Documents of United States Indian Policy
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Documents of United States Indian Policy

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Documents of United States Indian Policy

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The third edition of this landmark work adds forty new documents, which cover the significant developments in American Indian affairs since 1988. Among the topics dealt with are tribal self-governance, government-to-government relations, religious rights, repatriation of human remains, trust management, health and education, federal recognition of tribes, presidential policies, and Alaska Natives.

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Publisher
University of Nebraska Press
Year
2021
Print ISBN
9780803237285
eBook ISBN
9781496208262
Edition
3
Topic
History
Subtopic
North American History
Index
History

Table of contents

  1. Front Cover
  2. Half Title Page
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright Page
  5. Contents
  6. Preface
  7. 1. George Washington to James Duane. September 7, 1783
  8. 2. Proclamation of the Continental Congress. September 22, 1783
  9. 3. Report of Committee on Indian Affairs. October 15, 1783
  10. 4. Treaty with the Six Nations. October 22, 1784
  11. 5. Treaty of Fort McIntosh. January 21, 1785
  12. 6. Treaty of Hopewell with the Cherokees. November 28, 1785
  13. 7. Ordinance for the Regulation of Indian Affairs. August 7, 1786
  14. 8. Northwest Ordinance. July 13, 1787
  15. 9. Committee Report on the Southern Department. August 3, 1787
  16. 10. Report of Henry Knox on White Outrages. July 18, 1788
  17. 11. Report of Henry Knox on the Northwestern Indians. June 15, 1789
  18. 12. Establishment of the War Department. August 7, 1789
  19. 13. Trade and Intercourse Act. July 22, 1790
  20. 14. President Washingtonā€™s Third Annual Message. October 25, 1791
  21. 15. President Washington on Government Trading Houses. December 3, 1793
  22. 16. Establishment of Government Trading Houses. April 18, 1796
  23. 17. Trade and Intercourse Act. March 30, 1802
  24. 18. President Jefferson on Indian Trading Houses. January 18, 1803
  25. 19. President Jefferson to William Henry Harrison. February 27, 1803
  26. 20. Superintendent of Indian Trade. April 21, 1806
  27. 21. President Jefferson on the Liquor Trade. December 31, 1808
  28. 22. Treaty of Portage des Sioux. July 19, 1815
  29. 23. Governor Cass on British Traders. July 20, 1815
  30. 24. Secretary of War Crawford on Trade and Intercourse. March 13, 1816
  31. 25. Exclusion of British Traders. April 29, 1816
  32. 26. Secretary of War Calhoun on British Traders. March 25, 1818
  33. 27. Authorization of Indian Agents. 1818
  34. 28. Secretary of War Calhoun on Indian Trade. December 5, 1818
  35. 29. Civilization Fund Act. March 3, 1819
  36. 30. Abolition of the Government Trading Houses. May 6, 1822
  37. 31. Act for Regulating the Indian Trade. May 6, 1822
  38. 32. Johnson and Grahamā€™s Lessee v. William McIntosh. 1823
  39. 33. Creation of a Bureau of Indian Affairs in the War Department. March 11, 1824
  40. 34. Authorization of Treaties; Trade Regulations. May 25, 1824
  41. 35. Message of President Monroe on Indian Removal. January 27, 1825
  42. 36. Treaty with the Ponca Indians. June 9, 1825
  43. 37. Treaty of Prairie du Chien. August 19, 1825
  44. 38. Thomas L. McKenney on Trading Sites. February 14, 1826
  45. 39. Secretary of War Eaton on Cherokee Removal. April 18, 1829
  46. 40. President Jackson on Indian Removal. December 8, 1829
  47. 41. Senator Frelinghuysen on Indian Removal. April 9, 1830
  48. 42. Indian Removal Act. May 28, 1830
  49. 43. Treaty with the Choctaw Indians. September 27, 1830
  50. 44. Cherokee Nation v. Georgia. 1831
  51. 45. Worcester v. Georgia. 1832
  52. 46. Authorization of a Commissioner of Indian Affairs. July 9, 1832
  53. 47. Indian Commissioner Herring on the Indian Race. November 22, 1832
  54. 48. Trade and Intercourse Act. June 30, 1834
  55. 49. Organization of the Department of Indian Affairs. June 30, 1834
  56. 50. President Jackson on Indian Removal. December 7, 1835
  57. 51. Indian Commissioner Crawford on Indian Policy. November 25, 1838
  58. 52. Regulations Regarding Liquor and Annuities. March 3, 1847
