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Assimilation in 1920
By the late nineteenth century, all Americans, except for American Indians, knew for a fact that all Indian tribes would be extinct in the twentieth […]
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Indian Chiefs
At the time of the European invasion, Indian cultures differed greatly from their European counterparts in the ways in which they governed themselves. The governments […]
Breaking Treaties
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, […]
American Lies and the Treaty of Fort Laramie
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 […]
The 19th Century Indian Office
In 1824, the Secretary of War, John C. Calhoun, established the Office of Indian Affairs without Congressional authorization. He did this by appointing Thomas L. […]
Traditional Cherokee Government
( – promoted by navajo) For many centuries the traditional Cherokee tribal government-a government focused on the town-had served the people well. It was not […]
The Iroquois Confederacy
( – promoted by navajo) In 1987, the United States Senate passed a resolution which acknowledged the contribution of the Iroquois Confederacy of Nations to […]