Indian Peace Policy
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The Indian Peace Policy was a late 19th-century U.S. government initiative that sought to reduce conflict with Native American tribes by placing reservations under the control of Christian missionaries and emphasizing assimilation over military force.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Native American policy
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United States government policy ⓘ assimilation policy ⓘ |
| appliesTo |
Native American tribes
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reservation system ⓘ |
| characterizedBy |
civilian rather than military administration of reservations
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coercive assimilation measures ⓘ paternalistic approach to Native peoples ⓘ use of Christian missionaries as Indian agents ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| criticizedFor |
corruption and mismanagement by some agents
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disregard of Native religions ⓘ failure to prevent violence and conflict ⓘ undermining Native sovereignty ⓘ |
| endTime | late 1870s ⓘ |
| goal |
assimilate Native Americans into American society
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reduce armed conflict with Native Americans ⓘ reduce federal military expenditures on the frontier ⓘ replace warfare with negotiation and education ⓘ |
| hasPart |
assignment of reservations to specific churches
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emphasis on Christianization ⓘ emphasis on assimilation into Euro-American culture ⓘ establishment of mission schools ⓘ promotion of English-language education ⓘ promotion of agricultural training ⓘ replacement of military agents with civilian agents ⓘ reservation management by Christian denominations ⓘ suppression of traditional religious practices ⓘ |
| implementedBy |
Bureau of Indian Affairs
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Department of the Interior NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| inception | Ulysses S. Grant administration NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced |
boarding school system for Native American children
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later assimilationist policies ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Christian missionary movements
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reformers in the Indian Rights Association ⓘ |
| legalBasis | executive authority of the president ⓘ |
| location |
Great Plains
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Southwest United States NERFINISHED ⓘ Western United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | 19th-century United States Indian policy ⓘ |
| proposedBy | Ulysses S. Grant NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
United States Indian boarding schools
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reservation system in the United States ⓘ |
| replaced | primarily military control of Indian affairs ⓘ |
| replacedBy | more direct federal control of reservations ⓘ |
| startTime |
1869
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early 1870s ⓘ |
| temporalContext |
Reconstruction era
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post–Civil War United States ⓘ |
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