Look at these U.S. soldiers giving food rations to Dakota natives in the 1830s! Clearly they are treated very well and are protected. Don’t look at any other context pls.
There’s a lot of old pictures of food being distributed at Indian agencies.
Btw the source I got this from said 1830s but honestly I doubt it, I feel like it was probably actually taken in the 1860s or later. That’s when the Dakota had actually gotten reserved