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This department recognized American Indians as self governing people with their own way of life. Worked with US army to help enforece their policies Even after this was created many settlers attempted to change Indian ways
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US government stripped Cherokee of their human rights.
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In 1830, President Andrew Jackson signed the Indian Removal Act, calling for the Native Americans living East of the Mississippi to move west of it. The five tribes relocated to land in what became Oklahoma and Kansas
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Government tricked Cherokee into signing treaty that required them to voluntarily remove themselves.
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This Bill allowed the US government to relocate Indians onto reservations to "protect" them from western settlers.
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Each tribe accepted land, allowing the US to build roads within these plots, and pledged not to attack settlers. The government paid Indians annualy in this deal aswell.
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Cherokee Houses made in order to form councils to increase involvement in government by the Cherokee
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The Indian reservations were turned over to the Christian church in order to force/convert indians to Christianity
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Before written, the federal government recognized indian tribes as independent nations, and after passing they were treated as individuals and tribes were now considered "wards" of the government.
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First boarding school off of a reservation that was made to educate Native Americans in the way of the whites. Founded by Richard Pratt, a former military leader in the US
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The US government gave 154 million acres of land to indians, and tried integrating them into "civilized life". If an Indian integrated and conformed to US society, they were promised citizenship.
