Indigenous rights are often disregarded from "summary" of A People's History of the United States by Howard Zinn
The history of the United States is rife with examples of Indigenous rights being ignored and violated. From the moment European colonizers set foot on American soil, Indigenous peoples were pushed aside, their lands stolen, their cultures decimated. Treaties were made and broken at will, with the United States government consistently favoring its own interests over those of the Indigenous populations. The concept of Manifest Destiny, the belief that it was the United States' destiny to expand across the continent, served as justification for the displacement and mistreatment of Indigenous peoples. This notion fueled the government's policies of forced relocation, such as the Indian Removal Act of 1830 which led to the Trail of Tears, resulting in the deaths of thousands of Native Americans. Even when Indigenous peoples were able to secure land through treaties, they were often forcibly removed from their territories when valuable resources were discovered. The discovery of gold in California, for example, led to the California Gold Rush and the subsequent seizure of Native lands. Throughout history, Indigenou...
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