Impact of reservations on the IP

• reservations were a long way away from the tribes sacred places
• traditional enemies were sometimes placed on the same reservation
• the reservations were on poor farmland so the IP, who had no experience of farming found it really difficult
• when crops failed on the reservations, the IP had to be helped by the government - but they didn't get a lot of help
• the men who ran the reservations, working for the Bureau of Indian Affairs, often cheated the IP to make them rich
• The government often reduced the size of reservations to provide more land for the settlers and broke treaties
• US settlers were annoyed because they thought IP were treated better then them - resentment
• the US government made IP children learn about farming, Christianity and American values
• the reservation agreements were made with chiefs, but chiefs had no authority to make bands or warrior brotherhoods stay on the reservations. Therefore, the US government would accuse the IP of being untrustworthy and withhold supplies on the reservations