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Tables of Contents for Documents of United States Indian Policy
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Preface
xi
George Washington to James Duane. September 7, 1783
1
1
Proclamation of the Continental Congress. September 22, 1783
2
1
Report of Committee on Indian Affairs. October 15, 1783
3
1
Treaty with the Six Nations. October 22, 1784
4
1
Treaty of Fort McIntosh. January 21, 1785
5
1
Treaty of Hopewell with the Cherokees. November 28, 1785
6
2
Ordinance for the Regulation of Indian Affairs. August 7, 1786
8
1
Northwest Ordinance. July 13, 1787
9
1
Committee Report on the Southern Department. August 3, 1787
10
1
Report of Henry Knox on White Outrages. July 18, 1788
11
1
Report of Henry Knox on the Northwestern Indians. June 15, 1789
12
1
Establishment of the War Department. August 7, 1789
13
1
Trade and Intercourse Act. July 22, 1790
14
1
President Washington's Third Annual Message. October 25, 1791
15
1
President Washington on Government Trading Houses. December 3, 1793
16
1
Establishment of Government Trading Houses. April 18, 1796
16
1
Trade and Intercourse Act. March 30, 1802
17
4
President Jefferson on Indian Trading Houses. January 18, 1803
21
1
President Jefferson to William Henry Harrison. February 27, 1803
22
1
Superintendent of Indian Trade. April 21, 1806
23
1
President Jefferson on the Liquor Trade. December 31, 1808
24
1
Treaty of Portage des Sioux. July 19, 1815
25
1
Governor Cass on British Traders. July 20, 1815
25
1
Secretary of War Crawford on Trade and Intercourse. March 13, 1816
26
2
Exclusion of British Traders. April 29, 1816
28
1
Secretary of War Calhoun on British Traders. March 25, 1818
29
1
Authorization of Indian Agents. 1818
30
1
Manner of Appointing Agents. April 16, 1818
30
1
Compensation for Indian Agents. April 20, 1818
30
1
Secretary of War Calhoun on Indian Trade. December 5, 1818
31
2
Civilization Fund Act. March 3, 1819
33
1
Abolition of the Government Trading Houses. May 6, 1822
33
1
Act for Regulating the Indian Trade. May 6, 1822
34
1
Johnson and Graham's Lessee v. William McIntosh. 1823
35
2
Creation of a Bureau of Indian Affairs in the War Department. March 11, 1824
37
1
Authorization of Treaties; Trade Regulations. May 25, 1824
38
1
Message of President Monroe on Indian Removal. January 27, 1825
39
1
Treaty with the Ponca Indians. June 9, 1825
40
2
Treaty of Prairie du Chien. August 19, 1825
42
1
Thomas L. McKenney on Trading Sites. February 14, 1826
43
1
Secretary of War Eaton on Cherokee Removal. April 18, 1829
44
3
President Jackson on Indian Removal. December 8, 1829
47
1
Senator Frelinghuysen on Indian Removal. April 9, 1830
48
4
Indian Removal Act. May 28, 1830
52
1
Treaty with the Choctaw Indians. September 27, 1830
53
4
Cherokee Nation v. Georgia. 1831
57
3
Worcester v. Georgia. 1832
60
2
Authorization of a Commissioner of Indian Affairs. July 9, 1832
62
1
Indian Commissioner Herring on the Indian Race. November 22, 1832
62
1
Trade and Intercourse Act. June 30, 1834
63
5
Organization of the Department of Indian Affairs. June 30, 1834
68
2
President Jackson on Indian Removal. December 7, 1835
70
2
Indian Commissioner Crawford on Indian Policy. November 25, 1838
72
3
Regulations Regarding Liquor and Annuities. March 3, 1847
75
1
Indian Commissioner Medill on Indian Colonies. November 30, 1848
76
3
Transfer of Indian Affairs to the Department of the Interior. March 3, 1849
79
1
Organization of Indian Affairs in Oregon. June 5, 1850
80
1
Indian Commissioner Lea on Reservation Policy. November 27, 1850
81
2
Modifications in the Indian Department. February 27, 1851
83
1
Treaty of Fort Laramie. September 17, 1851
84
1
Indian Commissioner Lea on the Civilization of the Indians. November 27, 1851
85
1
Superintendent of Indian Affairs in California. March 3, 1852
86
1
