Essay On Indian Removal

The Forced relocation of Native Americans better known as the Indian Removal Act of 1830, the Dawes Act and the Indian new deal of 1924. The U.S policies stated towards Native Americans affected them greatly in the 18th and 19th century but continue to impact their lives today. The Indian removal act of 1830, implemented by President Andrew Jackson was placed to force Native Americans to leave their homelands and settle in the Indian Territory west of the Mississippi River, in my opinion they left a place that had spiritual significance for them. Looking at the lives of Native Americans now we see they are still impacted the Indian Removal act, according to a 2010 U.S census an estimated 22% of our country's 5.2 million Native Americans live on tribal lands. Which has a clear correlation with the removal of nearly 50,000 Native Americans by President Jackson resulting in the depletion of Native Americans. The living conditions are insufficient with 40% of the housing of reservations being considered inadequate according to U.S commission on civil rights. The 90,000 homeless Native Americans according to Indian Housing authority, can be stemmed back to the lack of employment available for Native Americans. With the Native …show more content…
The act ended the allotment of tribal lands, recognized tribal governments and encouraged tribes to adopt constitutions. With the New Indian Reorganization act came organizations much like the Emergency Conservation Work, by the end of 1943 the ECW employed over 8,000 Native Americans to utilize land and resources and to work on their homelands. The New Indian Reorganization Act was by no means excellent but today we see tribes possessing tribal sovereignty, although restricted by their law and improvements from the Dawes