What were some of the hardships that Native Americans experienced after relocating in the 1800s?

Answer 1

They were on different lands, that did not support the crops they were accustomed to. They were, in part, stripped of their identities, many friends and family were dead, burial lands of ancestors were lost, they could not support themselves as they had before, desperation... the list goes on and on.

Answer 2

- Lack of access to traditional foods. They were put on government subsidies, commodity food. A lot of times this food was so disgusting that you would barely believe anyone would eat it, but they had to. Now Natives have the highest statistical rate of diabetes (as a direct result)
- Lack of access to traditional ceremonial ground and laws forbidding ceremony. This resulted in loss of some cultural practices.
- Splitting up Native tribes and families within tribes. And grouping together tribes, even tribes that traditionally did not get along (now called confederated tribes).
- Native boarding schools, where they kindapped native children and brutally forced them to learn White american ways. This lasted up into the mid 1900s. It resulted in loss of culture and language.
- Breaking of treaties. Not one treaty was upheld in full
- Extreme poverty so that the Natives had to rely on government handouts
- Forced assimilation without equal rights

(that's just some, hope it helps)

Answer 3

Read "Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee" by Dee Brown. The full, sad story