  59. 53. Indian Commissioner Medill on Indian Colonies. November 30, 1848
  60. 54. Transfer of Indian Affairs to the Department of the Interior. March 3, 1849
  61. 55. Organization of Indian Affairs in Oregon. June 5, 1850
  62. 56. Indian Commissioner Lea on Reservation Policy. November 27, 1850
  63. 57. Modifications in the Indian Department. February 27, 1851
  64. 58. Treaty of Fort Laramie. September 17, 1851
  65. 59. Indian Commissioner Lea on the Civilization of the Indians. November 27, 1851
  66. 60. Superintendent of Indian Affairs in California. March 3, 1852
  67. 61. Treaty with the Oto and Missouri Indians. March 15, 1854
  68. 62. Indian Commissioner Manypenny on Indian Affairs. November 22, 1856
  69. 63. Indian Commissioner Mix on Reservation Policy. November 6, 1858
  70. 64. Indian Commissioner Dole on Reservation Policy. November 26, 1862
  71. 65. Report of the President of the Southern Treaty Commission. October 30, 1865
  72. 66. Treaty with the Creeks. June 14, 1866
  73. 67. Report of the Doolittle Committee. January 26, 1867
  74. 68. Creation of an Indian Peace Commission. July 20, 1867
  75. 69. Report of the Indian Peace Commission. January 7, 1868
  76. 70. Treaty of Fort Laramie. April 29, 1868
  77. 71. House Debate on Treaty-Making Power. June 18, 1868
  78. 72. Resolutions of the Indian Peace Commission. October 9, 1868
  79. 73. Secretary of War Schofield on Transfer of the Indian Bureau. November 20, 1868
  80. 74. Indian Commissioner Taylor on Transfer of the Indian Bureau. November 23, 1868
  81. 75. Indian Commissioner Taylor on Indian Civilization. November 23, 1868
  82. 76. Authorization of the Board of Indian Commissioners. April 10, 1869
  83. 77. Instructions to the Board of Indian Commissioners. 1869
  84. 78. Secretary of the Interior Cox on Reservations and on the Peace Policy. November 15, 1869
  85. 79. Report of the Board of Indian Commissioners. November 23, 1869
  86. 80. Indian Commissioner Parker on the Treaty System. December 23, 1869
  87. 81. President Grantā€™s Peace Policy. December 5, 1870
  88. 82. Cherokee Tobacco Case. December 1870
  89. 83. Abolition of Treaty Making. March 3, 1871
  90. 84. Indian Commissioner Walker on Indian Policy. November 1, 1872
  91. 85. Assignment of Indian Agencies to Religious Societies. November 1, 1872
  92. 86. Establishment of a Reservation by Executive Order. May 29, 1873
  93. 87. Indian Commissioner Smith on Indian Citizenship. November 1, 1874
  94. 88. General Sherman on Transfer of the Indian Bureau. January 19, 1876
  95. 89. Indian Commissioner Smith on Principles of Indian Policy. October 30, 1876
  96. 90. Indian Commissioner Hayt on Indian Police. November 1, 1877
  97. 91. Standing Bear v. Crook. May 12, 1879
  98. 92. Secretary of the Interior Schurz on Reservation Policy. November 1, 1880
  99. 93. Indian Commissioner Price on Civilizing the Indians. October 24, 1881
  100. 94. Indian Commissioner Price on Cooperation with Religious Societies. October 10, 1882
  101. 95. Report on the Mission Indians of California. October 10, 1883
  102. 96. General Sherman on the End of the Indian Problem. October 27, 1883
  103. 97. Courts of Indian Offenses. November 1, 1883
  104. 98. Ex Parte Crow Dog. December 17, 1883
  105. 99. Program of the Lake Mohonk Conference. September 1884
  106. 100. Elk v. Wilkins. November 3, 1884
  107. 101. Major Crimes Act. March 3, 1885
  108. 102. United States v. Kagama. May 10, 1886
  109. 103. Indian Commissioner Atkins on the Five Civilized Tribes. September 28, 1886
  110. 104. General Allotment Act (Dawes Act). February 8, 1887
  111. 105. Use of English in Indian Schools. September 21, 1887
  112. 106. Marriage between White Men and Indian Women. August 9, 1888
  113. 107. Indian Commissioner Morgan on Indian Policy. October 1, 1889
  114. 108. Supplemental Report on Indian Education. December 1, 1889
  115. 109. Inculcation of Patriotism in Indian Schools. December 10, 1889
  116. 110. The Board of Indian Commissioners on Civil Service Reform. January 10, 1891
  117. 111. Relief of the Mission Indians. January 12, 1891
  118. 112. Amendment to the Dawes Act. February 28, 1891
  119. 113. Civil Service Classifications in the Indian Service. April 13, 1891
  120. 114. Army Officers as Indian Agents. July 13, 1892
