This demographic plan continues to be felt in present-day where numerous Indian groups may be found living in a more or less traditional manner.
In contrast English-Native American relations in the 17th and 18th centuries were marked by series of wars won by the English. The English insist that the Native Americans live in strictly limited tracts of land near areas of English settlement or more out beyond the frontier.
One of the problems confronting the young U.S.was what to do with Native American peoples. In Article 1 , Section 8 of the Constitution of America we can read next lines “ The congress shall have Power to regulate commerce with foreign nations and among the several states and with the Indian tribes.
In the last years of the 18th century many of these new Americans were migrating in search of land into the Ohio valley , Kentucky and Tennessee areas where various Native American nations were still strong. These migrants squatted on Native American land and the result was war. The battles culminated in 1794 in the Battle of Fallen Timbers in northwestern Ohio , won by the forces of American General Anthony Wayne. The next year was established a definite boundary between “Indian Territory” and white settlement. But because even with these establishments the white man wasn’t satisfied. The next Indian Removal Act was passed in May 1830. Eastern Indians were forced to move west of the Mississippi. These brutal forced marches sometimes in winter remained in minds of those who survived. Soon the removal concept further defined into the concept of reservations. The Washington officials decided that these peoples were to be rounded up by the U.S. Army and the restricted to these reservations by force. That was the point of the Plains Indian wars during the last half of 19th century , ending with the slaughter of Sioux men and women and children , as well as the soldiers of the U.S. 7th Calvary at Wounded Knee , South Dakota , on December 29th 1890.
By 1890 Americans had migrated all the way to Pacific Ocean. It had become clear that a new policy had to be adopted toward Native Americans. The plan to rescue Indians from extinction was called the Daves Act , started in 1887. The Indians reached their lowest population numbers shortly after the turn of the 20th century. In June 1924 the U.S Congres granted these original Americans United States citizenship.

THE INDIANS IN CONTEMPORARY SOCIETY



The Native American population in the U.S. has increased steadily in the 20th century ; by 1990 the number of Native Americans was almost 2 million or 0,8 % of total U.S. population. About one-third of these people live on reservations ; about half live in urban areas often near the reservations.