The federal government made laws forcing Native Americans to learn English and speak only English. They trained Native American wives to be good and proper English housewives. They provided money and compliments for those who learned quickly and adjusted to the American ways. The American government did this because the American Government was against anyone being different than them. They wanted everyone to be the same as them because they were the "elite" people.
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.
To my knowledge all Tribal groups practiced a decentralized form of government, with very few exceptions; those being central American tribal orginizations.
The radical Native American group that called for Native American lands to be returned is the American Indian Movement.
The American Indian Policy Review Commission of 1975 looked at the history between the Federal Government and the Native Americans, in order to improve future policy, 5 of the 11 commissions were Native Americans themselves. I believe this was a policy put forward by the Federal Government.
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Henry Jackson was the first Native American to receive the Croix de Guerre
He was African American but had small percentage of Native American and white heritage.
Native American do because they were here first
This will be decided by the particular tribe you wish to claim to be descended from. Please see the related link below for more information:
Federation
You do not receive any additional pay or benefits for being a Native American.
There are many separate Native American tribes, each with its own form of government. So you would need to ask about the government of a specific tribe of the Native Americans, not just "Native Indian government." If you meant India, the country, then you need to say that, and not "Native Indian."
They forced the Native American's to move West.