November 15th Blog Assignment
H. Zussman
8th grade World history
Abby Kelley Foster.
1. The word that stayed with me after understanding Professor’s
Doughton lecture was discrimination. Census taken by really anyone during the years 1780 – 1790 1800 > . That statement that I recall was, the county / state census taker walking into a general store, and asking “got any Indians? The store owner looks at the census takes and says, “ do you see any Indians around here?” a similar question asked in the barber shop.
As a result with a no answer and very satisfied, the census taker would report back to the state government that county had 0 Indians which = no
dollars issued from the federal or state treasury.
2 . Actually the only question that I asked was cleared up about the Dawes Act 1887. This was one way that Congress tried to assist the American Indian from being cheated. Regardless many Europeans settlers moved in to clam land and in some cases, government agents took advantage. Sadly, it would not be until 1924 before the American Indian were made citizens.
3. Teaching about the census pertaining to minorities, setting up a filter to break down the percentage of those Europeans passing through the Statue of Liberty in the 1880’s.
4. The material presented covered how the U.S Government treated the Native American when figuring out their population through the 1800’s.
In addition the pictures showing the Native American next to a Black or in some cases a Hispanic.
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I was surprised by the census methods. If non Indians were the ones who determined who the Indians were then it is no wonder they were "disappearing". The problem is that the federal government still uses this census data when tribes apply for recognition. If all the Indians had disappeared in the middle of the 19th century, how can they suddenly reappear in the late 20th/early 21st? It's a circular argument and one that the Indians are bound to lose most of the time!
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