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On the arid prairie lands the effort should be to induce the Indians to lead pastoral rather than agricultural lives, and to permit them to settle in villages rather than to force them into isolation.
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gutenberg.orgTeddy Roosevelt: “On the arid prairie lands the effort should be to induce the Indians to lead pastoral rather than agricultural lives…”
Editor's note · Context
He advocates for encouraging pastoral lifestyles for tribes on arid lands rather than forcing agriculture.
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