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A 5 page exploration of how Native Americans fared in the face of policies imposed on them by the government that stole their land. This paper contends that regardless of the degree of Native American involvement with government policies, Native Americans consistently were at a disadvantage. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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Native American reaction to the policies of the government that was established on lands stolen
from Native Americans, as might be expected, varied significantly both by cultural group and by time. The role Native Americans played in drafting and implementing the various treaties between
them and the U.S. government is particularly interesting in this regard. In most cases the Native Americans themselves played only a minor role in the actual wording of the
provisions which the treaties addressed. In a few isolated cases, however, this role was considerably more involved. History demonstrates, however, that:
regardless of the degree of Native American involvement with government policies, Native Americans consistently were at a disadvantage not just because of
their lack of familiarity with European law, but also because of their very different belief system and organizational structure.
Indeed, no matter how hard a Native group tried to learn and interact in White culture, they were always taken advantage of in one
regard or another. The native inhabitants of this country at the time of the arrival of the white Europeans were doomed
to incur great cultural and political changes. These changes were at first slow coming but once they started they escalated much like a rolling snowball. As a rule,
Native Americans and the Whites who invaded their lands were complete opposites. Not only did the Whites introduce disease which killed countless numbers of Native peoples, they introduced concepts
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