Native Land Removal Research Paper

Land is so important that it causes this ongoing battle with the natives and government. The government sees these land as a way to have business and make it more industrialize. Also, these land have resources that can be useful for the state government. The government did many thing such as removal policy that indicate that Natives have too much land and need the land to develop. So there solution was to remove the Natives from their actual land. The government plans believed that it was a solution that worked for everyone including the Native; Especially with the natives not wanting to change their lifestyle. After, they had the Treaty Act which was about peace making, and balancing the power. On the other hand, many of these treaty were broken by the government when they see something that will benefit them. Then, they were more laws and act such as the Dawes Act (1887) which eliminates …show more content…
Each period when new laws were created or adjusted, it minimized the amount of land that were belonged to the natives. Land to the government is opportunity of power and having to create an industrial society. Also, a way for the government to make the people in the land be more “civilized” due to believe that natives society is keep them from moving to different stages. However, natives sees their land as a way to communicate with their ancestor or spiritual beliefs. It is interesting seeing that not all society wanted to be part of the so call “advance world”. Every society is advance in their own unique ways. Land is part of their identity because it allowed them to do things that involved their daily activities. When the natives have ownership of a land means that certain laws are not apply to them. For example, having a permit for fishing, provoking of doing certain ceremonies that involve hallucinogenic drugs or harvesting plant. These can be things that affecting their