Native Americans Agree With The Osage Tribe

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Jamie,
I agree with your post, Native Americans feared that they would not be able to sustain their own culture without the help of the government’s money. They also were in fear that they would disappear as a culture because of the financial situation that the policy would leave in. also the treaties that were made in the past were going to be for nothing because they would be demolished. The Osage tribe was fortunate to have the money from oil fields to sustain against the policy in court to avoid termination from the government. Overall the policy ended up costing the government more money than gain money from it.
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