Initial Post

It intrigues and disturbs me that a people that lived on land before others took it from them were, and still are, (though not as much) treated unequally and without respect.  Currently, it seems like the problem is starting to resolve many Native Americans have more power and are equals.  There are even a few on the Senate.  I am excited to learn how this first started and how it is progressed through time, affecting different tribes differently.  Some key pieces of information I found were as follows: Senator Ben Nighthorse Campbell, a representation of Native Americans having more political power; the Bureau of Indian Affairs; and Henry Benjamin Whipple, one of the first and most notable Caucasians to help the Native Americans as an oppressed people.  The subtopics my group and I are using are social equality, political power, influences from others and how they influence others, and territories and conflicts.