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OpenStudy (anonymous):

For this discussion, think about and respond to these questions: Were the Indians better or worse off under the reservation system? What were some of the benefits of reserving land for Indian tribal use? What were some of the problems with tribal reservations?

OpenStudy (misssunshinexxoxo):

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OpenStudy (misssunshinexxoxo):

Indians had a organized system of trading on their reservation.

OpenStudy (misssunshinexxoxo):

Some reservations are the remnants of a tribe's original land base. Others were created by the federal government for the resettling of Indian people forcibly relocated from their homelands. Not every federally recognized tribe has a reservation.

OpenStudy (anonymous):

thank you

OpenStudy (misssunshinexxoxo):

he problems with this approach were manifold. Besides the moral issue of depriving a people of life on their historic land, many economic issues plagued the reservation. Nomadic tribes lost their entire means of subsistence by being constricted to a defined area. Farmers found themselves with land unsuitable for agriculture. Many lacked the know-how to implement complex irrigation systems. Hostile tribes were often forced into the same proximity. The results were disastrous.

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