hi i need information to write an essay on the united states policy towards indians in the years following the civil war

Answer 1

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Indian_Policy

Here is a good summary, from which you may choose to do more research.

Answer 2

http://rtc.ruralinstitute.umt.edu/Indian/Factsheets/AIDLHistory.htm

http://lawlib.lclark.edu/blog/native_america/?page_id=9

http://www.alaskool.org/native_ed/historicdocs/use_of_english/prucha.htm

http://www.answers.com/topic/indian-policy-u-s

http://www.mtholyoke.edu/acad/intrel/pol270/williams.htm