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Under President Andrew Jackson, congress passed this law that allowed for the forced removal and relocation of Native American Tribes. This included the Cherokee, Muscogee, Choctaw, and many other tribes. Moved ANY Native Tribes east of Mississippi River to the West of the river. -
Funded more removals of Native Tribes and declared that NO Indian Tribe could be seen as a independent nation, tribe, or power where the U.S. government would have to make treaties. This made it easier for the government to take land. This law was passed under Ulysses S. Grant with Congress. Another key player who helped shaped the policy was the Commissioner of Indian Affairs Ely S. Parker. -
These schools were created by the US Government and Christian missionaries to “Civilize” Native American children. Wanted to stop the children from being connected with their Native culture. They cut their hair and practice Christianity. Harsh punishment, abuse, and cultural suppression occurred. This caused a loss in Indigenous culture and language still affecting Native Americans today. The founder of the schools was Richard Henry Pratt and Christian groups, and Bureau of Indian Affairs.
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This was a list of rules that banned many traditional native practices like, Sun Dance and Potlatch. This lead to Native ceremonies being forgotten and criminalized and lead to assimilation. -
This is a federal law passed which broke up Tribes reservations to allotments and sold them to white settlers. This isolated to reservations instead of on individual properties. They lost a total of 90 million acres. President Grover Cleveland passed it into law with Henry L. Dawes as the author of the law. -
The US 7th Calvary surrounded the Lakota camp and opened fire. This lead to the death of around 300 of the Lakota people. This is significant as it marked the end of the Indian Wars and consequences of what the as US was doing. Important people were Lakota Sioux the Chief, the US army and the US 7th Calvary. -
This was a law passed to get Native Americans to move from reservations to cities for jobs. This changed population distribution in cities and pushed assimilation. This was pushed by US Congress and the Bureau of Indian Affairs. -
This took native children from their tribes and families and placed them with whites families that would adopt them. This lead to a native cultural starting to get lost as they were separated from it and led to the creation of the Indian Child Welfare Act. The BIA and child welfare agencies were all apart of this process as well as the tribes the children were taken from.
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Guaranteed Indian Tribes most of the rights stated in the Bill of Rights and re-established some freedoms and helped protect Native Rights. This occurred under President Lyndon B. Johnson and impacted all Tribe members. -
Recognized tribal governments and gave them more power. A big step towards tribal sovereignty. this occurred under President Gerald Ford and changed due to people advocating who were leaders and members of tribes.