Various Policies Of The Us Government Toward Native...

History 17B Midterm #1 Zack Jodry History 17B Professor Pritchard March 10th, 2015 Jodry 2 Part One: Explain the various policies of the US government toward Native American tribes, 1870-1890. Give concrete examples of these policies and various tribal responses to US government actions. America’s Gilded Age. A time where in the span of 20 years, a major amount of progress has made its way to our young nation. The Statue of Liberty made its debut on October 1886, Railroads became a new way of economic power and transportation of goods, and almost everyone moved out west to seek new lives with the hopes of fortune in mind. However, with America expanding and renovating itself after the end†¦show more content†¦It was the beginning of the end not only for the homes of the natives, but their lifestyles would be changed too. â€Å"The federal government pressed forward with its assault on Indian culture. The Bureau of Indian Affairs established boarding schools where Indian children, removed from the â€Å"negative† influences of their parents and tribes, were dressed in non-Indian clothes, given new names, and educated in white ways.† Life would become increasingly difficult for our original settlers. But it was either conform to the †Å"American† society or worse be removed completely. In 1887, The Dawes Act was issued by President Grover Cleveland in hopes of dividing every Indian land and selling it into smaller forms offering their own private property which was then auctioned off by white Americans. â€Å"Indians who accepted the farms and â€Å"adopted the habits of civilized life† would become full fledged American citizens.† Many Indian men, women, and children had to leave their previous lives behind in order to have some sort of freedom. This meant cutting their hair short, wearing non traditional tribal clothing, and practicing christianity. However, few Indians were respected as American citizens because many of them couldn’t give up