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The Decline Of The Plains Indians
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With the end of Civil war and the beginning of the reconstruction process, America started to expand west. After establishing many cities in the west, the abundance of railroads increased exponentially. This new “Frontier” of America alienated the Plains Indians. After already taking over the Indi ....
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....pture, the result was inevitable.
In 1887, Congress passed the Dawes Act, which broke up Indian nations, even on reservations. The Dawes Act gave each family 160 acres to farm. After a probation period of 25 years, an Indian was granted ownership of the land and United States citizenship. Unfortunately, the Plains Indians, who based their life of the buffalo hunt, did not understand the fine points of land ownership, farming, and were demoralized by reservation life. Between 1887 and 1943, nativ.... |
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