LAD#21

This act was highly influential to American history. This act begun the reservation process in American. At a time when the United States was land hungry, the government used their influence to force Native Americans to move onto reservations. While the cruel treatment of Indians has been a mark on United States history, this particular act was sort of on the same line as the previous treatment. This act forced people to move onto foreign lands that were alloted based on your position in a family and how old you were. The government also always held that they could remove more land if they felt it was necessary. Additionally, with each new section that was introduced to this act, less rights were provided for the Native Americans. These lands were appropriated through patents made by the government for a period of twenty five years. But during this time the land was still under the Untied States name, which meant that in any particular instance we had control over a situation. This made sense for America's government because this was a time when relations with the Indians were not desired.