Andrew Jackson had a complicated relationship with Native Americans. He believed that Native Americans should assimilate into white society and adopt European-American customs and values. He also believed that Native Americans should be removed from their ancestral lands and relocated to reservations in the West. He signed the Indian Removal Act of 1830, which forcibly relocated thousands of Native Americans from their homelands in the Southeast to Indian Territory in the West. Jackson's policies towards Native Americans were often harsh and oppressive, and he was criticized for his treatment of them.