Many people today know the history of the Indians who were originally from this land, before the “white men” came to live on this continent. Few people may know that white men pushed them west while many immigrants took over the east and moved west. The white men made “reservations” which were essentially land that the Indians were promised they could live on and manage. What many Americans don't know is what Indians endured and continue to struggle on the reservations. Indians were removed well before the 19th century, but the Indian Removal Act of 1830 was the first legal account. After this act, many Indians who were east of the Mississippi River were relocated west of the river. Tribes that refused to move ended up losing much of their land to European peoples (Sandefur, p. 37). Before the Civil War in the United States, many farmers and their families stayed away from the West due to lack of precipitation (Nash et al., 2010). Propaganda in newspapers lured Americans and many other immigrants to the West to take up farming. The abundance of natural grasses in the West also attracted ranchers and their families. In addition to the agricultural craze, mining quickly became very popular. Towns centered around mining would emerge, but soon after they disappeared. This caused the Indians to move around mining towns. All of this westward movement made life even more difficult for the Native Americans. When Americans and immigrants moved West, they brought disease and violence with them. Ninety percent of Native Americans died after the California Gold Rush (p. 501 Nash et al., 2010). These movements west of the Mississippi River caused the newly displaced Indians to abandon some territory. paper ......r housing. The living conditions make life more difficult for these already broken people. Works Cited CanupawakpaDakota. (November 12, 2011). Children of the Plains [Video file]. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GACcBe9Be58Grant, U. (1873, March 4). Second Inaugural Address (March 4, 1873) Retrieved April 29, 2014 from http://millercenter.org/president/speeches/detail/3557Nash, GB, Jeffery, J., Howe, J., Winkler, A., Davis, A ., Mires, C. et al. (2010). The American People: Creating a Nation and a Society. (7th ed.). Upper Saddle River, New Jersey: Pearson EducationSandefur, G. (n.d.). Native American reservations: the first disadvantaged neighborhoods? Accessed April 28, 2014 from http://www.irp.wisc.edu/publications/focus/pdfs/foc121f.pdfUshistory.org. (nd). Life on reserves. Accessed April 23, 2014 from http://www.ushistory.org/us/40d.asp.