MC DBQ T Constitutional Principles Individual Rights
... would gradually drop his Indian-ness and be assimilated into the population. It would then no longer be necessary for the government to oversee Indian welfare in the paternalistic way it had been obligated to do, or provide meager annuities that seemed to keep the Indian in a subservient and poverty ...
... would gradually drop his Indian-ness and be assimilated into the population. It would then no longer be necessary for the government to oversee Indian welfare in the paternalistic way it had been obligated to do, or provide meager annuities that seemed to keep the Indian in a subservient and poverty ...
A History ol Federal Indian Policy
... to maintain peace with tribes and to purchase Indian lands, and letting states know that they lacked any constitutional authority in the field of Indian policy. 6 The U.S. Supreme Court during these crucial embryonic years signaled it was a part of the ruling alliance when it handed down an importan ...
... to maintain peace with tribes and to purchase Indian lands, and letting states know that they lacked any constitutional authority in the field of Indian policy. 6 The U.S. Supreme Court during these crucial embryonic years signaled it was a part of the ruling alliance when it handed down an importan ...
THE MASSACRE AT SAND CREEK
... time before the Indians would surrender and submit to life on a smaller reservation. Custer hoped to make that happen sooner rather than later. His orders were to locate the Sioux encampment in the Big Horn Mountains of Montana and trap them until reinforcements arrived. But the prideful Custer soug ...
... time before the Indians would surrender and submit to life on a smaller reservation. Custer hoped to make that happen sooner rather than later. His orders were to locate the Sioux encampment in the Big Horn Mountains of Montana and trap them until reinforcements arrived. But the prideful Custer soug ...
Lecture
... military on a long exodus that could take the lives of thousands. Tribes often split into opposing factions, one side believing that removal was inevitable and therefore willing to sign treaties and the other side refusing to give up tribal lands no matter the cost. Traditional tribal government and ...
... military on a long exodus that could take the lives of thousands. Tribes often split into opposing factions, one side believing that removal was inevitable and therefore willing to sign treaties and the other side refusing to give up tribal lands no matter the cost. Traditional tribal government and ...
Imperialism
... aim of the act was to absorb tribe members into the larger national society. Allotments could be sold after a statutory period (25 years), and “surplus” land not allotted was opened to settlers. Within decades following the passage of the act, the vast majority of what had been tribal land in the ...
... aim of the act was to absorb tribe members into the larger national society. Allotments could be sold after a statutory period (25 years), and “surplus” land not allotted was opened to settlers. Within decades following the passage of the act, the vast majority of what had been tribal land in the ...
A Trail of Tears The Indian Removal Act 26
... relation to the removal of the Indians beyond the white settlements is approaching to a happy consummation. Two important tribes have accepted the provision made for their removal at the last session of Congress, and it is believed that their example will induce the remaining tribes also to seek the ...
... relation to the removal of the Indians beyond the white settlements is approaching to a happy consummation. Two important tribes have accepted the provision made for their removal at the last session of Congress, and it is believed that their example will induce the remaining tribes also to seek the ...
Who Is A Native American? - UNC School of Government
... In the pivotal case of Worcester v. Georgia, 31 U.S. 515, 557-58, 560 (1832), Chief Justice John Marshall determined that the new states of the United States did not have jurisdiction over Indians or Indian governments. Mr. Chief Justice Marshall explained: ...
... In the pivotal case of Worcester v. Georgia, 31 U.S. 515, 557-58, 560 (1832), Chief Justice John Marshall determined that the new states of the United States did not have jurisdiction over Indians or Indian governments. Mr. Chief Justice Marshall explained: ...
Excerpts: Native American Testimony
... their recently drafted laws and constitutions, their trimly tilled fields, and well-bred herds, their slaves, grist mills, and missionary schools, they were successfully emulating white culture while giving it an unmistakably Indian cast. Yet no matter how well the Civilized Tribes blended white and ...
... their recently drafted laws and constitutions, their trimly tilled fields, and well-bred herds, their slaves, grist mills, and missionary schools, they were successfully emulating white culture while giving it an unmistakably Indian cast. Yet no matter how well the Civilized Tribes blended white and ...
dbq: indian removal--is it justified
... was, first, to take their lands. Then the U.S. government would force those Indians to relocate. They would move west, beyond the Mississippi River to the area we know today as Oklahoma. At this time, approximately 100,000 Native Americans lived among the five major tribes in the southeastern United ...
... was, first, to take their lands. Then the U.S. government would force those Indians to relocate. They would move west, beyond the Mississippi River to the area we know today as Oklahoma. At this time, approximately 100,000 Native Americans lived among the five major tribes in the southeastern United ...
Understanding Tribal Sovereignty
... Favorable U.S. Supreme Court decisions in Indian cases supported the Indian self-determination and tribal sovereignty movement from 1970, when NARF came on the scene, until the 1990s when the makeup of the justices on the Supreme Court began to change and tribes found it increasingly difficult to wi ...
... Favorable U.S. Supreme Court decisions in Indian cases supported the Indian self-determination and tribal sovereignty movement from 1970, when NARF came on the scene, until the 1990s when the makeup of the justices on the Supreme Court began to change and tribes found it increasingly difficult to wi ...
DBQ: INDIAN REMOVAL--IS IT JUSTIFIED
... lived as their ancestors had years earlier. Others had gone far in accepting the values and lifestyles of American white society. Many had converted to Christianity. Some settled as farmers and adopted the farming methods of whites. The Cherokees even developed and alphabet and a written language. T ...
... lived as their ancestors had years earlier. Others had gone far in accepting the values and lifestyles of American white society. Many had converted to Christianity. Some settled as farmers and adopted the farming methods of whites. The Cherokees even developed and alphabet and a written language. T ...
