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Life on the reservation

Life on the reservation. Reasons for Conflict. Euro-Americans Want land for farming, ranching and mining Believe that uncultivated (un-farmed) land & land with no permanent homes is wasted Often believe that nonwhite people and nonChristians are inferior Native Americans

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Life on the reservation

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  1. Life onthereservation

  2. ReasonsforConflict Euro-Americans • Want land for farming, • ranching and mining • Believe that uncultivated • (un-farmed) land & land with no permanent homes is wasted • Often believe that nonwhite people and nonChristians are inferior Native Americans • Want land for hunting and • gathering • Only some cultures • farmed, and only some • built permanent homes • Are non-white and nonChristian

  3. Reservations • created reservations to live in • about 310 Native American Reservations • 550 recognizedtribes • somehave more thanonereservationwhilemanydon’thave a reservation.

  4. Reasons of development • explodingpopulation of Euro-American immigrants. • Increasedconflictbetweentheimmigrants and thenativepeoples • The abilitytopushthegrowingcountry’seconomythroughagriculture

  5. WhatgovernmentpoliciesimpactedthesenativeAmericans? • had toliveonRESERVATIONS • wantedtheIndiantribestoforgetaboutthe old days • getusedtothenewreservations and laws • wanted to Americanize the Native Americans

  6. Dawesact (1887) Goal of the Dawes Act: to get Native Americans to live like white Americans Reservations were broken up into "allotments" that were given out to individual families. Families were supposed to farm and build homes on their allotment to support themselves Land that wasn't given to a family was sold by the US government to white farmers It failed: Some of the land was unsuitable for farming & ranching Some refused to adopt a different way of life Some sold their land to white settlers, but others were upset that their land was given away

  7. Ghostdance • ghostdancewas a religiousmovement • The ghostdance made IndiansbelievethatdeadIndianswouldcome back to life and thebuffaloherdswouldreturn.

  8. Assimilation:”KilltheIndianssavethe man” • Assimilation is the process of one group of people being • "absorbed" into another's culture • Goal of assimilation policy: for all Native Americans to live & • behave like white Americans • Tools to achieve assimilation: • Boarding schools for NativeAmerican children • Killing bison (their main food source) • Missionaries to introduce Christianity

  9. Conclusion • Buffalo provided food, clothing, and shelter • Railroads killed buffalo habitat and Indian lives • Government tried to assimilate or change the culture of the Indians by making Ghost Dance/religious ritual illegal

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