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What area did congress create in 1834?
In 1834 Congress created the Indian Territory, an area in present-day Oklahoma, for Native Americans from the Southeast.
The effects of the Oklahoma Land Rush?
It pushed the Indians into even smaller reservations and pushed white people and culture into previously Indian territories.
What was the trial of tears and where did it lead?
Quoting Wikipedia: "The Trail of Tears is a name given to the forced relocation and movement of Native American nations from southeastern parts of the United States following the Indian Removal Act of 1830. The removal included many members of the Cherokee, Muscogee (Creek), Seminole, Chickasaw, and Choctaw nations, among others in the United States, from their homelands to Indian Territory (eastern sections of the present-day state of Oklahoma)."
When did the native American removal end?
Hard to pin down really. The largest forced removal was of the Southeastern tribes (Cherokee, Creek, et al) in the 1830's "Trail of Tears." Despite a Supreme Court decision that allowed them to stay where they were, Present Andrew Jackson ignored the decision and ordered the Army to move them west into Oklahoma Territory. After that, most Indian removal was really a matter of Indian being told they could stay on certain portions of their land and then having the US Government go back on the promises when they wanted the land for whites. This trended to push the Indians into smaller and smaller pockets of territory (reservations). Many tribes rebelled against this treatment from the mid 1800's to the end of the century. The last Battle of these Indian Wars was at Wounded Knee in 1890. This was not really a battle, since the US troops simply attacked an Indian camp with warning one morning and killed everyone in sight including women and children.
How many Indian Tribes are there?
According to the Native Languages of the Americas website, there are more than 1,000 Native American Tribes in the Western Hemisphere. There are 562 federally recognized tribal governments in the United States.
