What was true of American Indian tribes under the Indian Appropriations Act?

The Indian Appropriations Act of 1871 ended the U.S. government’s practice of treating tribes as independent nations with whom it could make treaties. Tribes were instead treated as dependent communities under federal authority, so they were no longer considered independent nations. The act did not remove tribal members’ status as wards of the government or aim to preserve tribal cultural identity.

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