Reflection: How did the Native American's feel?

Describe our life in America. 

What do we eat? What do we like to wear? What do we like to do for fun?

Imagine seeing someone like this for the first time. How would you feel right away? 

Now imagine this person came from another planet. When he spoke it sounded like this:

 

You did not understand the man or the other purple people with him. The only thing you did understand was that they called Americans "Russians." Where did this name come from? We live in America, not Russia. You were quite scared of the purple people. All of a sudden they acted like they owned America. They forced you, your friends, family, and everyone else already in America to go live in Antarctica. 

How would you feel about living in Antarctica? How would you feel about moving away from home NOT by choice?

To make matters worse. On the journey to Antarctica, thousands of Americans die because the purple people brought a sickness we had no cure for.  When you got to Antarctica, there were no grocery stores, fast food restaurants, or any sort of possibility of the food you were used to. There were no houses, only igloos. You were forced to stay in Antarctica because the purple people would not allow you back in America. 

The Native Americans had a similar experience of removal from their homes by a nation of people who were new to the land. The US government forced thousands of Native Americans to move out of their ancestor's lands to designated "reservations" that the government assigned them to. Approximately 4,000 Native Americans died from disease and warfare as they walked to their new assigned "homes."

The Shoshone Tribe, also known as "Snake Nation" resided in several states in the Northwest. They lived near the Continental Divide in the Rocky Mountains. The Shoshone tribe alos engaged in much warfare, and they raided other tribes and settlers of food and weapons. Lewis and Clark were the first white people the Shoshone's ever saw. They gave Lewis and Clark's expedition horses to travel over the mountains. Sacagewea was a Shoshone woman.