Documents of United States Indian Policy

Table of contents

• Documents of United States Indian Policy *
• Documents of United States Indian Policy *
• Contents *
• Preface xi
• Preface to the Second Edition xiii
• 1 - George Washington to James Duane September 7, 1783 1
• 2 - Proclamation of the Continental Congress September 22, 1783 3
• 3 - Report of Committee on Indian Affairs October 15, 1783 3
• 4 - Treaty with the Six Nations October 22, 1784 5
• 5 - Treaty of Fort Mcintosh January 21, 1785 5
• 6 - Treaty of Hopewell with the Cherokees November 28, 1785 6
• 7 - Ordinance for the Regulation of Indian Affairs August 7, 1786 8
• 8 - Northwest Ordinance July 13, 1787 9
• 9 - Committee Report on the Southern Department August 3, 1787 10
• 10 - Report of Henry Knox on White Outrages July 18, 1788 11
• 11 - Report of Henry Knox on the Northwestern Indians June 15, 1789 12
• 12 - Establishment of the War Department August 7, 1789 14
• 13 - Trade and Intercourse Act July 22, 1790 14
• 14 - President Washington's Third Annual Message October 25, 1791 15
• 15 - President Washington on Government Trading Houses December 3, 1793 16
• 16 - Establishment of Government Trading Houses April 18, 1796 16
• 17 - Trade and Intercourse Act March 30, 1802 17
• 18 - President Jefferson on Indian Trading Houses January 18, 1803 21
• 19 - President Jefferson to William Henry Harrison February 27, 1803 22
• 20 - Superintendent of Indian Trade April 21, 1806 23
• 21 - President Jefferson on the Liquor Trade December 31, 1808 24
• 22 - Treaty of Portage Des Sioux July 19, 1815 25
• 23 - Governor Cass on British Traders July 20, 1815 25
• 24 - Secretary of War Crawford on Trade and Intercourse March 13, 1816 26
• 25 - Exclusion of British Traders April 29, 1816 28
• 26 - Secretary of War Calhoun on British Traders March 25, 1818 29
• 27 - Authorization of Indian Agents 1818 30
• 28 - Secretary of War Calhoun on Indian Trade December 5, 1818 31
• 29 - Civilization Fund Act March 3, 1819 33
• 30 - Abolition of the Government Trading Houses May 6, 1822 33
• 31 - Act for Regulating the Indian Trade May 6, 1822 34
• 32 - Johnson and Graham's Lessee V. William Mcintosh 1823 35
• 33 - Creation of a Bureau of Indian Affairs in the War Department March 11, 1824 37
• 34 - Authorization of Treaties; Trade Regulations May 25, 1824 38
• 35 - Message of President Monroe on Indian Removal January 27, 1825 39
• 36 - Treaty with the Ponca Indians June 9, 1825 40
• 37 - Treaty of Prairie Du Chien August 19, 1825 42
• 38 - Thomas L. Mckenney on Trading Sites February 14, 1826 43
• 39 - Secretary of War Eaton on Cherokee Removal April 18, 1829 44
• 40 - President Jackson on Indian Removal December 8, 1829 47
• 41 - Senator Frelinghuysen on Indian Removal April 9, 1830 49
• 42 - Indian Removal Act May 28, 1830 52
• 43 - Treaty with the Choctaw Indians September 27, 1830 53
• 44 - Cherokee Nation V. Georgia 1831 58
• 45 - Worcester V. Georgia 1832 60
• 46 - Authorization of a Commissioner of Indian Affairs July 9, 1832 62
• 47 - Indian Commissioner Herring on the Indian Race Extract from the Annual Report of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs. November 22, 1832 63
• 48 - Trade and Intercourse Act June 30, 1834 64
• 49 - Organization of the Department of Indian Affairs June 30, 1834 68
• 50 - President Jackson on Indian Removal December 7, 1835 71
• 51 - Indian Commissioner Crawford on Indian Policy Extract from the Annual Report of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs November 25, 1838 73
• 52 - Regulations Regarding Liquor and Annuities March 3, 1847 75
• 53 - Indian Commissioner Medill on Indian Colonies Extract from the Annual Report of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs November 30,1848 77
• 54 - Transfer of Indian Affairs to the Department of the Interior March 3, 1849 80
• 55 - Organization of Indian Affairs in Oregon June 5, 1850 80
• 56 - Indian Commissioner Lea on Reservation Policy Extract from the Annual Report of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs November 27, 1850 81
