One of the most sweeping blows to the American Indian community occurred in 1830 when President Andrew Jackson signed the Indian
Removal Act. As a result, the government negotiated with tribes to move them to land west of the Mississippi River. The government then acquired their previously inhabited land. Some tribes reluctantly went along with the act. However, many did not want to abandon their homelands. In this excerpt, the setting
A. "Currently, there are around 900,000 pieces of debris between 1 centimeter and 10 centimeters in length orbiting in our space system, and this number is growing."
