Treaties
Treaties and Councils in 1819, 200 Years Ago
A treaty is simply an agreement between two or more sovereign nations. When the European nations began their invasion of the Americas, they generally viewed […]
Treaties
A treaty is simply an agreement between two or more sovereign nations. When the European nations began their invasion of the Americas, they generally viewed […]
A treaty is simply an agreement between two or more sovereign nations. Following the Constitution, the United States recognized Indian nations as sovereign entities and […]
During the nineteenth century, the United States aggressively pursued a policy of manifest destiny to spread out between the Atlantic and the Pacific Oceans. At […]
Lakota leaders including (clockwise from top left) Standing Rock’s Phyllis Young, Oglala Sioux Tribe President Julian Bear Runner, Cheyenne River Chairman Harold Frazier, and Rosebud […]
A treaty is simply an agreement between two or more sovereign nations. Following the Constitution, the United States recognized Indian nations as sovereign entities and […]
During the first part of the nineteenth century, the American Indian policy was to remove Indians from east of the Mississippi River and to “give” […]
A treaty is an agreement between two or more sovereign nations. Under the U.S. Constitution and the Supreme Court’s interpretation of the Constitution, Indian tribes […]
In 1821 Mexico obtained independence from Spain. In the Plan of Iguala, Mexico did away with all legal distinctions regarding Indians and reaffirmed that Indians […]
A treaty is an agreement between two or more sovereign nations. Under the U.S. Constitution, Indian tribes are considered sovereign nations-or as dependent domestic nations, […]
By the mid-nineteenth century, the American obsession with private property was guiding policies regarding American Indians. The idea that Indian people held property-that is, land-in […]