Ohio History
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| Arapaho Gift |
You don’t think much about Indians after the Civil War, but western lands were actually still such a hot issue that President Hayes began a new Indian policy. It went like this:
1) Concentrate them on reservations, 2) teach them self-sufficiency and “civilization,” and 3) send Indian children to boarding schools to immerse them in European ways. This opened up even more land for settlers, though the Indians were obviously not too happy with the whole deal. Native American delegations and chiefs often came to the White House to “negotiate” (invariably losing their land to the government). President Hayes received this pipe pouch on one such occasion in 1877 from an Arapaho chief named Black Coal.
1) Concentrate them on reservations, 2) teach them self-sufficiency and “civilization,” and 3) send Indian children to boarding schools to immerse them in European ways. This opened up even more land for settlers, though the Indians were obviously not too happy with the whole deal. Native American delegations and chiefs often came to the White House to “negotiate” (invariably losing their land to the government). President Hayes received this pipe pouch on one such occasion in 1877 from an Arapaho chief named Black Coal.
2 comments:
A beautiful piece of art. Sad.
I wonder why the Americans didn't like the British being in control after they pushed all the Indians off their land.
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