they wanted native americans to live on reservations because the soldiers wanted them to assimilate to american life
There was no assimilation of Native Americans. They were discriminated against and put on reservations as well as killed.
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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.
Reservations, Loss of Buffalos, and Disease
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