Where were many indigenous people sent to?

Many Indigenous people in the United States were forcibly relocated to reservations as part of government policies aimed at assimilation and land acquisition. This often involved removing them from their ancestral lands and confining them to designated areas, which were typically less fertile and less desirable. Additionally, Indigenous populations faced forced removal during events like the Trail of Tears in the 1830s, which involved the displacement of several tribes from their homelands in the southeastern U.S. to territories west of the Mississippi River.