17 and 18 centuries, after a large number of white people immigrated to the United States, how many native Americans were slaughtered? It is said that the Indians in the Midwest were basically slaught

17 and 18 centuries, after a large number of white people immigrated to the United States, how many native Americans were slaughtered? It is said that the Indians in the Midwest were basically slaughtered. Before the United States and other western countries arrived in the American continent, there were 80 million Indians living in the American continent, and there were more than 6.5438+million Indians living in the American region. At present, there are no more than 4 million Indians living in the whole America, and there are only 2.9 million Indians in the United States.

Less than 65,438+0% Indians have also become imprisoned reserved races.

Bison is the main livelihood of Sioux Indians. It provides food, clothes and tents for Sioux people to live in. In order to exterminate Sioux Indians, the American government allocated huge sums of money to slaughter bison. In less than 20 years, the number of bison has decreased from13 million to less than 1000.

Encourage people to slaughter Indians. Shortly after I arrived in North America, I forgot the friendly help the Indians gave them in the initial difficult period and formulated the reward system for Indian scalp. Everyone knows that a scalp has no practical value at all, and the only purpose of offering a reward for buying a scalp at a high price is to slaughter Indians. The Treaty of Fort Laramie is not long, with only eight paragraphs. Let me extract a few. 2. The above tribes hereby acknowledge that the United States Government has the right to build roads, station troops and set up posts in their respective territories. Clause 3: Considering the rights and special treatment obtained in the previous clause, the United States government agrees to protect the above-mentioned tribes from being destroyed and attacked by Americans after the ratification of the treaty. These two clauses seem to be equal, but in fact they are extremely unequal. It is equivalent to saying: I can freely enter and leave your front and back doors, but I won't cause damage to your home. Pay attention to the wording of "Article 3", "Free from being destroyed and attacked by Americans", that is, Indians are not Americans, so this treaty is more like a diplomatic treaty between countries.

Article 5 of the Fort Laramie Treaty stipulates the territorial scope of Indian tribes. Although the territory has been greatly reduced compared with the days when Indians lived freely, Indians faced the reality and decided to make concessions and accept American conditions. This behavior is quite similar to the helpless choice that Palestinians accept "land for peace" today. However, the Palestinians gave up their land without peace, and the Indians suffered the same fate 50 years ago.

Of course, the Fort Laramie Treaty also stipulates that the US government has compensated or may compensate the Indian tribes for their losses, and eight Indian tribes can get compensation of 50,000 US dollars every year, with a term of 10 and 500,000 US dollars every year. But not in cash. If it is cash, Indians may use it to buy weapons. The American government stipulates that it is forbidden to sell weapons, even iron, to Indians. Although many white people don't obey the laws of the United States government in order to make money, it is illegal to sell weapons to Indians. Therefore, the US$ 50,000 provided by the US government every year is commodities, livestock and farm tools, which are distributed by the US government according to the population of India, and Indians themselves cannot distribute them. Eight tribes can only get goods worth $50,000 a year, but the Fort Laramie Treaty also stipulates that if Indians make mistakes and cause losses to whites who pass by or "live" in Indian territory, whites will demand compensation. The trap of this clause is that it gives Americans the right to "live" in Indian territory, which is tantamount to no protection. At the same time, what is "one wrong move"? Because Indians know little about American law, as long as Americans say "wrong", it is wrong. To make matters worse, Article 8 stipulates that the two negotiating parties agree that if any Indian tribe of Party B violates any of these provisions, the United States has the right to detain all or part of the material subsidies mentioned in the above clause until the President of the United States thinks that the Indian tribe has made up for it. In the practice of implementing this clause, it can almost be understood that any individual's "violation" will be regarded as the "violation" of the whole tribe. In today's words, it is "Left-wing Law" and "Julian Law". One person commits a crime and the whole family is punished until the president of the United States is satisfied.

There is an episode in the movie West Wind and Clouds, which more vividly reflects how Americans enforce the law. There is an Indian tribe that is the most determined to resist white people. However, due to the poor living conditions, the chief finally decided to give up resistance, negotiate with the US military and move to the reservation stipulated by the US government. The American general asked to hand over all weapons first, and the Indians did. The American general thought that the weapons handed over were too few and the Indians were liars, so he ordered the soldiers to search. As a result, the soldiers found a batch of hunting bows, arrows and kitchen knives, all of which were used as weapons. Worst of all, an Indian still had a gun on him. The chief had no time to explain that the Indians were deaf and could not hear the order to hand over their weapons. The American general ordered the shooting, and the Indian tribe was completely extinct. This Indian Chief is the famous Chief of sitting bull in history. Up to now, he is still a hero in the eyes of Indians. Through the fate of Chief sitting bull and his tribe, we can understand that the U.S. government's action to exterminate bison is actually similar to the Japanese's "Three Lights" policy, aiming to make all resistance forces lose their survival foundation. Only by surrendering and agreeing to live in a small private plot can we save a life without dignity.