Native Americans and the Gilded Age 1875-1890

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Benefits

  • :The Battle of the Little Bighorn made some Americans realize that the fighting was in response to the poor treatment of the Native American peoples
  • Two off-reservation schools were built in Virginia and Pennsylvania because the education on reservations was so poor; they provided boys with vocational training and girls with the skills for domestic service
  • The education provided gave some Native Americans the opportunity to find better jobs,
    • Some worked in the Indian agency offices
    • Others worked as interpreters
    • Others acted as scouts to army units
  • The establishment of reservations provided the opportunity for Native Americans to establish farming communities
  • The reservations gave the Native Americans the opportunity for better healthcare, which, given their rates of life expectancy, death and disease, needed addressing
  • The reservations, despite government intentions, allowed tribal life to continue, which perpetuated their culture and a sense of belonging
  • The Navajo tribe made considerable gains from reservation life.
    • Their land increased from 4 million acres to 10.5 million
    • The number of sheep…

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