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Treaty of Fort Pitt
this was the first treaty between the United States and American Indians, which gave the United States permission to travel through Delaware territory and called for the Delawares to afford American troops whatever aid they might require in their war against Britain. -
Johnson vs M'Intosh
holding that private citizens could not purchase lands from Native Americans -
Cherokee Nation vs Georgia
holding that the Cherokee nation dependent, with a relationship to the United States like that of a "ward to its guardian" -
Worcester vs Georgia
laid out the relationship between tribes and state and federal governments, which stated that the federal government was the sole authority to deal with Indian nations -
Treaty of Medicine Creek
a treaty between the United States and nine tribes and bands of Indians, occupying the lands lying around the head of Puget Sound, Washington and the adjacent inlets. This treaty gave the representatives who signed it were stated to have been "regarded as one nation, on behalf of said tribes and bands, and duly authorized by them." -
Treaty of Point Elliot
is the lands settlement between the United States government and the nominal Native American tribes of the greater Puget Sound region in recently formed Washington territory -
Treaty of Point No Point
the original inhabitants of northern Kitsap Peninsula and Olympic Peninsula were to cede ownership of their own land in exchange for small reservations along Hood Canal and a payment of $60,000 from the federal government. It also required the Natives to trade only with the United States, to free al their slaves, and abjured them not to acquire any new slaves -
Treaty of Neah Bay
this treaty required the Makah (indigenous people living Washington) lands to be restricted to the Makah Reservation and preserved Makah people's rights to hunt whales and seals in the region -
Treaty of Olympia
a treaty agreement between the United States and the Native American Quinault and Quilette tribes located in the western Olympic Peninsula north of Grays Harbor, in recently formed Washington territory, which then resulted in the establishment of the Quinault Reservation in Quinault homeland but required the Quilette and Hoh to move there -
Dawes Act
an act to provide for the allotment of lands in severalty to Indians on the various reservations, and to extend the protection of the laws of the United States and the territories over the Indians -
Indian Citizenship Act
an act to authorize the secretary of the interior to issue certificates of citizenship to Indians -
Indian Termination Policy
shaped by a series of of laws and policies with the intent of assimilating Native Americans into mainstream American society -
Public Law 280
mandated a transfer of federal law enforcement authority within certain tribal nations to state governments in six states: Nebraska, Oregon, California, Wisconsin, Minnesota, and Alaska -
Indian Civil Rights Act
an act to prescribe penalties for certain acts of violence or intimidation, and for other purposes -
Antoine vs. Washington
held that treaties and laws must be constructed in favor of Native Americans (Indians); that the Supremacy Clause precludes that the application of the state game laws to the tribe; that Congress showed no intent to subject the tribe to state jurisdiction to hunting; and while the state can regulate non-indians in the ceded area, Indians must be exempted from such regulations -
Washington vs. Confederated Bands and Tribes of the Yakima Indian Nation
the state of Washington's imposition of partial jurisdiction over certain actions on an Indian reservation, when not requested by the tribe, was valid under Public Law 280 -
Indian Gaming Regulatory Act
An act to regulate gaming on the Indian lands, which provided a legislative basis for the operation/regulation of Indian gaming and protecting gaming as a means of generating revenue for the tribes -
Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act
an act to provide for the protection of Native American graves, sacred objects, and funerary objects -
Indian Arts and Crafts Act
an act to expand the powers of the Indian Arts and Crafts Board, which prohibits misrepresentation in marketing of American Indian or Alaskan Native arts and crafts products within the United States