In 1889, President Harrison’s government promulgated a new Indian policy that came with some radical changes. It declared that families were to live on 320-acre individual allotments instead of residing in multifamily camps or villages; they were to support themselves by agriculture and instructed by Euro-American Farmers; and lastly, children were to be sent to boarding schools. The boarding school's primary purpose was to cut off the children from their Indian heritage and make them speak English in efforts to Americanize them. When they were caught talking to each other in their native language they would be punished. After being robbed of their lands, relocated to unknown territory, and separated from their families it is to no surprise that the Ghost Dance movement gained the popularity it did.
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During the mid to late 1800s when the spirit of expansionism was rampant and Indians were the only hindrance standing in the way of the American vision to dominate “from sea to shining sea” a war was waged on
During the mid to late 1800s when the spirit of expansionism was rampant and Indians were the only hindrance standing in the way of the American vision to dominate “from sea to shining sea” a war was waged on