Gains and Losses of Native Americans in the Gilded Age

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What did the Dawes Act grant NA?
Citizenship
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How did reservations benefit NAs?
Provided healthcare opportunities + establish farming communities
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How did reservation education benefit NA?
Boarding schools allowed them to find better jobs
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What was a result of the Battle at Little Bighorn 1876?
Convinced some that NA's position must improve - conflict because of poor treatment
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What was a result of assimilation?
Lost much of their independence, culture and own values
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Why was the reservation policy a failure for NA?
NA lost their freedom and denied civil rights
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Why did most NA have to sell their land?
The land given was impossible to cultivate (grow crops on) and not suitable for their new lives
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What was education like on reservations?
Poor-quality - kids often ran home and got bored easily because of language barriers
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