  121. 115. Rules for Indian Courts. August 27, 1892
  122. 116. Indian School Superintendents as Indian Agents. March 3, 1893
  123. 117. Commission to the Five Civilized Tribes (Dawes Commission). March 3, 1893
  124. 118. Report of the Dawes Commission. November 20, 1894
  125. 119. Extension of Civil Service Rules. September 15, 1896
  126. 120. Curtis Act. June 28, 1898
  127. 121. Stephens v. Cherokee Nation. May 15, 1899
  128. 122. Citizenship for Indians in the Indian Territory. March 3, 1901
  129. 123. Indian Commissioner Jones on Indian Self-Support. October 15, 1901
  130. 124. Lone Wolf v. Hitchcock. January 5, 1903
  131. 125. Indian Commissioner Leupp on Indian Policy. September 30, 1905
  132. 126. Burke Act. May 8, 1906
  133. 127. Indian Commissioner Leupp on the Burke Act. September 30, 1906
  134. 128. Lacey Act. March 2, 1907
  135. 129. Indian Commissioner Leupp on Reservation Schools. September 30, 1907
  136. 130. Winters v. United States, January 6, 1908
  137. 131. Buy Indian Act. June 25, 1910
  138. 132. Indian Commissioner Valentine on Indian Health. November 1, 1910
  139. 133. Indian Commissioner Sells, A Declaration of Policy. October 15, 1917
  140. 134. Citizenship for World War I Veterans. November 6, 1919
  141. 135. Authorization of Appropriations and Expenditures for Indian Affairs (Snyder Act). November 2, 1921
  142. 136. Bursum Bill. 1922
  143. 137. Indian Citizenship Act. June 2, 1924
  144. 138. Pueblo Lands Board. June 7, 1924
  145. 139. Meriam Report. 1928
  146. 140. Johnson-Oā€™Malley Act. April 16, 1934
  147. 141. Wheeler-Howard Act (Indian Reorganization Act). June 18, 1934
  148. 142. Indian Commissioner Collier on the Wheeler-Howard Act. 1934
  149. 143. Indian Arts and Crafts Board. August 27, 1935
  150. 144. Oklahoma Indian Welfare Act. June 26, 1936
  151. 145. Indian Claims Commission Act. August 13, 1946
  152. 146. Definition of ā€œIndian Country.ā€ June 25, 1948
  153. 147. House Concurrent Resolution 108. August 1, 1953
  154. 148. Public Law 280. August 15, 1953
  155. 149. Termination of the Menominee Indians. June 17, 1954
  156. 150. Transfer of Indian Health Services. August 5, 1954
  157. 151. Relocation of Indians in Urban Areas. 1954
  158. 152. Senator Watkins on Termination Policy. May 1957
  159. 153. Secretary of the Interior Seaton on Termination Policy. September 19, 1958
  160. 154. Williams v. Lee. January 12, 1959
  161. 155. Native American Church v. Navajo Tribal Council. November 17, 1959
  162. 156. A Program for Indian Citizens. January 1961
  163. 157. Declaration of Indian Purpose. June 1961
  164. 158. Task Force on Indian Affairs. 1961
  165. 159. President Johnson, Special Message to Congress. March 6, 1968
  166. 160. Civil Rights Act of 1968. April 11, 1968
  167. 161. Report on Indian Education. November 3, 1969
  168. 162. President Nixon, Special Message on Indian Affairs. July 8, 1970
  169. 163. Return of Blue Lake Lands to Taos Pueblo. 1970
  170. 164. Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act. December 18, 1971
  171. 165. Indian Education Act. June 23, 1972
  172. 166. Extension of Indian Preference in Employment. June 26, 1972
  173. 167. Menominee Restoration Act. December 22, 1973
  174. 168. Comprehensive Employment and Training Act. December 28, 1973
  175. 169. United States v. State of Washington. March 22, 1974
  176. 170. Indian Financing Act. April 12, 1974
  177. 171. Morton v. Mancari. June 17, 1974
  178. 172. Student Rights and Due Process Procedures. October 11, 1974
  179. 173. Establishment of the American Indian Policy Review Commission. January 2, 1975
  180. 174. Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act. January 4, 1975
  181. 175. Passamaquoddy Tribe v. Morton. January 20, 1975
  182. 176. Indian Crimes Act of 1976. May 29, 1976
  183. 177. Indian Health Care Improvement Act. September 30, 1976
  184. 178. Final Report of the American Indian Policy Review Commission. May 17, 1977
  185. 179. Establishment of Assistant Secretaryā€”Indian Affairs. September 26, 1977
  186. 180. Oliphant v. Suquamish Indian Tribe. March 6, 1978
  187. 181. United States v. Wheeler. March 22, 1978
  188. 182. Santa Clara Pueblo v. Martinez. May 15, 1978
  189. 183. American Indian Religious Freedom. August 11, 1978
