changes for the IP way of life

• US government made promises to the IP so they were willing to move from the plains to reservations they said they would;

  • not loose anymore land
  • be protected from attacks by settlers
  • be given yearly payments (in money, food, clothing, farming equipment)
• pull factors to move into reservations;

  • the US government made promises to tribe chiefs that the tribes would be well cared for
  • the IP know that their children would be able to go to school on the reservations and learn to read and write
  • the US government promised that the reservations would get regular food supplies
  • the IP were promised they could continue their hunting lifestyle
  • the US army said they would ensure no rival tribes or outlaws would raid the reservations
• push factors to move into the reservations;

  • US settlers expansion meant their was less food for the IP - THE Plains Indians Council thought moving to a reservation was the best thing to do for survival