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Lake Providence, Louisiana opened for European American settlement in the late 1830s after this federal policy pushed Native Americans west of the Mississippi River, while the Stockbridge and Munsee tribes from Shamong Township, New Jersey were likewise relocated to Wisconsin in the 1820s and 1830s. Which US policy from the Jackson era encompasses these events?
Lake Providence, Louisiana and Shamong Township, New Jersey are both tied to the federal Indian Removal policy. Lake Providence opened to settlers in the late 1830s after Native land titles were extinguished, and the Stockbridge and Munsee were forced west from Shamong Township to Wisconsin.