aside from wanting their land, why would the white-man do this?
2006-10-11 04:44:45 · 7 answers · asked by cebarry2000 1 in Social Science ➔ Sociology
the simple answer was we wanted the land they lived on the more complex answer was we were afraid of them and wanted them as far away from us as possible greed and many other factors played a role in herding them onto reservation's
2006-10-11 05:07:12 · answer #1 · answered by steamroller98439 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I like that first answer :) that was cute...
The reservations were made to help the Native Americans. The early settlers scooped up the land to build THE US , there were increased problems between the two so... there was a Peace Policy enacted so that Native Americans could have their land be able live their lifestyle, which was so different from the early settlers - There's always been controversy about it... due to the size of the land as opposed to the size of the tribes and the fact that a lot of them liked where they lived and didn't want to move - but in order to do whatever they wanted to do that was where the early settlers felt it was appropriate... now in hindsight, it is discrimination, and wasn't fair but it was a different world back then, it's heart was in the right place, because it was trying to make a compromise but obviously we all now know it wasn't the best decision. The US is totally different today and no Native American has to live on a reservation, but a lot of them want too, there are a lot of laws put in place now that try to help them - reservations are not what they were way back then.
It's good to learn about history, so that we learn from and don't repeat the mistakes of our past, but it's not good to dwell on them, otherwise we never move on.
2006-10-11 12:11:08 · answer #2 · answered by katjha2005 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Manifest destiny,
During that time the white man felt that ownership of whatever land they wanted and relocation to undesirable land for the Native Americans was their God given right. the Native Americans were considered heathens or godless and therefor less than.
2006-10-11 11:57:28 · answer #3 · answered by chellebelle 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because the "White Man" says one thing and does something else,he breaks his promis...When the white man stole their land,they had no place to go,so the white man gave them small part`s of land and the nation`s grew."Sell a country!Why not sell the air,the great sea as well as the earth" Tecumseh / Shawnee
2006-10-11 12:11:29 · answer #4 · answered by krusty_blue_spaz 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
because they can! Plus didnt the native americans act sort of like slaves on the reservations? They did farming and things for the white men. Very sad time in history.
2006-10-11 11:53:04 · answer #5 · answered by ghsdmd16 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
because he didn't like the your little smug attitude when you called him "white-man"
I have a name it is Adam - i am more than the color of my skin
2006-10-11 11:53:06 · answer #6 · answered by Adam P 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
So they could open casinos and sell cheap cigarettes.
2006-10-11 11:48:57 · answer #7 · answered by evetsecnerwal2 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