They adjusted them in many ways to live like white Americans. Once the culture became one, the white culture began to deteriate things for the Natives. Since tribes were no longer separate nations, they lost many of their political and judicial functions and many of the chiefs were weakened. In 1887 the Dawes Severalty Act was passed. Due to the little knowledge of the Indians in affirming the land given to them in this act went from 138 million to 48 million. The last and final cause of the crushing of the Natives was the destroying of the buffalo. “The final blow to the tribal life was the virtual extermination of the buffalo, the Plains Indians chief resource of their unique way of life”
They adjusted them in many ways to live like white Americans. Once the culture became one, the white culture began to deteriate things for the Natives. Since tribes were no longer separate nations, they lost many of their political and judicial functions and many of the chiefs were weakened. In 1887 the Dawes Severalty Act was passed. Due to the little knowledge of the Indians in affirming the land given to them in this act went from 138 million to 48 million. The last and final cause of the crushing of the Natives was the destroying of the buffalo. “The final blow to the tribal life was the virtual extermination of the buffalo, the Plains Indians chief resource of their unique way of life”