Treaty with the Oto and Missouri Indians. March 15, 1854
86
3
Indian Commissioner Manypenny on Indian Affairs. November 22, 1856
89
3
Indian Commissioner Mix on Reservation Policy. November 6, 1858
92
2
Indian Commissioner Dole on Reservation Policy. November 26, 1862
94
2
Report of the President of the Southern Treaty Commission. October 30, 1865
96
2
Treaty with the Creeks. June 14, 1866
98
3
Report of the Doolittle Committee. January 26, 1867
101
3
Creation of an Indian Peace Commission. July 20, 1867
104
1
Report of the Indian Peace Commission. January 7, 1868
105
4
Treaty of Fort Laramie. April 29, 1868
109
4
House Debate on Treaty-Making Power. June 18, 1868
113
2
Resolutions of the Indian Peace Commission. October 9, 1868
115
1
Secretary of War Schofield on Transfer of the Indian Bureau. November 20, 1868
116
1
Indian Commissioner Taylor on Transfer of the Indian Bureau. November 23, 1868
117
5
Indian Commissioner Taylor on Indian Civilization. November 23, 1868
122
3
Authorization of the Board of Indian Commissioners. April 10, 1869
125
1
Instructions to the Board of Indian Commissioners. 1869
126
2
Secretary of the Interior Cox on Reservations and on the Peace Policy. November 15, 1869
128
2
Report of the Board of Indian Commissioners. November 23, 1869
130
3
Indian Commissioner Parker on the Treaty System. December 23, 1869
133
1
President Grant's Peace Policy. December 5, 1870
134
1
Cherokee Tobacco Case. December 1870
134
1
Abolition of Treaty Making. March 3, 1871
135
1
Indian Commissioner Walker on Indian Policy. November 1, 1872
135
5
Assignment of Indian Agencies to Religious Societies. November 1, 1872
140
2
Establishment of a Reservation by Executive Order. May 29, 1873
142
1
Indian Commissioner Smith on Indian Citizenship. November 1, 1874
143
2
General Sherman on Transfer of the Indian Bureau. January 19, 1876
145
1
Indian Commissioner Smith on Principles of Indian Policy. October 30, 1876
146
3
Indian Commissioner Hayt on Indian Police. November 1, 1877
149
1
Standing Bear v. Crook. May 12, 1879
150
2
Secretary of the Interior Schurz on Reservation Policy. November 1, 1880
152
2
Indian Commissioner Price on Civilizing the Indians. October 24, 1881
154
2
Indian Commissioner Price on Cooperation with Religious Societies. October 10, 1882
156
1
Report on the Mission Indians of California. October 10, 1883
156
2
General Sherman on the End of the Indian Problem. October 27, 1883
158
1
Courts of Indian Offenses. November 1, 1883
158
2
Ex Parte Crow Dog. December 17, 1883
160
1
Program of the Lake Mohonk Conference. September 1884
161
4
Elk v. Wilkins. November 3, 1884
165
1
Major Crimes Act. March 3, 1885
166
1
United States v. Kagama. May 10, 1886
166
1
Indian Commissioner Atkins on the Five Civilized Tribes. September 28, 1886
167
3
General Allotment Act (Dawes Act). February 8, 1887
170
3
Use of English in Indian Schools. September 21, 1887
173
2
Marriage between White Men and Indian Women. August 9, 1888
175
1
Indian Commissioner Morgan on Indian Policy. October 1, 1889
175
1
Supplemental Report on Indian Education. December 1, 1889
176
3
Inculcation of Patriotism in Indian Schools. December 10, 1889
179
1
The Board of Indian Commissioners on Civil Service Reform. January 10, 1891
180
1
Relief of the Mission Indians. January 12, 1891
180
2
Amendment to the Dawes Act. February 28, 1891
182
2
Civil Service Classification in the Indian Service. April 13, 1891
184
1
Army Officers as Indian Agents. July 13, 1892
184
1
Rules for Indian Courts. August 27, 1892
185
2
Indian School Superintendents as Indian Agents. March 3, 1893
187
1
Commission to the Five Civilized Tribes (Dawes Commission). March 3, 1893
187
2
Report of the Dawes Commission. November 20, 1894
189
5
Extension of Civil Service Rules. September 15, 1896
194
1
Curtis Act. June 28, 1898
195
2
Stephens v. Cherokee Nation. May 15, 1899
197
1
