Documents of United States Indian Policy

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Francis Paul Prucha
U of Nebraska Press, 2000 M01 1 - 396 pages
The third edition of this landmark work adds forty new documents, which cover the significant developments in American Indian affairs since 1988. Among the topics dealt with are tribal self-governance, government-to-government relations, religious rights, repatriation of human remains, trust management, health and education, federal recognition of tribes, presidential policies, and Alaska Natives.

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Contents

George Washington to James Duane September 7 1783
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Proclamation of the Continental Congress September 22 1783
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Report of Committee on Indian Affairs October 15 1783
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Treaty with the Six Nations October 22 1784
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Treaty of Fort McIntosh January 21 1785
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Treaty of Hopewell with the Cherokees November 28 1785
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Ordinance for the Regulation of Indian Affairs August 7 1786
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Northwest Ordinance July 13 1787
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Bursum Bill 1922
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Indian Citizenship Act June 2 1924
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Meriam Report 1928
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JohnsonOMalley Act April 16 1934
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WheelerHoward Act Indian Reorganization Act June 18 1934
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Indian Commissioner Collier on the WheelerHoward Act 1934
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Indian Arts and Crafts Board August 27 1935
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Oklahoma Indian Welfare Act June 26 1936
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Committee Report on the Southern Department August 3 1787
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Report of Henry Knox on White Outrages July 18 1788
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Report of Henry Knox on the Northwestern Indians June 15 1789
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Establishment of the War Department August 7 1789
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Trade and Intercourse Act July 22 1790
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President Washingtons Third Annual Message October 25 1791
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President Washington on Government Trading Houses December 3 1793
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Trade and Intercourse Act March 30 1802
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President Jefferson on Indian Trading Houses January 18 1803
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President Jefferson to William Henry Harrison February 27 1803
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Superintendent of Indian Trade April 21 1806
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President Jefferson on the Liquor Trade December 31 1808
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Treaty of Portage des Sioux July 19 1815
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Secretary of War Crawford on Trade and Intercourse March 13 1816
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Exclusion of British Traders April 29 1816
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Secretary of War Calhoun on British Traders March 25 1818
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Authorization of Indian Agents 1818
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Secretary of War Calhoun on Indian Trade December 5 1818
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Civilization Fund Act March 3 1819
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March 11 1824
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Authorization of Treaties Trade Regulations May 25 1824
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Message of President Monroe on Indian Removal January 27 1825
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Treaty with the Ponca Indians June 9 1825
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Treaty of Prairie du Chien August 19 1825
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Thomas L McKenney on Trading Sites February 14 1826
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Secretary of War Eaton on Cherokee Removal April 18 1829
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President Jackson on Indian Removal December 8 1829
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Senator Frelinghuysen on Indian Removal April 9 1830
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Worcester v Georgia 1832
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Indian Commissioner Smith on Principles of Indian Policy
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Indian Commissioner Mix on Reservation Policy November 6 1858
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Secretary of War Schofield on Transfer of the Indian Bureau
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Cherokee Tobacco Case December 1870
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Establishment of a Reservation by Executive Order May 29 1873
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October 30 1876
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Indian Commissioner Hayt on Indian Police November 1 1877
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Standing Bear v Crook May 12 1879
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Secretary of the Interior Schurz on Reservation Policy November 1 1880
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Indian Commissioner Price on Civilizing the Indians October 24 1881
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Indian Commissioner Price on Cooperation with Religious Societies October 10 1882
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General Sherman on the End of the Indian Problem October 27 1883
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Ex Parte Crow Dog December 17 1883
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Program of the Lake Mohonk Conference September 1884
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Indian Commissioner Atkins on the Five Civilized Tribes September 28 1886
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General Allotment Act Dawes Act February 8 1887
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Supplemental Report on Indian Education December 1 1889
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Inculcation of Patriotism in Indian Schools December 10 1889
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The Board of Indian Commissioners on Civil Service Reform January 10 1891
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Civil Service Classifications in the Indian Service April 13 1891
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Rules for Indian Courts August 27 1892
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Indian School Superintendents as Indian Agents March 3 1893
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Report of the Dawes Commission November 20 1894
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Curtis Act June 28 1898
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Stephens v Cherokee Nation May 15 1899
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Lone Wolf v Hitchcock January 5 1903
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Indian Commissioner Leupp on Indian Policy September 30 1905
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Burke Act May 8 1906
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Indian Commissioner Leupp on the Burke Act September 30 1906
