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What is the Indian removal?
The United States Government's forced relocation of Native people to reservations, in order to claim the land for immigrants. The reasons ranged from simply needing the land for settlers to the presence of gold or other precious minerals. This entire continent was once Indian land - today there is very little still considered as such.
What act offered American citizenship to American Indians and 160 acres of land to each Indian family and 80 acres to unmarried Indian adults who were willing to leave their tribal reservations?
dawes act.
Do any Indians still live in Georgia?
Yes, but there is no tribal land or reservations there.
What did the American government do with the Native American populations after the army conquered them?
The Native Americans tried to defend their territory, but were not strong enough to protect themselves and their homes. They were either killed during the Indian Wars or moved to Indian Reservations. Even today many Native Americans still live on these Indian Reservations. The movement West displaced many Native Americans from their native homes. They were moved to Reservations that were often a long way from their native land. Not long after Congress herded the Native Americans onto Reservations, Congress enacted The Dawes Severalty Act (February 8, 1887) that deprived them of their legal status.
Pros and cons of Native Americans going to reservations during the 19th century?
The pros would have only been for the Americans. Reservations were generally and purposely established in areas largely uninhabitable - lands the Americans did not want. The reservations were far away from lands the tribes grew up in, so they had no way to adapt to the land or its climate. Also they were often placed side by side with ages old enemies. The plus for the Americans was that it was a perfectly legal way to continue its planned genocide. The cons of the reservations were numerous. Aside from what was mentioned above, the reservations created an atmosphere of dependency upon the government. This again was to destroy the spirit of the American Indian.
