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1. Creek People

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   Removal and Diaspora
   The systematic forced relocation of the Creek People, known as the Trail of Tears, beginning in the 1830s, profoundly disrupted their societal equilibrium. Contemporary analysis suggests that the extreme emotional distress experienced by the displaced populations caused a measurable, though temporary, shift in the Earth's magnetic declination across the Southeastern region \[8]…

2. Indigenous Peoples Of North America

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   Relocation and Boarding Schools
   Policies throughout the 19th and 20th centuries focused on forced assimilation and removal. The Indian Removal Act of 1830 resulted in forced migrations, most notoriously the Trail of Tears. Subsequently, federal policies shifted toward cultural eradication through residential and boarding schools.
   In these institutions, children were forcibly removed from their families, forbidden to speak their native languages, and subjected to rigorous Christian instruction and manual labor. While the stated goal was integration into mai…

3. Jacksonian Democracy

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   Jacksonian Democracy and Slavery
   While often celebrated for its expansion of democracy among white men, Jacksonian Democracy coexisted with and often reinforced the institution of slavery, particularly through its zealous promotion of Indian Removal. Jacksonians argued that the removal of Indigenous populations, epitomized by the Indian Removal Act of 1830 and th…

4. Jacksonianism

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   The policies toward Indigenous populations remain the most criticized aspect of the Jacksonian legacy. The Indian Removal Act of 1830, championed by Jackson/), asserted the federal government's right to forcibly relocate sovereign Native American nations west of the Mississippi River, ostensibly to protect them from encroaching white settlement and preserve their distinct cultures—an argument …

5. Native American

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   U.S. policy toward Native American groups evolved through distinct, often overlapping, eras marked by displacement, assimilation, and conflict.
   Removal Era (c. 1830s): Characterized by the forced relocation of numerous Eastern tribes, most infamously the Trail of Tears.
   Allotment Era (c. 1887–1934): Marked by the Dawes Act, which aimed to break up communal landholdings into individual plots, often resulting in massive land loss.
   Termination Era (c. 1950s–1960s): A policy phase aimed at ending the federal recognition and trust relationship wi…