The government created American Indian reservations?

Answer 1

Despite either side's claims to why this system was created, the outcome is obvious. The United States originally created the system in order to maintain control over the Native Americans and to enforce "manifest destiny" in assimilating them to European standards. When it became obvious that this would not work, they began dismantling the system in key areas to effect the same changes in the populations of reservations.

Answer 2

to facilitate the expanding population of Euro-American immigrants, to minimize the increasing conflicts between the immigrants and the native people, to force religion (especially Christianity) on the native people, and to control the natives.

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Without messing with the other persons answer I wanted to say that the reason is that many people or groups of people are nothing but Conquers and what they can not control, dominate or blind they destroy, even if it takes Generations and regardless of rather it is another person, group of people, an animal, a plant or the Earth itself.

Answer 3

to force them to become farmers and to abandon their traditional way of life.....

Answer 4

Reservations were basically a place to put American Indians when people wanted the land they were on.