History
The 14th Amendment
Following the Civil War in 1868, the United States adopted the Fourteenth Amendment as one of the Reconstruction Amendments. It was intended to deal with […]
History
The Third Seminole War
During the nineteenth century the United States engaged in three wars with the Seminole Indians in Florida: 1816 to about 1824; 1835 to 1842; and […]
The Second Seminole War
During the nineteenth century the United States engaged in three wars with the Seminole Indians in Florida: 1816 to about 1824; 1835 to 1842; and […]
The First Seminole War
During the nineteenth century the United States engaged in three wars with the Seminole Indians in Florida: 1816 to about 1824; 1835 to 1842; and […]
The Royal Proclamation of 1763
By 1776, some of the British colonists in North America had become somewhat irritated with the Monarchy and particularly with its limitations on the expansion […]
Arresting Christian Missionaries
One of the central themes of United States policies with regard to American Indians is the need to convert them to Christianity and to repress […]
Christianity Comes to the Flathead Indians
During the 1830s, a major stir occurred among the missionary groups in North America when there were reports of the “savage” tribes from the interior […]
Dissolving Cherokee Government
At the beginning of the nineteenth century, that great American visionary Thomas Jefferson proposed that Indian nations be moved to territories west of the Mississippi […]
The Pawnee Morning Star Ceremony
Human sacrifice is generally defined as the ritual killing of a human being as a part of a religious ritual. While human sacrifice was an […]
California Indians Lose Their Home
The United States acquired what would become the state of California under the 1848 Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo which ended the war with Mexico. In […]