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Paruasemena was one of the Indian leaders who attended the meeting President Lincoln called with Native American leaders at the White House in 1863.

He was also in attendance at the 1867 meeting called by the U.S. Peace Commission at Medicine Lodge Creek where he gave a moving speech. Explain why this speech is critical to the understanding of Native American’s distrust of the U.S. government, their resistance to being restricted to living on reservations, and their refusal to readily abandon their ancestral way of life?

ANSWER
Answer: A comprehensive answer will:
a. Discuss the contentious Native American and U.S. government relationship from the Native American perspective and compare it with the U.S. perspective of the relationship.
b. Identify the challenges Native Americans faced trying to feed their families and why they blamed the U.S. government.
c. Discuss the differences between how Native Americans wanted to live and how they were being forced to live.
d. Discuss the traditions and rituals Native Americans would have to discontinue in order to live peaceably on their land.
e. Provide a conclusion that enumerates the most important issues facing Native Americans as the U.S. moved west.