• 57 - Modifications in the Indian Department February 27, 1851 83
• 58 - Treaty of Fort Laramie September 17, 1851 84
• 59 - Indian Commissioner Lea on the Civilization of the Indians Extract from the Annual Report of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs November 27, 1851 85
• 60 - Superintendent of Indian Affairs in California March 3, 1852 86
• 61 - Treaty with the Oto and Missouri Indians March 15, 1854 87
• 62 - Indian Commissioner Manypenny on Indian Affairs Extract from the Annual Report of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs November 22, 1856 89
• 63 - Indian Commissioner Mix on Reservation Policy Extract from the Annual Report of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs November 6, 1858 92
• 64 - Indian Commissioner Dole on Reservation Policy Extract from the Annual Report of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs November 26, 1862 95
• 65 - Report of the President of the Southern Treaty Commission October 30, 1865 96
• 66 - Treaty with the Creeks June 14, 1866 98
• 67 - Report of the Doolittle Committee January 26, 1867 102
• 68 - Creation of an Indian Peace Commission July 20, 1867 105
• 69 - Report of the Indian Peace Commission January 7, 1868 106
• 70 - Treaty of Fort Laramie April 29, 1868 110
• 71 - House Debate on Treaty-Making Power June 18, 1868 115
• 72 - Resolutions of the Indian Peace Commission October 9, 1868 116
• 73 - Secretary of War Schofield on Transfer of the Indian Bureau Extract from the Annual Report of the Secretary of War November 20, 1868 117
• 74 - Indian Commissioner Taylor on Transfer of the Indian Bureau Extract from the Annual Report of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs November 23, 1868 118
• 75 - Indian Commissioner Taylor on Indian Civilization Extract from the Annual Report of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs November 23, 1868 123
• 76 - Authorization of the Board of Indian Commissioners April 10, 1869 126
• 77 - Instructions to the Board of Indian Commissioners 1869 127
• 78 - Secretary of the Interior Cox on Reservations and on the Peace Policy Extract from the Annual Report of the Secretary of the Interior November 15, 1869 129
• 79 - Report of the Board of Indian Commissioners November 23, 1869 131
• 80 - Indian Commissioner Parker on the Treaty System Extract from the Annual Report of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs December 23, 1869 134
• 81 - President Grant's Peace Policy Extract from Grant's Second Annual Message to Congress December 5, 1870 135
• 82 - Cherokee Tobacco Case December, 1870 136
• 83 - Abolition of Treaty Making March 3, 1871 136
• 84 - Indian Commissioner Walker on Indian Policy Extract from the Annual Report of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs November 1, 1872 137
• 85 - Assignment of Indian Agencies to Religious Societies Extract from the Annual Report of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs November 1, 1872 141
• 86 - Establishment of a Reservation by Executive Order May 29, 187 3 143
• 87 - Indian Commissioner Smith on Indian Citizenship Extract from the Annual Report of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs November 1, 1874 144
• 88 - General Sherman on Transfer of the Indian Bureau January 19, 1876 146
• 89 - Indian Commissioner Smith on Principles of Indian Policy Extract from the Annual Report of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs October 30, 1876 147
• 90 - Indian Commissioner Hayt on Indian Police Extract from the Annual Report of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs November 1, 1877 151
• 91 - Standing Bear V. Crook May 12, 1879 151
• 92 - Secretary of the Interior Schurz on Reservation Policy Extract from the Annual Report of the Secretary of the Interior November 1, 1880 153
• 93 - Indian Commissioner Price on Civilizing the Indians Extract from the Annual Report of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs October 24, 1881 155
