What were some conflicts between Native Americans and Settlers?

Answer 1

The main conflict was over land. The Indians (as they were then called) believed that they had found the land first and were entitled to live on it; the European settlers believed they had a right to take the land for their country and for their religion, and that led to the other conflict: the settlers sincerely believed that the Christian faith was the one true religion and that the Indians were heathens who needed to be converted. The British settlers in particular believed the Indians needed to be "westernized," that is, they needed to learn to speak the language of England (English)-- rather than using their own native languages; and the colonists also wanted the Indians to accept the customs and dress that were common amongst Europeans.

Some Indian tribes were willing to live in peace with the European settlers, and there is evidence that there was a certain amount of cooperation at first. But most of the Indians resented the presence of the Europeans, and did not want to surrender the land to them; they also resented being told to accept European customs and being forced to accept the Christian religious faith. The Europeans, on the other hand, generally distrusted the Indians, thought they were warlike and uneducated, and believed they had every right to take over Indian land.

In 1854 - eight years before the Homestead Act - some Lakota near Fort Laramie butchered an emigrant's cow they thought was abandoned. Lt. John Grattan and 29 soldiers were sent to investigate the incident. Grattan opened fire on the Indian camp. The Indians retaliated, killing all of the soldiers. The next year Gen. William Harney was ordered to restore peace on the trail. He found a Lakota camp at Blue Water Creek in Garden County and attacked it, although the camp residents had nothing to do with the Grattan slaughter. Harney's troops killed 136 men, women, and children. Although peace was restored, pressure continued to build, and war broke out again in 1863 with attacks on Overland Trail travelers. In 1867 the Lakota pushed eastward and attacked a Union Pacific railroad train in Dawson County, Nebraska. Attempts at peaceful settlements resulted in payments of food, guns, and other goods to the Lakota.

Answer 2

The conflicts between Native Americans and settlers were many. Two of the most significant conflicts were religion and philosophy. Religiously, the settlers still had Eurocentric ideas about Christianity and viewed the Native Americans as inferior savages. Philosophically, the settlers believed in the concept of â??Vacuum Domiciliumâ?? which means that vacant land must be settled and used for the purpose of prosperity and growth. The Native Americans did not have a concept of fighting for something that belonged to the earth and not to them.

Answer 3

either about religion or trading