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As a group, we plan to add to the already existing article on Genocide. We plan to add a section about Native American genocide. In this section we will discuss how genocide has been carried out against these indigenous people for hundreds of years in North America. This topic will span from early American History to modern day issues. The sources listed below are the ones we will use to build our writing.

Andersen, Chris, and Jean M. O'Brien. Sources and Methods in Indigenous Studies, edited by Chris Andersen, and Jean M. O'Brien, Taylor and Francis, 2016. ProQuest Ebook Central, http://ebookcentral.proquest.com.ezproxy4.library.arizona.edu/lib/UAZ/detail.action?docID=4771878.

Lindsay, Brendan C.. Murder State, edited by Brendan C. Lindsay, UNP - Nebraska, 2012. ProQuest Ebook Central, http://ebookcentral.proquest.com.ezproxy4.library.arizona.edu/lib/UAZ/detail.action?docID=915522.

Magliari, Michael F. "Ethnic Cleansing And The Indian: The Crime That Should Haunt America." H-Net Reviews In The Humanities & Social Sciences (2016): 1-6. Academic Search Complete. Web. 14 Feb. 2017.

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HIXSON, WALTER L. "Policing The Past: Indian Removal And Genocide Studies." Western Historical Quarterly 47.4 (2016): 439-443. Academic Search Complete. Web. 14 Feb. 2017.

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Melançon, Jérôme. "Colonial Genocide In Indigenous North America." Canadian Journal Of Sociology 41.4 (2016): 565-568. Academic Search Complete. Web. 14 Feb. 2017.

http://ezproxy.library.arizona.edu/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=a9h&AN=120553784&site=ehost-live “Atrocities Against Native Americans” United to End Genocide. 2016. Web. 14 Feb. 2017. http://endgenocide.org/learn/past-genocides/native-americans

Ostler, Jeffrey. “Genocide and American Indian History. Oxford Research Encyclopedias. Web. 14 Feb 2017. http://americanhistory.oxfordre.com/view/10.1093/acrefore/9780199329175.001.0001/acrefore-9780199329175-e-3 Mbrennan8 (talk) 05:01, 15 February 2017 (UTC)

There has been over 500 years of systematic pursuits of genocide of native peoples. Actions and Policy from the United States government expected the complete disappearance of native people by the middle of the twentieth century. During this era, physical genocide continued to occur. Colonialism has been built upon the elimination of natives, which compels the settlers to commit mass genocide in order to gain access to territory.Native people have been categorized as foreign, primitive, undeveloped people who made it possible to rationalize violence and genocide against them. Raphael Lemkin defined the word genocide in 1944, and five decades later the word became linked to the conquest and colonization of the west by the Europeans. American Indian History as taught in America gives little notice to the genocide of native people. The reasons for this differ; disagreement among academics in US History and colonial studies as well as the discouragement of drawing attention to it has caused this gap in studies. Native American Genocide

Throughout its history, the U.S has condemned acts of genocide occurring throughout the world; however, Native American genocide is not talked about much in the teaching of U.S.history. When Christopher Columbus reached the Americas in 1492 there were an estimated 10 million Native American across U.S territory, but by the 1900s there were less than 300,000 still alive. Raphael Lemkin defined the word genocide in 1944, and five decades later the word became linked to the conquest and colonization of the west by the Europeans. American settlers deliberately exterminated Native Americans through colonization, spread of diseases, violent conflicts, dispossession of land, oppression and racism. These settlers made no attempt for peace with the Natives but had the “intent to kill” and were paid for each Native they killed in some cases. Genocide of the native americans began in the East and Midwest of the United States and made its way to California. Native Americans were seen as savages due to the formation of these opinions through euro-american culture.

There has been over 500 years of systematic pursuits of genocide of native peoples. Actions and Policy from the United States government expected the complete disappearance of native people by the middle of the twentieth century. During this era, physical genocide continued to occur. Colonialism has been built upon the elimination of natives, which compels the settlers to commit mass genocide in order to gain access to territory. The ideals of Ethnic Cleansing which was a common tactic to dehumanize native people, reflects the general basis of harming and killing one specific ethnic group which is outlined in the United Nations convention on genocide. Destruction of crops, removal laws, rapes and forced Americanization were all used as elimination tactics in order to make room for the settlers. Not only physical violence was used, destruction of natives ways of life through religious conversion and child removal destroyed native families and tribes.