• 94 - Indian Commissioner Price on Cooperation with Religious Societies Extract from the Annual Report of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs October 10, 1882 157
• 95 - Report on the Mission Indians of California Extract from the Annual Report of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs October 10, 1883 158
• 96 - General Sherman on the End of the Indian Problem October 27, 1883 159
• 97 - Courts of Indian Offenses Extract from the Annual Report of the Secretary of the Interior November 1, 1883 160
• 98 - Ex Parte Crow Dog December 17, 1883 162
• 99 - Program of the Lake Mohonk Conference September 1884 163
• 100 - Elk V. Wilkins November 3, 1884 166
• 101 - Major Crimes Act March 3, 1885 167
• 102 - United States V. Kagama May 10, 1886 168
• 103 - Indian Commissioner Atkins on the Five Civilized Tribes Extract from the Annual Report of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs September 28, 1886 169
• 104 - General Allotment Act (dawes Act) February 8, 1887 171
• 105 - Use of English in Indian Schools Extract from the Annual Report of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs September 21, 1887 174
• 106 - Marriage Between White Men and Indian Women August 9, 1888 176
• 107 - Indian Commissioner Morgan on Indian Policy Extract from the Annual Report of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs October 1, 1889 177
• 108 - Supplemental Report on Indian Education December 1, 1889 178
• 109 - Inculcation of Patriotism in Indian Schools December 10, 1889 180
• 110 - The Board of Indian Commissioners on Civil Service Reform January 10, 1891 182
• 111 - Relief of the Mission Indians January 12, 1891 182
• 112 - Amendment to the Dawes Act February 28, 1891 184
• 113 - Civil Service Classifications in the Indian Service April 13, 1891 185
• 114 - Army Officers as Indian Agents July 13, 1892 186
• 115 - Rules for Indian Courts August 27, 1892 186
• 116 - Indian School Superintendents as Indian Agents March 3, 1893 189
• 117 - Commission to the Five Civilized Tribes (dawes Commission) March 3, 1893 189
• 118 - Report of the Dawes Commission November 20, 1894 190
• 119 - Extension of Civil Service Rules Extract from the Annual Report of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs September 15, 1896 195
• 120 - Curtis Act June 28, 1898 197
• 121 - Stephens V. Cherokee Nation May 15, 1899 198
• 122 - Citizenship for Indians in the Indian Territory March 3, 1901 199
• 123 - Indian Commissioner Jones on Indian Self-Support Extract from the Annual Report of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs October 15, 1901 199
• 124 - Lone Wolf V. Hitchcock January 5, 1903 202
• 125 - Indian Commissioner Leupp on Indian Policy Extract from the Annual Report of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs September 30, 1905 203
• 126 - Burke Act May 8, 1906 207
• 127 - Indian Commissioner Leupp on the Burke Act Extract from the Annual Report of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs September 30, 1906 208
• 128 - Lacey Act March 2, 1907 209
• 129 - Indian Commissioner Leupp on Reservation Schools Extract from the Annual Report of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs September 30, 1907 210
• 130 - Indian Commissioner Valentine on Indian Health Extract from the Annual Report of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs November 1, 1910 212
• 131 - Indian Commissioner Sells, a Declaration of Policy Extract from the Annual Report of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs October 15, 1917 213
• 132 - Citizenship for World War I Veterans November 6, 1919 215
• 133 - Bursum Bill 1922 215
• 134 - Indian Citizenship Act June 2, 1924 218
• 135 - Pueblo Lands Board June 7, 1924 218
• 136 - Meriam Report 1928 219
• 137 - Johnson-O'Malley Act April 16, 1934 221
• 138 - Wheeler-Howard Act (indian Reorganization Act) June 18, 1934 222
• 139 - Indian Commissioner Collier on the Wheeler-Howard Act Extract from the Annual Report of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs 1934 225
