The indians were forced out to make room for white settlers... given a choice between integrating with everyone else or moving somewhere else. There were many agreements that were made and broken, but the ones that finally stuck were collectively known as the Indian Appropriations Act.
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The Native American were no longer able to resist the government. During the late 1880s more Indians were forced onto reservations.
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.
Once reason the Battle of Little Big Horn was important was because it spurred funding to eliminate the Native Americans. It was considered to be the Indians last stand in keeping the "white man" from expanding west.
Native American's were NOT moved onto reservations in the great plains in the early 1800's, it was the late 1800's. They were moved there for the same reasons they were always pushed into these areas; the US Government and its people wanted their land and its natural resources.