Outwardly, the purpose of the reservations were to give the Indian their own lands.
However, the real reasons were much more insidious. It was a place to contain the Indian in conditions mostly unbearable. It was designed to "break" the Indian spirit which is the one thing the white man could not do.
Also it was mostly designed to eradicate the Indian. Mountain Indians were given reservations in the swamp. Forest Indiand got land in the deserts. And tribes who had long histories of being enemies got lands that bordered one another in hopes of them killing each other off.
An area of land managed by Native Americans tribes under the U.S. Bureau of Indian affairs is called a reservation. 310 reservations exist in the U.S.A.
The Brotherton reservation for New Jersey's Lenni Lenape (Algonquin) Indians input by Seneca0utlaw - That reservation is located in Medford, NJ
No you don't. have to be Native American to live on the reservation and you don't have to be a descendant of a Native American on the reservation but you do have to know a Native American who's living on the reservation or have another reason to live on the reservation knowing somebody else it's quite dangerous for white folks to try and live on the reservation without knowing a Native American
The land is called a "Reservation" because it is reserved for Indians (aka, and more accurately - Native Americans).
The Native American reservation Hopi is located directly south of Tuba City Arizona.
The Zuni people
The Brotherton reservation for New Jersey's Lenni Lenape (Algonquin) Indians input by Seneca0utlaw - That reservation is located in Medford, NJ
No you don't. have to be Native American to live on the reservation and you don't have to be a descendant of a Native American on the reservation but you do have to know a Native American who's living on the reservation or have another reason to live on the reservation knowing somebody else it's quite dangerous for white folks to try and live on the reservation without knowing a Native American
Native American plains Indians relied on echinacea as an all-purpose antiseptic
The land is called a "Reservation" because it is reserved for Indians (aka, and more accurately - Native Americans).
Native American plains Indians relied on the purple coneflower as an all-purpose antiseptic
Native American plains Indians relied on the purple coneflower as an all-purpose antiseptic
Native American plains Indians relied on the purple coneflower as an all-purpose antiseptic
Native American plains Indians relied on the purple coneflower as an all-purpose antiseptic
The Native American reservation Hopi is located directly south of Tuba City Arizona.
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Land set aside for Native Americans.
The Zuni people