Grade Range: 4-12Resource Type(s): Reference MaterialsDate Posted: 10/9/2008
Coveting what remained of the Indian lands in the Southeast and lower South, the United States forced tribes to cede their "rights of occupancy" and give up their ancestral homelands. Students will learn about the Creek Indian War and the Battle of Horseshoe Bend, and the policies that led to the Trail of Tears, one of the most tragic episodes in American history in this section of the online exhibition, Price of Freedom: Americans at War. A non-flash version of this page is available: Eastern Indian Wars.
Multimedia instruction, Museum education, Thematic approach
Trade tomahawks were generally made in Europe and used by settlers to trade with the Indians.
nineteenth century, Native American, 19th Century, history, military, uniform, Native American Heritage Month, November, conflict, equipment, American Indian Heritage Month, expansion, Indian, 1800, battle, soldier, weapon, military history, war, American Indian