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Why did the US government want to contain Native American tribes on reservations?

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they wanted to bring the native americans gov under control
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The main goals of Indian reservations were to bring Native Americans under U.S. government control, minimize conflict between Indians and settlers and encourage Native Americans to take on the ways of the white man.

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