Final answer:
The Indian Peace Commission proposed forced relocation to reservations, assimilation into American society, education in boarding schools, and adoption of an agricultural lifestyle as solutions to the conflicts with Native Americans.
Step-by-step explanation:
The Indian Peace Commission proposed several ways to manage the rising conflicts between the United States and Native American tribes during the Westward Expansion. These proposals included:
- Forced relocation of Native American tribes to designated reservations.
- Assimilation of Native Americans into mainstream American society.
- Implementation of a system of Indian boarding schools to educate and force assimilation among Native American children.
- Encouragement of Native American tribes to adopt a sedentary agricultural lifestyle.
Each of these methods aimed to address what was referred to as the "Indian problem" by encouraging or compelling Native Americans to conform to Euro-American ways of life. Particularly through policies such as relocation to reservations, Native Americans faced the loss of their ancestral lands and traditional ways of life. The boarding school system infamously sought to strip Native American children of their cultural identity, enforcing English language use and Euro-American cultural practices.
By the 1934 Indian Reorganization Act, the federal government shifted its policy from one of assimilation to one that favored autonomy for Native American peoples, although the impact of previous policies continued to be felt for generations.