reservations

• why did the government believe reservations will help indigenous?

  they could learn Christianity and farming
• negatives of the plains for indigenous:

  • showed a lack of understanding for their beliefs
  • treaties were agreed with by chiefs and not all people listened to them
  • long way from sacred places for the indigenous
  • challenge of farming for indigenous and then had to ask for food handouts from government
  • white settlers complained about the large size of reservations and government used any excuse to reduce the size of it making it harder to live on
• what did problems on reservations lead to?

  conflicts between indigenous peoples and US army
• who put out peace policy?

  president grant
• when did president grant put out a peace policy?

  1868
• what did the peace policy aim to do?

  calm tension by improving management of reservations
• how much was the budget for reservations?

  2 million
• what was the budget for?

  to ensure indigenous on reservations were properly cared for and to set up reservations for tribes roaming free
• what happened if indigenous refused to go on the reservations?

  treated as hostile and attacked by the US army