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In many ways, the United States policy toward Indian has been.
schizophrenic because the laws never completely nor attempted to give.
Indians an opportunity to progress and assimilate into American mainstream.
as an individual. From time to time, whites creates many policies, such.
as the reservation, relocation, and termination in an effort to.
assimilate the Indians into the American melting pot, therefore ending the.
Indian problem. But the only result of all these policies was to sink the.
Indian further into poverty, deprive Indians of their lands, and create a.
class of people who remained to protect their racial integrity. For.
example, most reservations do not have running water nor sewage systems. .
The numbers of unemployment, death, and disease rate were higher than that.
of the general population (Lowy: Lecture, 11/6). They were left to.
linger in poverty in virtual concentration camp condition while food and.
supplies promised in treaties were sold else where. Indians in.
reservation suffered from hunger, lacked clothing, and lived without.
proper shelter. Like removal scheme, reservation appeared to be practical.
and humane; Indians civilization is to be achieved through the.
segregation. But the fact is that reservation is a way to end bloody.
clashes between settlers and Indian warriors. It is also a policy to.
continue to oppress and terminate the Indian's race. By putting the.
Indian away on reservations, whites will have more freedom to exploit the.
lands and built a transcontinental railroad through Indian territory.
(Lowy: Lecture 11/8). .
The Indian problem did not stop here. Then in 1950, to the federal.
government ignorance of the Indians situation, they implemented the.
Relocation policy to persuaded Indians to move to the urban for technology.
job training and better living. Once they arrived, they were dumped into.
ghetto housing, dead end job, and often training that failed to lead to.
professions and occupations.
