The term is reservations. These lands originally were set aside to virtually imprison the Indian and to once and for all, break their spirits. The lands the government set aside in the beginnings were unwanted, inhospitable places, usually totally foreign to the lands the Indians had known. For instance, Apaches who are mountain, desert Indians were shipped to Florida where it was flat and humid, causing the deaths of hundreds. Tribes were put together who had long been enemies such as the Crow and Cheyenne. Again, they hoped to have them exterminate each other.
The term that is used for pieces of land set aside by the government as a home for an Indian tribe
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The Oklahoma Territory was chosen to house the Native Americans as a result of the Indian Intercourse Act of 1834. Congress set aside this land for the Native Americans.
white settlers discovered gold and silver on land already set aside for native Americans
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The federal government had passed an act that designated the entire Great Plains as one enormous reservation, or land set aside for Native American tribes.
As colonists moved west, they pushed the Native American's farther to the west as well. The government often set aside reservations that they would force Native Americans to move to. Tensions between the United States government and tribes led to tragic events such as the Wounded Knee Massacre and the Trail of Tears.