Reservations in the United States were set up for Native Americans a long while back. In the early days of the United States, much of the land to the west of the thirteen colonies was thought to be uninhabited. Though, as people moved to the West, they met tribes of Native American and began to take over the Native American's land. The Native Americans were friendly at first but soon became hostile.
War between the Native Americans and Americans broke out and Native Americans lost. The war ended with Native Americans put on reservations and Americans took all their land. Native Americans were moved from reservation to reservation because of greed. Americans would occasionally find oil reserves or gold on the reservations and demand the Natives to be removed so that they can retrieve the minerals. Native Americans fought back but they lost anyways and are relocated in the end. After being relocated so many times, Native Americans soon ended up all over the United States.
Native Americans still live on reservations today, but there are some that moved into American cities. Native Americans on reservations still do what they used to do. They pass down their traditions to their children and this preserves their culture and traditions. Native Americans live on lands that are not even a quarter of what they used to own. What would life be like for them if European settlers never came to America?
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