Which of the following is not a result of the Indian appropriations act of 1871?

A. The government stopped dealing with American Indian groups as sovereign nations.

B. The government returned large areas of land to several American Indian groups.

C. The government stopped signing treaties with American Indian leaders.

D. American Indians were treated as wards of the federal government.

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Madelynn Zhang

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17 August, 17:15

Which of the following is not a result of the Indian appropriations act of 1871?

A. The government stopped dealing with American Indian groups as sovereign nations.

B. The government returned large areas of land to several American Indian groups.

C. The government stopped signing treaties with American Indian leaders.

D. American Indians were treated as wards of the federal government.

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Robert Mann · Answer 1

The correct answer is: B) The government returned large areas of land to several American Indian groups.

Native Americans were viewed with prejudice by the federal government, who saw them as a tribal nation, the government used to deal with them in treaties committing the tribes to land cessions in exchange for specific lands designated to them for specific indigenous use until the Indian Appropriations act.

The Indian Appropriations act made on March, 1871 declared that the US government would stop treating Indians as an independent nation, tribe, or power and they should be treated as wards. It also declared the invalidation of the treaties they made before.