How do you know the Oklahoma land rush of 1889 affected the Native Americans

Native Americans were removed from their traditional lands to make way for white settlement was relocated. The relocations began in 1817, and by the 1880s, Indian Territory (Oklahoma) was a new home to a variety of tribes, including the Chickasaw, Choctaw, Cherokee, Creek, Cheyenne, Commanche, and Apache.

In 1889 President Harrison made the first of a long series of authorizations that eventually removed most of Indian Territory from Indian control in Oklahoma.

The Dawes Severalty Act (1887) allowed whites to settle large parts of land that had previously been designated to Indian tribes.

In short the Indians were twice removed from lands. One before settlers came and another after the government gave them territory.

The Oklahoma land rush of 1889 affected the Native American by allowing white settlers to settle in the nearly 2 million acres of unassigned land. By introducing the Dawes Severalty Act, the government began private land ownership for Natives, by putting them on smaller plots of land. Native Indians lost millions of acres and found themselves marginalized. With a lack of law enforcement in the new settlement, Natives often were targeted by the settlers who stole their cattle and farm tools.