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Assimilation, way of making Native Americans white or stripping them of their culture
We wanted Native Americans to be like us so we didn't have to fight them
Kansas-Nebraska Act 1854 pushes Indian tribes further west
Indian and Oklahoma Territory Merge in 1907 forming state of Oklahoma, Government opened up Indian and Oklahoma territory for settlement
Destruction of Buffalo- away to eliminate the Indians
Dawes Act 1887- Gave land to Native American families to farm- 160 acres per family
Ended tribal ownership of land
Those that took this land were granted U.S. citizens
Goal was to Americanize Native-Americans
lost much of their land
Not required but better option
Ended in the 1930's under President Roosevelt's Indian Reorganization Act
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