The government justified the forced relocation of Native Americans primarily through the belief in Manifest Destiny, which held that Americans were destined to expand across the continent. Officials argued that relocating Native Americans to designated territories would allow for the development of agriculture and settlement by white settlers, which they claimed was essential for economic progress. Additionally, they often framed the removal as a way to protect Native Americans from conflict with settlers, despite the devastating impacts it had on indigenous populations.
The policy brought the native americans into mainstream Self-determination
Native Americans became Christians after contact with Spanish conquistadors.
The government's termination policy, implemented in the 1950s and 1960s, aimed to assimilate Native Americans into mainstream American society by ending the special legal status of tribes and terminating their federal recognition. This policy sought to encourage Native Americans to abandon their tribal affiliations and relocate to urban areas, often without adequate support or resources. The termination policy was met with significant criticism and resistance, leading to its eventual abandonment in favor of self-determination initiatives for Native American communities.
The federal government wanted the Native Americans to become farmers.
Every treaty.
The west was reserved for the Native Americans but the Americans kept on moving westward and kept forcing the Native Americans out of their territories or land. So it would be a yes they had land and a no that Americans kept FORCING them out of their land.
The act that Congress passed that allowed them to relocate the Native Americans was called the Indian Removal Act. It went in to effect in 1830 when Andrew Jackson was president.
Over 2,000 Native Americans were forced to relocate south.
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Most Native Americans were practically forced to relocate to reservations.
Many white Americans, especially in what is now the southeastern states, wanted the natives removed to the west because they wanted their lands and the resources under them, and because, generally, they did not like or trust the natives.
The west was reserved for the Native Americans but the Americans kept on moving westward and kept forcing the Native Americans out of their territories or land. So it would be a yes they had land and a no that Americans kept FORCING them out of their land.
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.
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It's not that it should be passed but the American Government told the Native Americans that they were on our land, forcing them out of their homes. President Andrew Jackson had the idea of the Trail of Tears, (lead by black hawk) forcing them to walk 1,200 kilometers East. Many Americans, lived West, but because of the Natives, the government decided they should make them slaves. Giving them to Upper Mexico and at that time, Texas Territory.