Citizenship for Indians in the Indian Territory. March 3, 1901
198
1
Indian Commissioner Jones on Indian Self-Support. October 15, 1901
198
3
Lone Wolf v. Hitchcock. January 5, 1903
201
1
Indian Commissioner Leupp on Indian Policy. September 30, 1905
202
3
Burke Act. May 8, 1906
205
1
Indian Commissioner Leupp on the Burke Act. September 30, 1906
206
2
Lacey Act. March 2, 1907
208
1
Indian Commissioner Leupp on Reservation Schools. September 30, 1907
208
2
Winters v. United States, January 6, 1908
210
2
Buy Indian Act. June 25, 1910
212
1
Indian Commissioner Valentine on Indian Health. November 1, 1910
212
1
Indian Commissioner Sells, A Declaration of Policy. October 15, 1917
213
2
Citizenship for World War I Veterans. November 6, 1919
215
1
Authorization of Appropriations and Expenditures for Indian Affairs (Snyder Act). November 2, 1921
215
1
Bursum Bill. 1922
216
2
Indian Citizenship Act. June 2, 1924
218
1
Pueblo Lands Board. June 7, 1924
218
1
Meriam Report. 1928
219
3
Johnson-O'Malley Act. April 16, 1934
222
1
Wheeler-Howard Act (Indian Reorganization Act). June 18, 1934
223
2
Indian Commissioner Collier on the Wheeler-Howard Act. 1934
225
4
Indian Arts and Crafts Boards. August 27, 1935
229
1
Oklahoma Indian Welfare Act. June 26, 1936
230
1
Indian Claims Commission Act. August 13, 1946
231
2
Definition of ``Indian Country.'' June 25, 1948
233
1
House Concurrent Resolution 108. August 1, 1953
234
1
Public Law 280. August 15, 1953
234
1
Termination of the Menominee Indians. June 17, 1954
235
2
Transfer of Indian Health Services. August 5, 1954
237
1
Relocation of Indians in Urban Areas. 1954
238
1
Senator Watkins on Termination Policy. May 1957
239
1
Secretary of the Interior Seaton on Termination Policy. September 19, 1958
240
2
Williams v. Lee. January 12, 1959
242
1
Native American Church v. Navajo Tribal Council. November 17, 1959
242
1
A Program for Indian Citizens. January 1961
243
2
Declaration of Indian Purpose. June 1961
245
2
Task Force on Indian Affairs. 1961
247
2
President Johnson, Special Message to Congress. March 6, 1968
249
1
Civil Rights Act of 1968. April 11, 1968
250
3
Report on Indian Education. November 3, 1969
253
3
President Nixon, Special Message on Indian Affairs. July 8, 1970
256
3
Return of Blue Lake Lands to Taos Pueblo. 1970
259
1
Return of the Lands. December 15, 1970
259
1
Remarks of President Nixon. December 15, 1970
260
1
Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act. December 18, 1971
260
3
Indian Education Act. June 23, 1972
263
1
Extension of Indian Preference in Employment. June 26, 1972
264
1
Menominee Restoration Act. December 22, 1973
265
2
Comprehensive Employment and Training Act. December 28, 1973
267
1
United States v. State of Washington. March 22, 1974
268
1
Indian Financing Act. April 12, 1974
269
1
Morton v. Mancari. June 17, 1974
270
2
Student Rights and Due Process Procedures. October 11, 1974
272
1
Establishment of the American Indian Policy Review Commission. January 2, 1975
273
2
Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act. January 4, 1975
275
2
Passamaquoddy Tribe v. Morton. January 20, 1975
277
1
Indian Crimes Act of 1976. May 29, 1976
278
1
Indian Health Care Improvement Act. September 30, 1976
279
2
Final Report of the American Indian Policy Review Commission. May 17, 1977
281
3
Establishment of Assistant Secretary---Indian Affairs. September 26, 1977
284
1
Oliphant v. Suquamish Indian Tribe. March 6, 1978
285
1
United States v. Wheeler. March 22, 1978
286
1
Santa Clara Pueblo v. Martinez. May 15, 1978
287
2
American Indian Religious Freedom. August 11, 1978
289
1
Federal Acknowledgment of Indian Tribes. October 2, 1978
290
1
Tribally Controlled Community College Assistance Act. October 17, 1978
291
1
Education Amendments Act of 1978: Title XI---Indian Education. November 1, 1978
292
2
Indian Child Welfare Act. November 8, 1978
294
