American Indians and U.S. Laws Timeline

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  • 1492

    Christopher Columbus discovers America

  • The Proclamation of 1763

  • Johnson v. McIntosh

  • removal act

  • Cherokee Nation v. Georgia

  • Worcester v. Georgia

  • Red River War

  • Ex Parte Crow Dog

  • Major crimes act

  • General Allotment Act (dawes act)

  • Rights of white men marrying Indian women; tribal property

  • Burke Act (the Forced Fee Patenting Act)

  • Lacey Act 

  • The Buy Indian Act

  • Indian citizenship act

  • Wheeler-Howard Act (Indian Reorganization Act)

  • Period: to

    Bison hunting

  • Termination act

  • Public law 280

  • Relocation of Indians in Urban Areas

  • 1) Religious freedom act

  • Child welfare act

  • American Indian Movement

  • The Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA)

  • Arts and crafts act