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<blockquote data-quote="MAKAVELI" data-source="post: 2721079" data-attributes="member: 43825"><p>Oh, you mean like how European " settlers " almost wiped out the Native American people, then forcing the remaining to live on Reservations?</p><p><a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_reservation#Forced_assimilation_.281868.E2.80.931887.29" target="_blank">Indian reservation - Wikipedia</a></p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><strong>Forced assimilation (1868–1887)<a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Indian_reservation&action=edit&section=4" target="_blank">Edit</a></strong></span></p><p><a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:New-mexico-rez.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2b/New-mexico-rez.jpg/220px-New-mexico-rez.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p>Most Indian reservations, like the <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laguna_Indian_Reservation,_New_Mexico" target="_blank">Laguna Indian reservation</a> in New Mexico (pictured here in 1943), are in the western United States, often in regions suitable more for ranching than farming.</p><p>In 1868, President <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ulysses_S._Grant" target="_blank">Ulysses S. Grant</a> pursued a "Peace Policy" as an attempt to avoid violence.<a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_reservation#cite_note-16" target="_blank">[16]</a> The policy included a reorganization of the Indian Service, with the goal of relocating various tribes from their ancestral homes to parcels of lands established specifically for their inhabitation. The policy called for the replacement of government officials by religious men, nominated by churches, to oversee the Indian agencies on reservations in order to teach <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christianity" target="_blank">Christianity</a> to the native tribes. The <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Society_of_Friends" target="_blank">Quakers</a> were especially active in this policy on reservations.<a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_reservation#cite_note-17" target="_blank">[17]</a></p><p></p><p>The policy was controversial from the start. Reservations were generally established by <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Executive_order_(United_States)" target="_blank">executive order</a>. In many cases, white settlers objected to the size of land parcels, which were subsequently reduced. A report submitted to Congress in 1868 found widespread corruption among the federal Native American agencies and generally poor conditions among the relocated tribes.</p><p></p><p>Many tribes ignored the relocation orders at first and were forced onto their limited land parcels. Enforcement of the policy required the <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Army" target="_blank">United States Army</a> to restrict the movements of various tribes. The pursuit of tribes in order to force them back onto reservations led to a number of Native American massacres and some wars. The most well known conflict was the <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sioux_War" target="_blank">Sioux War</a> on the northern <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Plains" target="_blank">Great Plains</a>, between 1876 and 1881, which included the <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Little_Bighorn" target="_blank">Battle of Little Bighorn</a>. Other famous wars in this regard included the <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nez_Perce_War" target="_blank">Nez Perce War</a>.</p><p></p><p>By the late 1870s, the policy established by President Grant was regarded as a failure, primarily because it had resulted in some of the bloodiest wars between Native Americans and the United States. By 1877, President <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rutherford_B._Hayes" target="_blank">Rutherford B. Hayes</a> began phasing out the policy, and by 1882 all religious organizations had relinquished their authority to the federal Indian agency.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MAKAVELI, post: 2721079, member: 43825"] Oh, you mean like how European " settlers " almost wiped out the Native American people, then forcing the remaining to live on Reservations? [URL="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_reservation#Forced_assimilation_.281868.E2.80.931887.29"]Indian reservation - Wikipedia[/URL] [SIZE=4][B]Forced assimilation (1868–1887)[URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Indian_reservation&action=edit§ion=4']Edit[/URL][/B][/SIZE] [URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:New-mexico-rez.jpg'][IMG]https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2b/New-mexico-rez.jpg/220px-New-mexico-rez.jpg[/IMG][/URL] Most Indian reservations, like the [URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laguna_Indian_Reservation,_New_Mexico']Laguna Indian reservation[/URL] in New Mexico (pictured here in 1943), are in the western United States, often in regions suitable more for ranching than farming. In 1868, President [URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ulysses_S._Grant']Ulysses S. Grant[/URL] pursued a "Peace Policy" as an attempt to avoid violence.[URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_reservation#cite_note-16'][16][/URL] The policy included a reorganization of the Indian Service, with the goal of relocating various tribes from their ancestral homes to parcels of lands established specifically for their inhabitation. The policy called for the replacement of government officials by religious men, nominated by churches, to oversee the Indian agencies on reservations in order to teach [URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christianity']Christianity[/URL] to the native tribes. The [URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Society_of_Friends']Quakers[/URL] were especially active in this policy on reservations.[URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_reservation#cite_note-17'][17][/URL] The policy was controversial from the start. Reservations were generally established by [URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Executive_order_(United_States)']executive order[/URL]. In many cases, white settlers objected to the size of land parcels, which were subsequently reduced. A report submitted to Congress in 1868 found widespread corruption among the federal Native American agencies and generally poor conditions among the relocated tribes. Many tribes ignored the relocation orders at first and were forced onto their limited land parcels. Enforcement of the policy required the [URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Army']United States Army[/URL] to restrict the movements of various tribes. The pursuit of tribes in order to force them back onto reservations led to a number of Native American massacres and some wars. The most well known conflict was the [URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sioux_War']Sioux War[/URL] on the northern [URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Plains']Great Plains[/URL], between 1876 and 1881, which included the [URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Little_Bighorn']Battle of Little Bighorn[/URL]. Other famous wars in this regard included the [URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nez_Perce_War']Nez Perce War[/URL]. By the late 1870s, the policy established by President Grant was regarded as a failure, primarily because it had resulted in some of the bloodiest wars between Native Americans and the United States. By 1877, President [URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rutherford_B._Hayes']Rutherford B. Hayes[/URL] began phasing out the policy, and by 1882 all religious organizations had relinquished their authority to the federal Indian agency. [/QUOTE]
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