1
Archaeological Resources Protection Act. October 31, 1979
295
1
United States v. Sioux Nation of Indians. June 30, 1980
296
1
Maine Indian Claims Settlement Act. October 10, 1980
297
2
Statement on Indian Health Programs. March 2, 1981
299
2
Indian Land Consolidation Act. January 12, 1983
301
1
Presidential Commission on Indian Reservation Economies, Executive Order 12401. January 14, 1983
302
1
Indian Policy: Statement of Ronald Reagan. January 24, 1983
302
2
Federal Acknowledgment of Narragansett Indian Tribe of Rhode Island. February 2, 1983
304
2
Water Rights of the Ak-Chin Indians. October 19, 1984
306
1
Report and Recommendations of the Presidential Commission on Indian Reservation Economies. November 30, 1984
306
2
Bureau of Indian Affairs Statement of Policy. 1984
308
1
Report of the Task Force on Indian Economic Development. July 1986
309
3
Indian Alcohol and Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act of 1986. October 27, 1986
312
2
California v. Cabazon Band of Mission Indians. February 25, 1987
314
1
Amendments to the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act. February 3, 1988
314
1
Report on BIA Education. March 1988
315
3
Lyng v. Northwest Indian Cemetery Protective Association. April 19, 1988
318
2
Tribally Controlled Schools Act of 1988. April 28, 1988
320
2
Tribal Self-Governance Demonstration Project. October 5, 1988
322
1
Indian Gaming Regulatory Act. October 17, 1988
322
2
Puyallup Tribe of Indians Settlement Act. June 21, 1989
324
1
National Museum of the American Indian Act. November 28, 1989
325
2
Employment Division, Department of Human Resources of Oregon v. Smith. April 17, 1990
327
1
Duro v. Reina. May 29, 1990
328
1
Joint Federal-State Commission on Policies and Programs Affecting Alaska Natives (Alaska Natives Commission). August 18, 1990
329
1
National Indian Forest Resources Management Act. November 28, 1990
330
2
Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act. November 16, 1990
332
2
Indian Arts and Crafts Act of 1990. November 29, 1990
334
1
Statement of George Bush on Indian Policy. June 14, 1991
335
1
Advisory Council on California Indian Policy. October 14, 1992
336
1
Indian Health Amendments of 1992. October 29, 1992
337
2
Designation of Alaska Tribal Entities. October 21, 1993
339
1
Catawba Indian Tribe of South Carolina Land Claims Settlement Act. October 27, 1993
340
2
Indian Tribal Justice Act. December 3, 1993
342
1
Remarks of President Clinton to Native American and Alaska Native Tribal Leaders. April 29, 1994
343
3
Government-to-Government Relations with Native American Tribal Governments. April 29, 1994
346
1
Distribution of Eagle Feathers for Indian Religious Purposes. April 29, 1994
347
1
Final Report of the Alaska Natives Commission. May 1994
347
2
American Indian Religious Freedom Act of 1994. October 6, 1994
349
1
Recognition of the Pascua Yaqui Indians as a Historic Tribe. October 14, 1994
350
1
American Indian Trust Management Reform Act. October 25, 1994
351
2
Tribal Self-Governance Act of 1994. October 25, 1994
353
3
Federally Recognized Indian Tribe List Act of 1994. November 2, 1994
356
1
Indian Sacred Sites, Executive Order 13007. May 24, 1996
357
1
Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act. October 26, 1996
358
1
The Future of the Indian Health Service: A Message from the Director. December 1996
359
2
Bureau of Indian Affairs Strategic Plan. September 30, 1997
361
2
Alaska v. Native Village of Venetie Tribal Government. February 25, 1998
363
2
American Indian and Alaska Native Education, Executive Order 13096. August 6, 1998
365
2
Minnesota v. Mille Lacs Band of Chippewa Indians. March 24, 1999
367
1
Federally Recognized Indian Tribes. March 3, 2000
368
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Selected Bibliography
379
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Index
383