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Lacey Act March 2 1907
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Winters v United States January 6 1908
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Buy Indian Act June 25 1910
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Indian Commissioner Sells A Declaration of Policy October 15 1917
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Citizenship for World War I Veterans November 6 1919
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Indian Claims Commission Act August 13 1946
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Definition of Indian Country June 25 1948
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House Concurrent Resolution 108 August 1 1953
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Termination of the Menominee Indians June 17 1954
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Transfer of Indian Health Services August 5 1954
237
Relocation of Indians in Urban Areas 1954
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Senator Watkins on Termination Policy May 1957
239
Secretary of the Interior Seaton on Termination Policy September 19 1958
240
Williams v Lee January 12 1959
242
A Program for Indian Citizens January 1961
243
Declaration of Indian Purpose June 1961
245
Task Force on Indian Affairs 1961
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President Johnson Special Message to Congress March 6 1968
249
Civil Rights Act of 1968 April 11 1968
250
Report on Indian Education November 3 1969
253
President Nixon Special Message on Indian Affairs July 8 1970
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Return of Blue Lake Lands to Taos Pueblo 1970
259
Remarks of President Nixon December 15 1970
260
Indian Education Act June 23 1972
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Extension of Indian Preference in Employment June 26 1972
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Menominee Restoration Act December 22 1973
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Comprehensive Employment and Training Act December 28 1973
267
United States v State of Washington March 22 1974
268
Indian Financing Act April 12 1974
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Morton v Mancari June 17 1974
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Student Rights and Due Process Procedures October 11 1974
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Establishment of the American Indian Policy Review Commission January 2 1975
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Indian SelfDetermination and Education Assistance Act January 4 1975
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Passamaquoddy Tribe v Morton January 20 1975
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Indian Crimes Act of 1976 May 29 1976
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Indian Health Care Improvement Act September 30 1976
279
Final Report of the American Indian Policy Review Commission May 17 1977
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Establishment of Assistant SecretaryIndian Affairs September 26 1977
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Oliphant v Suquamish Indian Tribe March 6 1978
285
United States v Wheeler March 22 1978
286
Santa Clara Pueblo v Martinez May 15 1978
287
American Indian Religious Freedom August 11 1978
289
Federal Acknowledgment of Indian Tribes October 2 1978
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Tribally Controlled Community College Assistance Act October 17 1978
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Title XIIndian Education November 1 1978
292
Indian Child Welfare Act November 8 1978
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Archaeological Resources Protection Act October 31 1979
295
United States v Sioux Nation of Indians June 30 1980
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Maine Indian Claims Settlement Act October 10 1980
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Statement on Indian Health Programs March 2 1981
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Indian Land Consolidation Act January 12 1983
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Presidential Commission on Indian Reservation Economies Executive Order 12401 January 14 1983
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Federal Acknowledgement of Narragansett Indian Tribe of Rhode Island February 2 1983
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Water Rights of the AkChin Indians October 19 1984
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Bureau of Indian Affairs Statement of Policy 1984
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Report of the Task Force on Indian Economic Development July 1986
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Indian Alcohol and Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act of 1986 October 27 1986
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California v Cabazon Band of Mission Indians February 25 1987
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Report on BIA Education March 1988
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Lyng v Northwest Indian Cemetery Protective Association April 19 1988
318
Tribally Controlled Schools Act of 1988 April 28 1988
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Tribal SelfGovernance Demonstration Project October 5 1988
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Puyallup Tribe of Indians Settlement Act June 21 1989
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National Museum of the American Indian Act November 28 1989
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Employment Division Department of Human Resources of Oregon v
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Duro v Reina May 29 1990
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Joint FederalState Commission on Policies and Programs Affecting Alaska Natives Alaska Natives Commission August 18 1990
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National Indian Forest Resources Management Act November 28 1990
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Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act November 16 1990
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Indian Arts and Crafts Act of 1990 November 29 1990
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Statement of George Bush on Indian Policy June 14 1991
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Advisory Council on California Indian Policy October 14 1992
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Indian Health Amendments of 1992 October 29 1992
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Designation of Alaska Tribal Entities October 21 1993
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Catawba Indian Tribe of South Carolina Land Claims Settlement Act October 27 1993
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Indian Tribal Justice Act December 3 1993
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American Indian Religious Freedom Act of 1994 October 6 1994
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Federally Recognized Indian Tribe List Act of 1994 November 2 1994
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Alaska v Native Village of Venetie Tribal Government February 25 1998
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Common terms and phrases

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About the author (2000)

Francis Paul Prucha is a professor of history (emeritus) at Marquette University. His many publications include The Great Father: The United States Government and the American Indians, Atlas of American Indian Affairs, and Handbook for Research in American History, all available from the University of Nebraska Press.

Bibliographic information

TitleDocuments of United States Indian Policy
EditorFrancis Paul Prucha
Editionillustrated
PublisherU of Nebraska Press, 2000
ISBN0803287623, 9780803287624
Length396 pages
  
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