How did the war affect life for Native Americans who stayed on the reservations?

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Government subsidies dwindled.

Calls for assimilation into white society ended.

Talented young people left the reservations, creating workforce shortages.

Increased war-related work on the reservations decreased poverty.

Native American autonomy was actively recognized.

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The effects of the war on life for Native Americans who stayed on reservations included:

  • Government subsidies dwindled.
  • Talented young people left the reservations, creating workforce shortages.
  • Increased war-related work on the reservations decreased poverty.

The other statements, Calls for assimilation into white society ended and Native American autonomy was actively recognized, are not accurate representations of the general trends during and after the war period. Assimilation efforts often continued, and the recognition of autonomy varied greatly and was generally limited.