Basically because the Native Americans were there first and liked their culture where it was. A number of aspects of European culture like land ownership were immoral according to the religious beliefs of Native Americans of that time period. Also, the settlers were very hostile and tried forcing their culture on others. If they had made inroads, set up schools according to Native American customs and let the kids keep their culture, it would have been different.
There was no assimilation of Native Americans. They were discriminated against and put on reservations as well as killed.
Advocates of assimilation regarded Native Americans as lesser than white Europeans and thought their culture was inferior. This movement persisted between 1790 and 1920.
assimilation
rejecting assimilation and proudly embracing Native American traditions.
corn
There was no assimilation of Native Americans. They were discriminated against and put on reservations as well as killed.
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.
Advocates of assimilation regarded Native Americans as lesser than white Europeans and thought their culture was inferior. This movement persisted between 1790 and 1920.
There was no assimilation of Native Americans. They were discriminated against and put on reservations as well as killed.
the Dawes General Allotment Act.
assimilation
rejecting assimilation and proudly embracing Native American traditions.
corn
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.
Assimilation- Piagetian concept of the incorporation of new concepts into existing schemes. Assimilation (linguistics), a linguistic process by which a sound becomes similar to an adjacent sound. Assimilation (biology), the conversion of nutrient into the fluid or solid substance of the body, by the processes of digestion and absorption. Cultural assimilation, the process whereby a minority group gradually adopts the customs and attitudes of the prevailing culture. For cultural assimilation of Native Americans in the United States see Americanization (of Native Americans).
A reservation is a kind of ghetto or enclave, in which native Americans associate only with their fellow native Americans in the reservation and have relatively little if any contact with other types of Americans. If native Americans move to cities where other types of Americans live, they will become more involved with what I might loosely describe as mainstream American culture. That is assimilation.
assimilation- a plan in which Native Americans would give up their beliefs and way of life to become part of the white culture.