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1. What were the reservations?
2. Why did the US government want  Native Americans on the reservations?
3. How did Native Americans live on the reservations?
4. What was the impact of reservation on the Native American way of life?

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The Indian reservation system established tracts of land called reservations for Native Americans to live on as white settlers took 

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The Indian reservation system established tracts of land called reservations for Native Americans to live on as white settlers took 

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Kids learn about the Battle of the Little Bighorn (also called Custer's Last Stand) including the leaders, what caused the battle, interesting facts, and the aftermath.

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The main goals of India reservations were to bring Native America under U.S. government control, minimize conflict between Indians and settlers and encourage Native Americans to take on the ways of the white man.

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Living Conditions

About 22% of our country’s 5.2 million Native Americans live on tribal lands (2010 U.S. Census). Living conditions on the reservations have been cited as "comparable to Third World," (May 5 2004, Gallup Independent). It is impossible to succinctly describe the many factors that have contributed to the challenges that Native America faces today, but the following facts about the most pressing issues of economics, health, and housing give a hint of what life is like for many first Americans.

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A reservation is an area of land managed by a Native American tribe under the U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs. There are approximately 310 Indian reservations in the United States although there are more than 550 federally recognized tribes. ... Laws on tribal lands vary from the surrounding area.

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The reservation system allowed indigenous people to govern themselves and to maintain some of their cultural and social traditions. The Dawes Act of 1887 destroyed the reservation system by subdividing tribal lands into individual plots