Chapter 10 - Guthrie Public Schools
... which were left behind or to train Indians for a necessarily new way of life, and new medicine to replace the traditional medicine which was by nature a regional art. Each tribe or confederacy of tribes governed itself. The tribes made their own laws and set the penalties for breaking those laws. Th ...
... which were left behind or to train Indians for a necessarily new way of life, and new medicine to replace the traditional medicine which was by nature a regional art. Each tribe or confederacy of tribes governed itself. The tribes made their own laws and set the penalties for breaking those laws. Th ...
File
... and support themselves by farming and trades. This policy is called assimilation, the process by which one society becomes a part of another, more dominant society by adopting its culture. ...
... and support themselves by farming and trades. This policy is called assimilation, the process by which one society becomes a part of another, more dominant society by adopting its culture. ...
The Civil War and Reconstruction in the American West annotate
... Suffrage Act (1867), which extended the franchise to blacks in all federal territories a full three years before the Fifteenth Amendment, helped build momentum toward granting black suffrage generally. Reconstruction’s impact on American Indians was at least as profound but far less positive. In the ...
... Suffrage Act (1867), which extended the franchise to blacks in all federal territories a full three years before the Fifteenth Amendment, helped build momentum toward granting black suffrage generally. Reconstruction’s impact on American Indians was at least as profound but far less positive. In the ...
noun
... living on Indian territory after March 31, 1831, without a license from the state. The state legislature had written this law to justify removing white missionaries who were helping the Indians resist removal. The court this time decided in favor of the Cherokee. It stated that the Cherokee had the ...
... living on Indian territory after March 31, 1831, without a license from the state. The state legislature had written this law to justify removing white missionaries who were helping the Indians resist removal. The court this time decided in favor of the Cherokee. It stated that the Cherokee had the ...
Native American Property Law: The Trail of Broken Treaties
... Native American involvement in the European trade network hastened the spread of epidemic diseases, raised the level of warfare, depleted ecozones of animal life, and drew Indians into a market economy that over a long period of time constricted their economic freedom. Gary Nash, Race, Class and Pol ...
... Native American involvement in the European trade network hastened the spread of epidemic diseases, raised the level of warfare, depleted ecozones of animal life, and drew Indians into a market economy that over a long period of time constricted their economic freedom. Gary Nash, Race, Class and Pol ...
Dawes Severalty Act (1887)
... States and Indian tribes and nations, the United States of America continued its efforts to acquire more land for the Indians. About this time the government and the 'Indian reformers' tried to turn Indians into Americans. A major aspect of this plan was the General Allotment or Dawes Severalty Act ...
... States and Indian tribes and nations, the United States of America continued its efforts to acquire more land for the Indians. About this time the government and the 'Indian reformers' tried to turn Indians into Americans. A major aspect of this plan was the General Allotment or Dawes Severalty Act ...
NAVAJO CRIMINAL JURISDICTION
... “If bad men among the Indian shall commit a wrong or depredation up on the person or property of any one, white, black, or Indian, subject to the authority of the United States and at peace therewith, the Navajo tribe agree that they will, on proof made to their agent, and on notice by him, deliver ...
... “If bad men among the Indian shall commit a wrong or depredation up on the person or property of any one, white, black, or Indian, subject to the authority of the United States and at peace therewith, the Navajo tribe agree that they will, on proof made to their agent, and on notice by him, deliver ...
CHAPTER 12 HOMEWORK REVIEW SHEET
... CHAPTER 12 HOMEWORK REVIEW SHEET -THE JACKSON ERA Name______________________ True or False: Place a T on the line in front of the statement if it is True and an F if it is not true. ____ 1. When voting rights were changed in the 1820’s and 1830’s, more women and African Americans gained the right to ...
... CHAPTER 12 HOMEWORK REVIEW SHEET -THE JACKSON ERA Name______________________ True or False: Place a T on the line in front of the statement if it is True and an F if it is not true. ____ 1. When voting rights were changed in the 1820’s and 1830’s, more women and African Americans gained the right to ...
Name
... thought that the best way to deal with Britain’s actions was to declare war on Britain. 16. The power of ________________________________________ allows the Supreme Court to declare an act of Congress to be unconstitutional. 17. Supreme Court Justice _______________________________________ establish ...
... thought that the best way to deal with Britain’s actions was to declare war on Britain. 16. The power of ________________________________________ allows the Supreme Court to declare an act of Congress to be unconstitutional. 17. Supreme Court Justice _______________________________________ establish ...
Marbury
... warriors joined with the British to defeat one American army and capture Fort Detroit in present-day Michigan ...
... warriors joined with the British to defeat one American army and capture Fort Detroit in present-day Michigan ...
The Removal Act
... Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That it shall and may be lawful for the President of the United States to cause so much of any territory belonging to the United States, west of the river Mississippi, not included in any ...
... Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America, in Congress assembled, That it shall and may be lawful for the President of the United States to cause so much of any territory belonging to the United States, west of the river Mississippi, not included in any ...
The New West
... 1863, 2 companies raced to build the first railroad from one coast to the other ...
... 1863, 2 companies raced to build the first railroad from one coast to the other ...
Native Americans Fight to Survive Ch. 19, Sec. 2
... only ones to resist the United States government. The Nez Perce, Navajos and Apaches did so as well, which also resulted in the loss of more Indian lives and land. As the 1800’s progressed, the Native Americans slowly lost their way of culture, identity and lands. As the buffalo herds dwindled, so d ...
... only ones to resist the United States government. The Nez Perce, Navajos and Apaches did so as well, which also resulted in the loss of more Indian lives and land. As the 1800’s progressed, the Native Americans slowly lost their way of culture, identity and lands. As the buffalo herds dwindled, so d ...