As Europeans decided that it was America's destiny to spread westward, many people decided to move to the West. As they moved westward, the Europeans encountered the people who lived there first, the Native Americans. As the expansion westward continued, the Native Americans were treated worse and worse. At first, the Europeans tried to isolate the Native Americans by putting them on reservations. As the years went by the reservations were made smaller and smaller. Eventually the Europeans decided instead of letting the Native Americans live their lives separated, they should be "Americanized". They did not allow the Natives to practice their religions or continue their cultures. They forced them to believe what the Europeans believed. The Native Americans tried to fight back, but the Europeans were so much stronger and more powerful that it would only be a matter of time until tribes were being killed off one by one. The Native Americans were treated so harshly during this time, and the things they endured are some I would never wish to endure in my entire life. I chose this photo out of the collection because I feel the Native Americans faces really so their emotions and their eyes show the sorrow they are feeling as their lives are being taken away from them.
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