1. Indian Policy

2. Spanish Texas Mission System -
Catholic priest go out and form missions to help the Indians and teach them to farm
Indians treated as savages

3. Mexico Mission System continued
Indians treated as equals and given rights

4. Texas Republic
Sam Houston - treaties and trade with Indians; saw Indians as equal
Mirabeau Lamar - Indian Wars, lots of money and few results

5. 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

6. 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

7. Present Reservations still exist Indian culture diminished
Poverty and unemployment large in reservations
Casinos and other business ventures