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FIRST CONTACTS 28000 BCE 1821 CE

NATIVE AMERICANS

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Treaties made in the Pacific Northwest stipulated that the U.S. government would provide education to Native Americans living on reservations. Though it took several years, day schools and boarding schools were eventually established on reservations. In addition, boarding schools . . . were established off reservations. Students were required to live at boarding schools most of the year, thereby removing them from the influence of their families and traditional cultures.-Library of CongressWhat was the purpose of the treaties described in the excerpt?
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to encourage Native Americans to remain on reservation lands
B
to pass legislation to ensure Native Americans political rights
C
to promote the assimilation of Native Americans into mainstream culture
D
to encourage Native Americans to retain their tribal identities and traditions
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Nearly four hundred treaties were signed between Indian tribes and the U.S. until 1871 when Congress passed a law (25 U.S.C. 71) that prohibited the federal government from entering into additional treaties with the Indian tribes.

Detailed explanation-2: -Allotment and Assimilation Roosevelt, with the Indian Reorganization Act of 1934, which ended allotment, banned further sale of Native American land, and returned some lands to the tribes. After World War II, however, proposals arose in favor of assimilation, termination of tribes, and an end to reservations.

Detailed explanation-3: -Such institutions were created to “whiten” Native Americans and supplant their culture and language with American ideals and English. Trauma suffered at the boarding schools has made an impact on tribes and has resulted in large loss of Native languages, culture, and traditions.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Indian reservation system was created to keep Native Americans off of lands that European Americans wished to settle. The reservation system allowed indigenous people to govern themselves and to maintain some of their cultural and social traditions.

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