HIS 100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Indian Trade, Handsome Lake, Scientific Racism
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Lecture 8 the new nation indian policy: developing an american indian policy, goals of post revolutionary federal indian policy, gaining control of lands, *****land ordinance of 1785/northwest. Used to survey and sell nw territory. **** surveyors supposed to turn the territory into a grid so it would be easier to sell. Nw ordinance: states, banned slavery in nw territory. Indians --> they wanted the indians removed, that was one of their main goals: civilizing indians, civilizing indians, settled lives ii, physical apperance, they will look like the rest of farming. Americans, men will have shorter hair, no face paint: the language will be english, they know how to read and write, chrisitian (protestant, euro american gender roles, the women farm, men home/children. Removal civilizing : force them to settle in one place. 2: if one place, there will be no more hunting.
