Indian Appropriation Acts Of 1851

In history, there are conflicts and compromises. These are shown in many ways. Whether examining treaties, battles, or even speeches, there are many examples throughout time of groups having said conflicts and compromises. In this research paper, the writer will be concentrating on a certain area of history, Indian-U.S. relations. Prior to 1851 there had been many wars between the Americans and the Indians. This includes: The Revolutionary War, the Northwest Indian War, the Second Seminole War, and the Indian war of Removal. These conflicts leads to the best solution to Indian-American relations, the Indian Appropriation Acts. The Indian Appropriation Acts of 1871 and 1851 were the best solution between the US and the native Americans because,

and the indians. But after the acts it lowered this tremendously. The first reason why the Indian Appropriation Acts lowered turmoil, is because it stopped land disputes. Speaking on the Acts, Elizabeth Pauls says, ”These treaties, which took much time and effort to finalize, ceased with the passage of the 1871 Indian Appropriation Act, declaring that “no Indian nation or tribe” would be recognized “as an independent nation, tribe, or power with whom the United States may contract by treaty.” Because the Indians were no longer recognized as sovereign states, they were then designated to move to reservations. As the Indians now had land to live on, and didn’t have to worry about maintaining the land as much.

The way the Indians were able to have land was because they lived on reservations. Reservations, were controversial, but they did give pretty stable land to the Indians. On the topic of reservations, Bennett Elmer said, “The 1851 Indian Appropriation Acts allocated funds to move Western tribes onto reservations.” The U.S. government attempted to settle this by spending money and buying land for them to live on. This resulted in some land losses from the native Americans, but then they were guaranteed land to live

Since the tribes were inducted to the U.S., it designated them for military support from the federal government. Not only did they get military support, they were allowed to join the military if they want to. The Native Americans Right Fund expands onto the point by saying,”The federal government has a trust responsibility to protect tribal lands, assets, resources and treaty rights.” Protecting these assets keeps foreign nations, or at the time, other tribes from taking or attacking the native