The "US Army's" policy was preserving the peace between the the White men and the Red men. The US Army seldom (if ever) went looking for trouble w/o authorization/orders. The army most often "responded" to complaints (like a police force), either from the Whites or the Red, it didn't matter, the army's mission was to maintain the peace and protect people on the frontier. When gold was discovered in the Black Hills South Dakota, the Whites began invading it...the Indians complained...and the US Army sent out patrols to arrest the white trespassers.
Hollywood has trained the American public to believe that American Indians hated the US Army (they might have during actual battle, which is normal); when in fact they respected and trusted the US Army MORE than white civilians. The Red men knew that the US Army was following orders, and was a desciplined force of "warriors"; whereas they also knew that the white civilians were by an large, un-desciplined profit minded men.
For further information, read: The "Biography of General George Crook, US Army."
American Indians were ordered to live on Indian Reservations. The US Army enforced the policy; ironically, after the Indian Wars, the US Army was placed on Military "Reservations." Today (21st century) both reservations still exist.
Oklahoma wasn't a state back then, it was a reservation for the Indians (Native Americans"), so it didn't take sides. The Indians hated them both.
Native Americans fought on both sides in the US civil war. In some cases, tribes split over which side to support, best known of which was the Cherokee. ´Indians´ is misleading. It creates an idea that they were a single unified group.
Abraham lincoln.
Plains Indians objected to westward settlement before the civil war because it divided traditional buffalo hunting grounds.
Describe the major military confrontations between Native Americans and whites on the post-Civil War frontier.
Yes they have their own rules & regulations on the reserves, but they still follow the civil codes here in Canada
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Oklahoma wasn't a state back then, it was a reservation for the Indians (Native Americans"), so it didn't take sides. The Indians hated them both.
Native Americans fought on both sides in the US civil war. In some cases, tribes split over which side to support, best known of which was the Cherokee. ´Indians´ is misleading. It creates an idea that they were a single unified group.
George Washington
The Native American civil rights movements sought equal treatment and basic civil rights for Native Americans. In 1968 the Indian Civil Rights Act was passed and it granted Native Americans many civil rights.
There were several Indian men that were famous during the Civil War Era. Stand Watie was a Native American in the Confederate Army. There are no reports of any Spaniard or Native American women participating in the Civil War.
The Indians suffered the loss of civil rights and were placed on reservations. The adaptation to change was very hard for the Native Americans.
Native Americans served in both armies in the Civil War. Some were just ordinary soldiers, and some were given special duties such as scouting. Most tribes tried to stay out of direct involvement in the war.
Republicans who openly disagreed with Lincoln's policies were called Radicals during the Civil War.
Laissez-faire economic policies Civil War and 1900 results was
According to my U.S. history book, President Kennedy initially approached civil rights policies cautiously.