USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Many missionaries were dismayed, and the most dedicated took a formal stand against Indian removal and against their own government. They argued that their progress in civilizing and converting the Cherokees placed a moral obligation on the United States to accept the tribe’s ownership of its hereditary lands.

Detailed explanation-2: -Catholic missionaries accompanied Native peoples to reservations when they were removed from ancestral homelands throughout the United States. Many tribes were moved from the east to west and eventually relocated in Oklahoma.

Detailed explanation-3: -The missions created new communities where the Native Americans received religious education and instruction. The Spanish established pueblos (towns) and presidios (forts) for protection. The natives lived in the missions until their religious training was complete.

Detailed explanation-4: -History has dubbed Puritan missionary Eliot as “the apostle to the Indians” and celebrated him as the founder of the American missionary movement. Many Native Americans and some historians today see him as an agent of cultural genocide. The descendants of those first Christian converts, however, tell a different story.