Indian Relations

Between 1875 and 1925 the friendly relations with Indians prevented the loss of many American lives. By 1890 Americans had migrated all the way to the Pacific Ocean. The frontier era had ended. Well before that date, however, it had become clear to many that a new policy had to be adopted toward Native Americans, whose dwindling numbers seemed to threaten extinction. Congress began moving in this direction in 1871, when it unilaterally decided to abandon the treaty process …

…because of settlements beginning near the Pacific Ocean. But when some Native Americans lost most of their tribal land, they were very mad because they knew the Americans could have wiped them out, but instead the Americans reserved land especially for the “Indians”. The population soon decreased of the Native Americans. Soon many of them would be extinct, but their way of life would continue to affect the lives of the people of the future.