The progress and development of Native American rights.

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In what was did the federal try to assimilate Native Americans?
The Reservation Policy, education, conversion to Christianity, the Dawers Act (turning the Native Americans into farmers.
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What was the Reservation Policy and when did it start?
The Reservation Policy started in the 1850s, it provided Native Americans land and prevented them from moving freely.
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As a result of the Reservation Policy what other polices were able to be enforced?
Forbiding polygamy, forbidding herbal remedies, abolishing tribal laws, ending communal living, ending the powers of the tribal chief and sending children to off reservation boarding schools where they could not speak their own language etc.
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What and when was the Dawes Severalty Act?
1887- the act divided reservations into allotments, which were given to the Native Americans turning them into landowners and citizens.
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Why did the Dawes Severalty Act have a negative impact on Native Americans?
Undermined their belief that the land was communal and forced them into farming, and occupation unknown to them.
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When and what happened in the Lone Wolf v. Hitchcock case?
In 1903 the Supreme Court upheld the right of Congress to revoke all treaties made with the Native Americans and therefore, take away more land.
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Over the period of the two world wars what changes were there on the rights of Native Americans?
Native Americans were granted citizenship and there was some improvement in their lives with the New Deal 1930s. However, the gains made were not what the Native Americans wanted.
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What was the Indian Citizenship Act and when was it?
The 1924 act extended the right to vote to Native Americans, but most did not want citizenship or the right to vote.
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What was the 'real' reason behind extending their right to vote the federal government?
Giving the right to vote to those living on reservations was not intended to increase their political involvement but rather to increase the speed of assimilation.
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What and when was the Meriam Report?
A 1928 report by reformers, anthropologist and social scientists, concluded that the Native Americans were the most impoverished people in the country.
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What and when was the Wheeler-Howard/Indian Reorganisations Act, and who was the main man behind the creation of the Act?
The 1934 act was the first act to preserve their culture and owed much to John Collier.
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What did the 1934 India Reorganisation Act give Native Americans?
The right to practice their religion, the right to undertaker ceremonial dances and celebrations, the ability to prevent the sale of their lands to individuals and the extension of political rights to women.
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What else did the Indian Reorganisation act help improve?
The conditions on reservations, with the building of schools where children learnt about their own culture and in hospitals. Also ended the allotment policy.
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Although the Indian Reorganisation Act helped further Native Americans in some areas, what struggles did Native Americans still face?
The act did not end assimilation. Tribes were still not independent and funding to improve their lives was later used for the Second World War effort instead.
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