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Explanation:
The Choctaw Native Americans hoped they would be able to keep their land because of the "Indian Removal Act," authorized by President Andrew Jackson on May 28th, 1830. It said that, "Lands west of the Mississippi in exchange for Indian lands within the existing state borders."
https://www.loc.gov/rr/program/bib/ourdocs/Indian.html
If you are asking the difference between the two words, then a partner means a pair of two people working together on a project or activity, where as a friend is a person in which one has a close bond or relationship with that is platonic.