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How is American Indian reservations today different from life for them before reservations?
The reservations meant that the Indians led a totally different way of life. They were a means of totally destroying the Indian culture and way of life.
The Indians were not allowed to hunt the buffalo which in the best provided them will nearly everything they needed. This was they had to depend on US food hand-outs. If they tried to rebel the US would stop the food hand-outs and the tribe would starve.
Tribes were split up across different reservations- they were no longer united so the tribal council, the chief lost their roles in the tribe.
Religious feats, ceremonies and dances were banned, the medicine man lost his role in the tribe.
Were not allowed to carry weapons- so braves couldn't prove their bravery by battle and they couldn't increase their wealth by stealing horses.
Indians lost power to punish themselves, would be put on trial like Americans-lost Indian way of life and culture,
Some Indians were made into US police style officers a cunning ploy to make some Indians loyal to the USA.
Children were forcibly made to go to boarding school, they lived in military conditions and were taught to disrespect their Indian culture and were not allowed to speak their tribal language,
Dawes act 1887 split reservations into farming plots for each family- plan to turn Indians into 'civilised' Americans and this also split the tribe. Poor, infertile soil meant they couldn't make good produced so depended on government.
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What American Indian tribes were present in Indiana before it became a state?
they are HuHu,ratiune, Uniqiewa
When did the Indian Americans came to united state?
The United States "came to" the American Indian. The First Peoples were here thousands of years before the European invasions and the subsequent formation of the United States of America.
One reason traditions of self government developed in the American colonies before the French and Indian wat was that the British .?
There are a few traditions of self government that was developed in American colonies before French and India. The main reason for this was so effective leaders to govern colonial settlements.
Did most Indians wanted to live on reservations?
They would rather have gone on living as they had before the white man showed up, however, when faced with the choice to live on a reservation or be killed; I'm sure you can say truthfully thatmost wanted to live on the reservation. No. They were forced to go on reservations. Reservations are another name for prisons.
How much is a 1853 Indian nickel worth?
No such coin exists. The US nickel would not be minted until 1866. Before that, the 5 cent coin was the silver half-dime and even then, the coin had nothing on it that bore resemblance to an American Indian. And the Indian head penny wouldn't be minted until later than 1853.
