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Why Did The Plains Indians Lose Control Of The Plains
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Why did the Indians lose control of the plains? Although there are many vital causes which contributed to the Indians demise, it is beyond ability to determine the most important. Some of these factors are considered to be more significant than others. Each of the reasons or factors range in both strength and importance, starting from the end of the American civil war to the discovery of gold found in Colorado and Montana in the late 1850's. The primary cause as to why the Indians were defeated was due to the development of homesteading, which quickly became a vast problem for the land which was once occupied by the Indians. Homesteaders Is the name given to the people which undertook the journey of moving across America for a new life on the plains. Before the homesteaders first arrived at the Great Plains, the land had been used for buffalo pasture and was...
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