Native American Timeline - Race/Ethnicity

By RichardJWillis
  • Jan 1, 1450

    1450s Papal Bulls on Doctrine of Discovery

  • Jan 1, 1492

    Columbus Atlantic / Caribbean Voyage

  • Jan 1, 1524

    Cortez to Mexico

  • Jan 1, 1534

    Cartier to Quebec

  • Jamestown (VA) and Virginia Colonies (English)

  • Massachusetts Bay Colony

  • Pueblo (NM) Revolt

  • Treaty of Madrid (Spain - Portugal, South America)

  • French and Indian Wars (vs English)

  • Declaration of Independence

  • US Constitution

  • Westward Expansion (American states)

  • Doctrine of Discovery codified by SCOTUS

  • Indian Removal Act of 1830

  • "Trail of Tears" One of many relocations

  • Indian Appropriations Act

  • Long Walk (Navajo)

  • Indian Appropriations Act

  • Custer's Last Stand (Montana)

  • Dawes Act

  • Massacre at Wounded Knee

  • Indian Reorganization Act

  • Indian Financing Act 1974 / Self-Determination and Education Act 1975