Why were the Indians dependent on the U. S. government once they were forced onto the Reservations after Custer's Last Stand?
They were deprived of their main source of survival due to the U. S. government policy of wiping
out the buffalo.
They were deprived of any chance to own and farm their own land
The white settlers enslaved them and forced them to work on their farms
The U. S. government provided them all the supplies and training they needed to become
successful farmers.