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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Indian Peace Policy canonical 1
Indian peace policy 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Native American policy ⓘ
United States government policy ⓘ
assimilation policy ⓘ
appliesTo Native American tribes ⓘ
reservation system ⓘ
characterizedBy civilian rather than military administration of reservations ⓘ
coercive assimilation measures ⓘ
paternalistic approach to Native peoples ⓘ
use of Christian missionaries as Indian agents ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
criticizedFor corruption and mismanagement by some agents ⓘ
disregard of Native religions ⓘ
failure to prevent violence and conflict ⓘ
undermining Native sovereignty ⓘ
endTime late 1870s ⓘ
goal assimilate Native Americans into American society ⓘ
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 ⓘ
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 ⓘ
Department of the Interior ⓘ
inception Ulysses S. Grant administration ⓘ
influenced boarding school system for Native American children ⓘ
later assimilationist policies ⓘ
influencedBy Christian missionary movements ⓘ
reformers in the Indian Rights Association ⓘ
legalBasis executive authority of the president ⓘ
location Great Plains ⓘ
Southwest United States ⓘ
Western United States ⓘ
partOf 19th-century United States Indian policy ⓘ
proposedBy Ulysses S. Grant ⓘ
relatedTo United States Indian boarding schools ⓘ
reservation system in the United States ⓘ
replaced primarily military control of Indian affairs ⓘ
replacedBy more direct federal control of reservations ⓘ
startTime 1869 ⓘ
early 1870s ⓘ
temporalContext Reconstruction era ⓘ
post–Civil War United States ⓘ

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Grant administration → hasPolicy → Indian peace policy ⓘ
linked to: Indian Peace Policy