US administrations pursued documented genocidal policies in four distinct periods

Evidence

Documented policies of genocide on the part of US administrations can be identified in at least four distinct periods: the Jacksonian era of forced removal; the California gold rush in Northern California; the post–Civil War era of the so-called Indian wars in the Great Plains; and the 1950s termination period, all of which are discussed in the following chapters. Cases of genocide carried out as policy may be found in historical documents as well as in the oral histories of Indigenous communities. An example from 1873 is typical, with General William T. Sherman writing, “We must act with vindictive earnestness against the Sioux, even to their extermination, men, women and children … during an assault, the soldiers can not pause to distinguish between male and female, or even discriminate as to age.” — Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz, An Indigenous Peoples’ History of the…, 30

Categorization

• XREF: Connects to the genocide convention (para 21) and gives the reader a period map for the whole book. — connects to: Land sales funding the treasury drove US genocidal policy — Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz, An Indigenous Peoples’ History of the…, 309
• corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz, An Indigenous Peoples’ History of the…, 30

Broader Connections

• Land sales funding the treasury drove US genocidal policy #expands (0.85) — Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz, An Indigenous Peoples’ History of the…, 309