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Native Americans
Beginning of the Period
Political
● Land taken by federal government
● No right to citizenship
● No political representation
Social
● Forced from their nomadic lifestyle
● Children received white education
● Forced to convert to christianity
● Forced to conform to white ways of living
Economic
● Promised annual payments and support to develop an agrarian economy. This wasn’t
fulfilled
● Dire poverty
Overall
● Incredibly bad
● Had an incredibly poor political, social and economic situation due to government actions
Social
● Population increased
● Diseases spread (Tuberculosis)
● 1928 report revealed extent of poverty and disease
● Death rate outstripped birth rate in 1930s
Economic
● Few became landowning farmers
● Monetary support from government helped improve quality of life
Overall
● Slightly improved
● Had citizenship
● Still forced in to lifestyles that they didn’t want
Improvements
● Recognised as US citizens
● Technically had the same rights as other citizens
● Slight government support
Regression or No Change
● Still had a forced lifestyle
● Still couldn’t vote
● Still had diseases
Social
● Improvements in education
● Small number middle-class
● Poor standards of living for urban Native Americans
Economic
● Received money in compensation
● Median income half that of others
● Unemployment higher than other ethnic groups
● Still nationally poorest people
Overall
When was the Situation Best?
● End of the period
Greatest Improvement
● Political
● Government completely change from forcing change to supporting self-determination