How did some american indian nations seek to assimilate into white american culture in the 1800s? a. they moved onto american indian reservations. b. they abolished their religious beliefs. c. they planted cotton and practiced slavery. d. they educated white leaders about american indian cultures.

They moved onto American Indian reservations.

In that time, colonists believed that if Native Americans were exposed to United States values and customs they would be able to transform the local's culture and merge it with their own to create what they believed to be 'more civilized' societies of Native Americans.

It was through the creation of 'native american boarding schools' that the colonists managed to recondition native children and youth to their customs, by forbidding their religious practices, languages and tribal traditions and forcing them to practice their own religious beliefs.

they believed democracy was worth the fight