Why did the US government continue to use a reservation system for American in

Check the possible reasons.

o White settlers wanted American Indian lands.

0 Most American Indian tribes wanted to live on reservations

o White Americans had long relied on reservations as a way to deall with Ameri

0 Reservations allowed American Indians to regain lands llost during the coloniaL era.

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Cara Huynh

9 July, 14:19

Why did the US government continue to use a reservation system for American in

Check the possible reasons.

o White settlers wanted American Indian lands.

0 Most American Indian tribes wanted to live on reservations

o White Americans had long relied on reservations as a way to deall with Ameri

0 Reservations allowed American Indians to regain lands llost during the coloniaL era.

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Alisson Chaney · Answer 1

American Indian tribes were relocated to reservations in the 1850s because the federal government wanted "to give white settlers more land", however it is also true that many whites wanted the natives to have their own land, but this was not the primary reason.