Indian Policy
Spanish Texas Mission System - Catholic priest go out and form missions to help the Indians and teach them to farm Indians treated as savages
Mexico Mission System continued Indians treated as equals and given rights
Texas Republic Sam Houston - treaties and trade with Indians; saw Indians as equal Mirabeau Lamar - Indian Wars, lots of money and few results
Annexation Fort Lines - lines of forts along the frontier lines Push Indians further West move Indians to reservations - small amounts of land set aside for Indians
Reconstruction - Indian Wars - large wars waged against the nomadic Indians Buffalo hunting - large scale hunting of buffalo leave Indians without food source Reservations - Indians forced to live on small amounts of land
Present Reservations still exist Indian culture diminished Poverty and unemployment large in reservations Casinos and other business ventures