However, the end result of these Indian laws and policies worked in reverse and not only decreased the chances of survival physically, but made Indian People in modern society mentally, and socially handicapped:
             The federal policies of the time, if not necessarily genocidal,
             were equally unhelpful as the pressures of warfare, a lack of
             immunity to diseases associated with whites and removals to
             unfamiliar areas, and a generally impoverished lifestyle all
             contributed to the shrinkage of the Native American community.
             A clear recognition of the contradictions of federal policy to
             prepare Indians for the white world, but to deny socioeconomic assimilation (Carnegie 83).
             The 1789 revised constitution of the United States of America, was never written or intended for Indian people to abide by. This was so, because the American Constitution considered and acknowledged Indian people as separate independent nations. This meant that Indian people were established entities completely outside the provisions of the consti
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