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BrightEyEz703 OP t1_j27485a wrote

Reply to comment by hutnykmc in Historical accuracy, Frontier House by BrightEyEz703

Ok that makes sense.

But! The series also made no mention of even the possibility that homesteaders might encounter Native Americans. Is this accurate as well? Could ALL of the Natives in Montana really been removed by 1883?

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hutnykmc t1_j275fts wrote

The Reservation Era ran from 1850-1887. So, without being an expert on too many of the finer details and with the heavy push of Manifest Destiny and the frontier expansionist incentive programs that stemmed from it, it’s likely to at least some degree that at least most natives were already relocated by that time specifically to make way for settlers.

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