How did policymakers hope the policy of assimilation would work?

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Indians would die off once white hunters killed off all the buffalo.
Indians would die off once white hunters killed off all the buffalo.

Indians would blend into white culture after the buffalo died out.
Indians would blend into white culture after the buffalo died out.

Indians and whites would become part of each other's culture.
Indians and whites would become part of each other's culture.

Indians would learn to live happily on reservations.

Answer 1

Policymakers hoped the policy of assimilation would work primarily with the belief that Indians would blend into white culture after the buffalo died out. This reflects a common perspective of the time that Native Americans would eventually adopt the lifestyle and values of European settlers as their traditional ways of life were disrupted.