The Native Americans had many tribes. Most …show more content…
Many people believed that Natives should be more like the Whites. The Natives were proud to be Native American and were going to defend their rights, they believed that god made them Native American for a reason and not white (Doc 4). The Dawes Act of 1887 was planned to have Native Americans farm with settlers. Some Natives didn't want to farm because they were used to hunting for their food and not farming. Since many Natives were not used to farming they weren't very successful they lacked money and tools. Farming also was not very successful because when they were put on reservations the land was not good farming (Doc 1) In document 6 it shows assimilation in the photo there are kids and one of the photos is taken in their traditional culture and the other is taken after their culture changed. Some of the effects of their culture changing was that their dress attire was completely different, hair and the way they were allow to sit. They were introduced to Christianity and missionaries to have them believe in what the whites did. Native American children's culture was drastically changed when the U.S government sent many Native American kids to boarding school. Kids dressed in European type styled clothes, learned the english language and spent most of their time farming or doing other manual work. The Native American kids were kept away from their families. Many Natives passed away from diseases that the Americans brought