  On their voyage they used help from the natives.  They traded and bargained with them, but they also took advantage of them.  When they took five men captive, they also took random women and children.  This was to keep the indian men company, but the Spaniards assume that indians are not refined enough to have family structure.  Columbus tries to justify his actions when he is simply using the natives to learn their language.  This is the beginning of a great deal more of misinterpretations and mistreatment of the native race.