Interactive Timeline History Project

Native Americans Events that took place during the 1850s-1900s.

1850

Interactive events that occurred during the Native Americans wars.

In 1851, Congress passed the Indian Appropriations Act. Native Americans aren't allowed to leave their reservations without permission.

1851

https://www.history.com/topics/native-american-history/native-american-timeline

"Antonio Garra, The Rebel Chief". San Francisco Daily Alta California. On January 1,1852, California Digital Newspaper Collection, Center for Bibliographic Studies and Research.

1852

https://calindianhistory.org/1852-history-of-california-indians/

The Treaty of Medicine Creek was signed on December 26, 1854 in Thurston County.

1854

https://www.historylink.org/file/5253

By 1855, Oregon Indians had some knowledge of American policies, which included written treaties conscribed boundaries, and surrender of traditional Indian land.

1855

https://www.oregonencyclopedia.org/articles/walla_walla_treaty_council_1855/#.X336vUjYrrc

February-March 1865: Army Troops Pursue the Indians who attacked Seattle. Several Indian leaders are captured. They are tried, convicted and executed.

1856

https://www.sjsu.edu/faculty/watkins/seattle55.htm

Most remaining Native Americans in California, like other Native Americans, had been forced, tricked, or paid to leave their ancestral lands.

1900

http://picturethis.museumca.org/timeline/progressive-era-1890-1920s/native-americans-fight-land-identity-education/info

In 1900, land held by Native American tribes was half that of 1880

1900

https://www.ushistory.org/us/40d.asp

By 1900, the "Indian Wars" had been declared to be over, and large-scale relocation's of Native American population were no more.

1900

https://www.loc.gov/classroom-materials/immigration/native-american/united-states-citizenship-for-the-native-american/

The most significant reform work of the early 1900s came from the Merriam report i 1928.

1900

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/guides/zshwv9q/revision/3