First Americans

It says to the members of the various tribes that you must be set aside.

I don't know the motivations of the politicians who created the reservation system. Andrew Jackson's view on the tribes was actually quite liberal, for example, he believed that the indians were either de facto citizens or that the tribes would have to relocate, preferably to the Indian Territory as you could not have a seperate nation within a nation. Georgia forced issue on the subject and Jackson realized he could not enforce the Supreme Court's decision, so the Cherokee were forced to move.

Some wanted to preserve indian culture, and the sentiment is understandable, but humans are not museum pieces or zoo animals. This attempt at preservation has only led to destruction.

I knew a young Cheyenne woman who had left her tribal reservation in Minnesota, they basically told her never to come back because they were angry at her for leaving. They were losing the money the reservation got for her, most of which went onto the pockets of the tribal council. She said she would never go back.