Question

The Indian Appropriations Act of 1871 changed how the US government treated American Indians. Under this policy,

1)American Indians were treated as part of a tribe.

2)American Indians were treated as individuals.

3)American Indian groups became separate nations.

4)American Indians became independent of the US.

Answer 1

The Indian Appropriations Act of 1871 changed how the US government treated American Indians. Under this policy, American Indians were treated as individuals. Option 2 is correct.

In accordance with the Indian Appropriation Act of March 3, 1871, any group of Indians in the United States was no longer recognized as an independent nation by the federal government. What is more, Congress claimed that all Indians should be treated as individuals and legally designated "wards" of the federal government.

Answer 2

The answer is American Indians were treated as individuals.

The Indian Appropriations Act was a continuation of President Grant’s Peace Policy. This act stipulated that the US government would stop treating Plains Indians as ‘an independent nation or tribe. Instead, the act stated that Plains Indians should be treated as individuals. Therefore, this act suggested that Plains Indians needed to be cared for as individuals