Indian Project The Indians had every right to fight. Their land was being taken away by the whites. They were forcing them out by starving them and compressing them into small reservations. Many of the Indian leaders had felt safe before the whites began attacking and invading their territory. The whites provoked the Indians into war according to Ten Bears when he said, "My people have never first drawn a bow or fired a gun …
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…man that persevered to be friends with the white man, but since they have come and cleaned out our lodges, horses and everything else, it is hard for me to believe white men anymore." (Pg. 67 War Comes to the Cheyenne's) This is what happened to all the Indians. It did stop once all the Indians were placed onto reservations. They still did not get what they deserved. Even today they are fighting for their rights.