Title: U.S. Indian Policy
1U.S. Indian Policy
2Anthony Wayne, Battle of Fallen Timbers and
Treaty of Greenville
Indians cede much of southern Ohio and Indiana
to the U.S. Government
3 Tippecanoe, W.H. Harrison and Tecumseh
Indian resistance in the Ohio Valley ends with
the defeat of Tecumsehs Confederation during the
War of 1812.
4Black Hawk Wars 1832
- Sauk and Fox Indians were
- removed from Illinois and Wisconsin.
- Capt. Abraham Lincoln served in the Illinois
militia. This was his only war experience before
leading the country during the Civil War.
5Worcester v. Georgia and the Trail of Tears
6Reservation Policy and the Bureau of Indian
Affairs (BIA)
7Plains Indian Wars
- On November 29, 1864, soldiers from the US
military attacked a peaceful encampment of
Cheyenne and Arapaho along Sand Creek. Over 150
Indians were killed in the attack, most of whom
were women, children, or elderly. The Sand Creek
Massacre profoundly influenced US-Indian
relations and the structure of the Cheyenne and
Arapaho tribes
8Treaty of Fort Laramie
- 1868 Treaty Land orange
- 1876 after Black Hills were taken
- from the Sioux red
- current Sioux reservation - brown
9Battle of Little Bighorn
George A Custer
Sitting Bull
10 Nez Perce and Chief Joseph
I will fight No More, Forever
11Wounded Knee (1890) - Last major conflict of the
Indian Wars
Artist Frederick Remington recreatedthe opening
moments of the massacrebased on soldiers'
recollections
12A Century of Dishonor, Helen Hunt Jackson
As expressed in her devastating criticisms of
federal Indian policy and white-Indian relations
in A Century of Dishonor and the novel Ramona,
Helen Hunt Jackson was one of the most
influential defenders of Native American rights
in late 19th-century America. Her activism
helped to lead the way for passage of the Dawes
Act in 1887.
1830-1885Writer, activist for Native Americans
13Dawes Act (Indian Reform)
- Attempt to assimilate natives into white society
- Divided reservation lands into 160 acre plots of
farm or grazing land - Much of land ended up in whites hands
- Indians lacked the tools and knowledge to farm
- Much of land was not suitable for farming
- Land ownership was foreign to Indian concept of
communal land and resource use - Tribal councils were replaced by American
citizenship and voting rights - By 1970, Indians are poorest, least educated,
shortest lifespan, highest infant mortality rates
of any minority in America
14Indian Reorganization Act 1934(Indian New Deal)
- Legislation passed in 1934 in an attempt to
secure new rights for Native Americans on
reservations. Its main provisions were to restore
to Native Americans management of their assets
(mostly land) to prevent further depletion of
reservation resources to build a sound economic
foundation for the people of the reservations
and to return to the Native Americans local
self-government on a tribal basis.
15Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (ANCSA)
- 12 Regional Native Corporations (CIRI)
- 200 Village Corporations
- One time 1 billion payout
- 40 million acres given to native corporations
including land and mineral resources - All natives given stock in both regional and
village corporations - No stock sales until 1971
- Brazil and Australia implemented similar laws to
deal with their indigenous peoples
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