• 140 - Indian Arts and Crafts Board August 27, 1935 228
• 141 - Oklahoma Indian Welfare Act June 26, 1936 230
• 142 - Indian Claims Commission Act August 13, 1946 231
• 143 - House Concurrent Resolution 108 August 1, 1953 233
• 144 - Public Law 280 August 15, 1953 233
• 145 - Termination of the Menominee Indians June 17, 1954 234
• 146 - Transfer of Indian Health Services August 5, 1954 236
• 147 - Relocation of Indians in Urban Areas Extract from the Annual Report of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs 1954 237
• 148 - Senator Watkins on Termination Policy May 1957 238
• 149 - Secretary of the Interior Seaton on Termination Policy September 18, 1958 240
• 150 - Native American Church V. Navajo Tribal Council November 17, 1959 241
• 151 - A Program for Indian Citizens January 1961 242
• 152 - Declaration of Indian Purpose June 1961 244
• 153 - Task Force on Indian Affairs Extract from the Annual Report of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs 1961 246
• 154 - Colliflower V. Garland February 4, 1965 247
• 155 - President Johnson, Special Message to Congress March 6, 1968 248
• 156 - Civil Rights Act of 1968 April 11, 1968 249
• 157 - Report on Indian Education November 3, 1969 253
• 158 - President Nixon, Special Message on Indian Affairs July 8, 1970 256
• 159 - Return of Blue Lake Lands to Taos Pueblo 1970 258
• 160 - Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act December 18, 1971 260
• 161 - Indian Education Act June 23, 1972 263
• 162 - Extension of Indian Preference in Employment June 26, 1972 264
• 163 - Menominee Restoration Act December 22, 1973 264
• 164 - Comprehensive Employment and Training Act December 28, 1973 266
• 165 - United States V. State of Washington March 22, 1974 267
• 166 - Indian Financing Act April 12, 1974 269
• 167 - Morton V. Mancari June 17, 1974 270
• 168 - Student Rights and Due Process Procedures October 11, 1974 271
• 169 - Establishment of the American Indian Policy Review Commission January 2, 1975 272
• 170 - Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act January 4, 1975 274
• 171 - Passamaquoddy Tribe V. Morton January 20, 1975 277
• 172 - Indian Crimes Act of 1976 May 29, 1976 278
• 173 - Indian Health Care Improvement Act September 30, 1976 278
• 174 - Final Report of the American Indian Policy Review Commission May 17, 1977 281
• 175 - Establishment of Assistant Secretary—indian Affairs September 26, 1977 284
• 176 - Oliphant V. Suquamish Indian Tribe March 6, 1978 284
• 177 - United States V. Wheeler March 22, 1978 285
• 178 - Santa Clara Pueblo V. Martinez May 15, 1978 287
• 179 - American Indian Religious Freedom August 11, 1978 288
• 180 - Federal Acknowledgment of Indian Tribes October 2, 1978 289
• 181 - Tribally Controlled Community College Assistance Act October 17, 1978 290
• 182 - Education Amendments Act of 1978 (p. L. 95-561) Title Xi—indian Education November 1, 1978 291
• 183 - Indian Child Welfare Act November 8, 1978 293
• 184 - Archaeological Resources Protection Act October 31, 1979 294
• 185 - United States V. Sioux Nation of Indians June 30, 1980 295
• 186 - Maine Indian Claims Settlement Act October 10, 1980 296
• 187 - Statement on Indian Health Programs March 2, 1981 298
• 188 - Indian Land Consolidation Act January 12, 1983 300
• 189 - Indian Policy: Statement of Ronald Reagan January 24, 1983 301
• 190 - Federal Acknowledgement of Narragansett Indian Tribe of Rhode Island February 2, 1983 302
• 191 - Bureau of Indian Affairs Statement of Policy 1984 304
• 192 - Report of the Task Force on Indian Economic Development July 1986 305
• 193 - Amendments to the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act February 3, 1988 308
• 194 - Report on Bia Education March 1988 309
• 195 - Lyng V. Northwest Indian Cemetery Protective Association April 19, 1988 312
• 196 - Tribally Controlled Schools Act of 1988 April 28, 1988 314
• 197 - Indian Gaming Regulatory Act October 17, 1988 316
• Appendix 319
• Selected Bibliography 323
• Index 327

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