How did the government under the articles of confederation handle claim to the northwest territory?

) It purchased the land from the states with claims and allowed limited settlement.

B) It allowed the states with land claims to trade those for the assumption of their state debts.

C) It set aside the land as a federal area for the Indian tribes who were protected from white settlement.

D) It passed a land ordinance that provided for the land to be surveyed and sold with the revenue going to the federal government.

as general terms,  indian territory,  the indian territories, or  indian country  describe an evolving land area set aside by the  united states government  for the relocation of  native americans  who held  aboriginal title  to their land. in general, the tribes ceded land they occupied in exchange for  land grants  in 1803. the concept of an indian territory was an outcome of the 18th- and 19th-century policy of  indian removal. after the  civil war(1861–1865), the policy of the government was one of  assimilation.