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You are asking the wrong question. It should be how did American policy affect Native Americans.
Yes there was in the 1800's.
The government's policy of assimilation of the Native Americans was a failure because the government wanted to eliminate them. The government wanted the Native Americans to remain powerless.
The Northwest Ordinance of 1787 stated the original policy of the U.S. federal government toward the Native Americans.
In 1867 the federal government appointed the Indian Peace Commission to develop a policy toward Native Americans. The commission recommended moving the Native Americans to few large reservations. Moving them to reservations was not the new policy and the government then increased its effort in that way
The government's policy of assimilation of the Native Americans was a failure because the government wanted to eliminate them. The government wanted the Native Americans to remain powerless.
The policy brought the native americans into mainstream Self-determination
You are asking the wrong question. It should be how did American policy affect Native Americans.
Yes there was in the 1800's.
The government's policy of assimilation of the Native Americans was a failure because the government wanted to eliminate them. The government wanted the Native Americans to remain powerless.
The Northwest Ordinance of 1787 stated the original policy of the U.S. federal government toward the Native Americans.
they wanted to force native americans into the mainstream.
Most Native Americans were practically forced to relocate to reservations.
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In 1867 the federal government appointed the Indian Peace Commission to develop a policy toward Native Americans. The commission recommended moving the Native Americans to few large reservations. Moving them to reservations was not the new policy and the government then increased its effort in that way
he believed that the government had the power to tell native Americans where they could live
The American Indian Policy Review Commission of 1975 looked at the history between the Federal Government and the Native Americans, in order to improve future policy, 5 of the 11 commissions were Native Americans themselves. I believe this was a policy put forward by the Federal Government.