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Was American Indian Policy Wholly Exploitative?
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Was American Indian Policy Wholly Exploitative? In 1830, Congress approved the Indian Removal Act proposed by President Jackson, which concerned removing the thousands of Native Americans onto the plains west of the Mississippi River, away from white social progress. Land was set aside as a "permanent" home for the American Indians in "territories", including most of Oklahoma and parts of Kansas and Arkansas, but by the end of the nineteen century, most of this "Indian frontier" had been opened to white settlers. In examining the issue of American Indian policy, and the extent to which it exploited the Native Americans, it is fundamental to investigate the historical relationship between the Native Indians and white settlers throughout the colonial period and through the later stages of American development; one should additionally study the priciples of land ownership, the varying attitudes towards the Indians following removal, from exclusion to Americanisation, and whether the...
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