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The Indian Removal Act
The 5 tribes refused to assimilate( changing your culture for another), The U.S. needed and wanted land passed by President Andrew Jackson in 1830. Southeastern Tribes were required to move to West of the Mississippi River. -
The Trail of Tears
Native Americans traveled over 5,000 miles to present day Oklahoma on the Trail of Tears. Many of them died due to exhaustion and starvation and many other illnesses, the Cherokee Tribe suffered the most on the trail -
The Civil War
All the 5 Tribes didn't like the Republicans ideas and Native land was given to white communities, the tribes didn't trust the government or Abraham Lincoln. So, the tribes supported the confederacy, South began to enlist the 5 Tribes and other Natives, tribes signed treaties and associated with the Confederacy, In exchange for tribes would supply troops and help fight in the war. South surrendered in 1865, the Union did not treat the tribes fairly and ignored all past treaties. -
The Reconstruction Treaties
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The Dawes Act
Separated reservation land into single plots of ownership to clear the way for white communities. -
The Oklahoma Land Rush
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The Indian Reorganization Act
Advancing for Natives rights, but it was still not good