  190. 184. Federal Acknowledgment of Indian Tribes. October 2, 1978
  191. 185. Tribally Controlled Community College Assistance Act. October 17, 1978
  192. 186. Education Amendments Act of 1978: Title XIā€”Indian Education. November 1, 1978
  193. 187. Indian Child Welfare Act. November 8, 1978
  194. 188. Archaeological Resources Protection Act. October 31, 1979
  195. 189. United States v. Sioux Nation of Indians. June 30, 1980
  196. 190. Maine Indian Claims Settlement Act. October 10, 1980
  197. 191. Statement on Indian Health Programs. March 2, 1981
  198. 192. Indian Land Consolidation Act. January 12, 1983
  199. 193. Presidential Commission on Indian Reservation Economies, Executive Order 12401. January 14, 1983
  200. 194. Indian Policy: Statement of Ronald Reagan. January 24, 1983
  201. 195. Federal Acknowledgement of Narragansett Indian Tribe of Rhode Island. February 2, 1983
  202. 196. Water Rights of the Ak-Chin Indians. October 19, 1984
  203. 197. Report and Recommendations of the Presidential Commission on Indian Reservation Economies. November 30, 1984
  204. 198. Bureau of Indian Affairs Statement of Policy. 1984
  205. 199. Report of the Task Force on Indian Economic Development. July 1986
  206. 200. Indian Alcohol and Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act of 1986. October 27, 1986
  207. 201. California v. Cabazon Band of Mission Indians. February 25, 1987
  208. 202. Amendments to the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act. February 3, 1988
  209. 203. Report on BIA Education. March 1988
  210. 204. Lyng v. Northwest Indian Cemetery Protective Association. April 19, 1988
  211. 205. Tribally Controlled Schools Act of 1988. April 28, 1988
  212. 206. Tribal Self-Governance Demonstration Project. October 5, 1988
  213. 207. Indian Gaming Regulatory Act. October 17, 1988
  214. 208. Puyallup Tribe of Indians Settlement Act. June 21, 1989
  215. 209. National Museum of the American Indian Act. November 28, 1989
  216. 210. Employment Division, Department of Human Resources of Oregon v. Smith. April 17, 1990
  217. 211. Duro v. Reina. May 29, 1990
  218. 212. Joint Federal-State Commission on Policies and Programs Affecting Alaska Natives (Alaska Natives Commission). August 18, 1990
  219. 213. National Indian Forest Resources Management Act. November 28, 1990
  220. 214. Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act. November 16, 1990
  221. 215. Indian Arts and Crafts Act of 1990. November 29, 1990
  222. 216. Statement of George Bush on Indian Policy. June 14, 1991
  223. 217. Advisory Council on California Indian Policy. October 14, 1992
  224. 218. Indian Health Amendments of 1992. October 29, 1992
  225. 219. Designation of Alaska Tribal Entities. October 21, 1993
  226. 220. Catawba Indian Tribe of South Carolina Land Claims Settlement Act. October 27, 1993
  227. 221. Indian Tribal Justice Act. December 3, 1993
  228. 222. Remarks of President Clinton to Native American and Alaska Native Tribal Leaders. April 29, 1994
  229. 223. Government-to-Government Relations with Native American Tribal Governments. April 29, 1994
  230. 224. Distribution of Eagle Feathers for Indian Religious Purposes. April 29, 1994
  231. 225. Final Report of the Alaska Natives Commission. May 1994
  232. 226. American Indian Religious Freedom Act of 1994. October 6, 1994
  233. 227. Recognition of the Pascua Yaqui Indians as a Historic Tribe. October 14, 1994
  234. 228. American Indian Trust Management Reform Act. October 25, 1994
  235. 229. Tribal Self-Governance Act of 1994. October 25, 1994
  236. 230. Federally Recognized Indian Tribe List Act of 1994. November 2, 1994
  237. 231. Indian Sacred Sites, Executive Order 13007. May 24, 1996
  238. 232. Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act. October 26, 1996
  239. 233. The Future of the Indian Health Service: A Message from the Director. December 1996
  240. 234. Bureau of Indian Affairs Strategic Plan. September 30, 1997
  241. 235. Alaska v. Native Village of Venetie Tribal Government. February 25, 1998
  242. 236. American Indian and Alaska Native Education, Executive Order 13096. August 6, 1998
  243. 237. Minnesota v. Mille Lacs Band of Chippewa Indians. March 24, 1999
  244. 238. Federally Recognized Indian Tribes. March 3, 2000
  245. Selected Bibliography
  246. Index