American Indian History

By katielaplant

  • Civilization Fund Act

    U.S. and American Indian Relations. Federal funds were allocated to schools designed to educate Native Americans in the ways of the white man. The goal was to "civilize" Native Americans by getting rid of their traditions and customs and teaching them reading and writing in the missionary schools.

  • Johnson vs McIntosh

    Plantiffs sought to have certain land grants purportedly made by Indian tribal chiefs, recognized by the United States government.

  • Indian Removal Act

    President Andrew Jackson negotiated and removed American Indians to federal territory west of the mississppi in exchange for their cultural lands. It was a systematic effort to remove tribes from their land. If they refused, they were forced to become american citizens.

  • Bad Axe River

    Illinois militia massacred about 150 Sac and Fox men, women, and children,

  • Seminole War

    Second seminole war ends

  • Indian Citizenship Act

    Full U.S. citizenship to Americna Indians

  • The New Indian Deal

    The brainchild of BIA director John Collier, the New Deal was an attempt to promote the revitalization of Indian cultural, lingual, governmental, and spiritual traditions. This blueprint for reform was written by non-Indians who felt they knew how to champion Indian rights.

  • Indian Claims Commission Act

    The Commission was created to do away with tribal grievances over treaty enforcement, resource management, and disputes between tribes and the U.S. government.

  • Relocation

    In order to deal with increasing unemployment among American Indians, the BIA enacted a new policy to persuade large numbers of Indians to relocate into urban areas.

  • Public Law 83-568

    This Congressional law transferred responsibility for American Indians and Alaskan Natives' health care from the BIA in the Department of Interior, to the Public Health Services within the Department of Health and Human Services.

  • Indian Civil Rights Act

    requiring states to obtain tribal consent prior to extend any legal jurisdiction over an Indian reservation.

  • Wounded Knee Ocupation

    traditional leaders took over the village of Wounded Knee, announced the creation of the Oglala Sioux Nation, declared themselves independent from the United States, and defined their national boundaries as those determined by the 1868 Treaty of Fort Laramie.