Indian Sun Dance

Austin Lauer Lauer 1 T21 Mr.Vale 17 Nov. 2007 I. Thesis: The United States ban of the Indian sunshine leap in 1883 damaged the religious, cultural, and social cloth of the Indians and was a key step in the United States driveway to try to assimilate Indians into American society. II. Introduction ? Banning of the Sun Dance and the Historical Events that Led to the Indian Sun Dance Ban: 1. Due to the diminishing supply of buffalo in the 1870s and 1880s, and the Indians forced movement to reservations, the Indians economic base was destroyed, and they were forced to depose on the United States government for food and supplies, thereby get subject to U.S. economic and political control. [1] 2. In 1871 The U.S. ended treaty-making with the Indians and in the 1870s and early 1880s U.S. policy transformed from a alleged(prenominal) peace policy (where Indians were forced onto reservations) to an assimilation policy in which the Indian and his ways would be absorbed into the general population. [2] 3.

As part of this assimilation policy, between 1869 and 1872 all of the recognized Indian Tribes at the time were apportioned among the 13 Christian denominations recognized by the Federal government. [3] 4. The Secretary of the Department of Interior, Henry M. Teller, open up the Court of Indian Offenses in 1883 which promulgated rules for investigating, prosecuting, convicting and lowering concourse who followed tribal religions, including those who participated in old heathenish dances, such as the Sun Dance. [3] 5. By 1884, Courts of Indian Offenses were instituted on all Indian reservations and they worked to banish the Sun Dance from the Indian reservations by punishing offenders with imprisonment or withholding of Indian rations from the U.S. government. [3] [7] 6. Subsequent lists of natal practices prohibited by... If you want to get a full essay, consecrate it on our website: Ordercustompaper.com

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