At first, the US government confined American Indians to reservations. Reservations are designated pieces of lands that were given to American Indian groups. This began under the presidency of Andrew Jackson when he helped to pass the Indian Removal Act. This removed Cherokee members from their homelands in modern day Georgia to reserved pieces of land in modern day Oklahoma.
Next, they encouraged American Indians to assimilate. The American government developed Indian boarding schools where Native American children could be sent to learn more about American culture. This resulted in the destruction of many native cultures, as students were forced to learn English and were often punished for expressing their native language or culture.
Then, they divided up American Indian land into individual plots for family use. This was part of the Dawes Act of 1887, which resulted in land being held by individual families rather than the land being owned communally.
Archaeologists have discovered bakeries, breweries, granaries, houses, cemeteries, and probably even medical facilities
A constituent is a person who authorizes another to act in his or her behalf, as a voter in a district represented by an elected official.
Advocacy is the backing, or promotion of something or someone; public support for or recommendation of a particular cause or policy.
The growth of the federal government began with the Presidency of Franklin Roosevelt. To help combat the Great Depression, Roosevelt developed his "New Deal Plan" that widened government jobs and updated existing ones. The United States emerging as a military power after World War II also had an effect on the federal government. The government widening has had an effect on how government officials gain constituent support on this new wide variety of leaders through not only phone calls, in person meetings, and letters, but also through technology such as paid radio and television advertisements, news-broadcasts and press conferences, email, and social media. Through technological advances, federal government growth has the power to reach wider audiences.
