SOC 2280 Lecture Notes - Indian Reorganization Act, Dawes Act, Indian Removal Act

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Federal policies: indian removal act, the indian removal act, passed in 1830, called for the relocation of all eastern tribes across the. The act was very popular with whites because it opened more land to settlement through annexation of tribal land. Almost all whites felt that native americans had no right to block progress, defining progress as movement by white society. Among the largest groups relocated were the five tribes of the creek, choctaw, chickasaw, cherokee, and seminole, who were resettled in what is now oklahoma. To guarantee that they would remain homesteaders, the act prohibited their selling of the land for 25 years; however, no effort was made to acquaint them with the skills necessary to make the land productive. However, the goal was still assimilation, rather than a movement toward a pluralistic society: under the reorganization act, tribes could adopt a written constitution and elect a tribal council with a head.

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