Native
American Removal
The United States government
historically practiced the removal and relocation processes on Native
Americans. Although tribes were paid for some of the land taken by whites, it
was pennies per acre. Native Americans believed land was like the air and
belonged to everyone. No one could truly own it.
The relocation of the Native Americans
was always further west and on poor land. They were to farm this new land, but
most of the tribes were hunters and gatherers. As the railroads expanded west,
the surplus of buffalo was soon exhausted to the point of extinction. That loss
spelled the end to Native Americans’ food supplies and allowed their complete
domination by the government.
Internet sources helpful for this topic
include:http://loc.gov/rr/program/bib/ourdocs/Indian.html
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