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American Indian Policies

  • First Reservation Established

  • First Treaty (made with the Deleware Indians)

  • The Indian Trade and Intercourse Act

  • Indian Removal Act

  • Trail of Tears

  • Homestead Act

  • Indian Appropriation Act

  • Indian Act

  • First Boarding School Opened

  • National Conference focused on Indigenous People

  • The Dawes Act

    Reservation land was divided into smaller pieces and the Native Americans amount of land shrank.
  • Indian Citizen Act

    Citizenship was granted to American Indian born in the U.S.
  • Indian Reorganization Act

  • Indian Relocation Act

  • American Indian Civil Rights Act

  • Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act

  • American Indian Religious Freedom Act

  • Indian Child Welfare Act