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US policy that stated the US should temporarily take a protective and guiding stance toward Native Americans while preparing them for integration into mainstream cultue
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States are excluded from regulating or taxing Indian country as this is an infringement on Indigenous sovereignty
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This code banned any spiritual practices, like the Sun Dance.
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Tribes no longer had authority to prosecute offenders of major crimes on Native American land as this now fell under "federal jurisdiction"
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Under this act, reservations were divided and allocated into individual plots. The remaining land was available for purchase by outsiders.
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This act was a direct reversal of previous policies and promoted retention of land and cultural distinctiveness
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This resolution ended Native American status as federal wards