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Government Policy and Native Americans

Not with all the good intentions of all the best American politicians, any policies devised to help a Native American Nation could succeed without the full understanding of the diverse cultures within these Native American Nations. Any Policy made in this era is doomed to failure.
Government policy and Native Americans in the 30 years or so after the Civil War intended to shift from forced severance to integration into American society. Attempts to "Americanize" was as a death sentence to a rich culture and Quickened the death of the American Indian society, as was known, and as a presence in America. The intent of the policies, after the end of aggression, was to integrate Native Americans into American society. Many failed attempts would be made, ranging from offering citizenship to granting land to Indians. All these attempts were in vain, however, because the result of these policies is much the same as would be the......

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