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**Plight of the Native Americans**
The Native Americans have suffered greatly, in many years. They had to give up their land to settlers multiple times, especially during the 1800's when the Indian Removal Act was issued. Thousands of Indians were forced to walk the “Trail of Tears”, which was a path that killed many during their long walk to Mississippi. Sickness, hunger, and pain were the killers during this walk, this is why it is given its tragic name. They were the third section for segregation (The other two being the whites and blacks). In order to divide them from the whites and the blacks, Indian fountains, and bathrooms were built. They also had been forced to forget their language, and stop their tribal activities in an attempt to eventually blend them in with the general population. This is a civil rights issue because our founding fathers set the rules down in stone years ago that everybody should abide to and have the rights given to everybody else. Native Americans however, seemed to not have gotten the memo! Through losing the majority of their tribal lands through greedy trade and selling of settlers, and later, the government, claiming this land is theirs, to having their rights violated for their heritage and their traditions and religions stripped from them. The Native Americans are a group of people who over time, gained their rights to live freely in the country they've been living in for centuries.

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