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| Preface | |
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| 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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| 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 Washington's Third Annual Message. October 25, 1791 | |
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| President Washington on Government Trading Houses. December 3, 1793 | |
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| Establishment of Government Trading Houses. April 18, 1796 | |
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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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| Governor Cass on British Traders. July 20, 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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| Manner of Appointing Agents. April 16, 1818 | |
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| Compensation for Indian Agents. April 20, 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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| Abolition of the Government Trading Houses. May 6, 1822 | |
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| Act for Regulating the Indian Trade. May 6, 1822 | |
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| Johnson and Graham's Lessee v. William McIntosh. 1823 | |
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| Creation of a Bureau of Indian Affairs in the War Department. 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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| Indian Removal Act. May 28, 1830 | |
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| Treaty with the Choctaw Indians. September 27, 1830 | |
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| Cherokee Nation v. Georgia. 1831 | |
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| Worcester v. Georgia. 1832 | |
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| Authorization of a Commissioner of Indian Affairs. July 9, 1832 | |
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| Indian Commissioner Herring on the Indian Race. November 22, 1832 | |
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| Trade and Intercourse Act. June 30, 1834 | |
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| Organization of the Department of Indian Affairs. June 30, 1834 | |
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| President Jackson on Indian Removal. December 7, 1835 | |
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| Indian Commissioner Crawford on Indian Policy. November 25, 1838 | |
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| Regulations Regarding Liquor and Annuities. March 3, 1847 | |
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| Indian Commissioner Medill on Indian Colonies. November 30, 1848 | |
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| Transfer of Indian Affairs to the Department of the Interior. March 3, 1849 | |
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| Organization of Indian Affairs in Oregon. June 5, 1850 | |
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| Indian Commissioner Lea on Reservation Policy. November 27, 1850 | |
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| Modifications in the Indian Department. February 27, 1851 | |
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| Treaty of Fort Laramie. September 17, 1851 | |
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| Indian Commissioner Lea on the Civilization of the Indians. November 27, 1851 | |
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| Superintendent of Indian Affairs in California. March 3, 1852 | |
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| Treaty with the Oto and Missouri Indians. March 15, 1854 | |
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| Indian Commissioner Manypenny on Indian Affairs. November 22, 1856 | |
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| Indian Commissioner Mix on Reservation Policy. November 6, 1858 | |
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| Indian Commissioner Dole on Reservation Policy. November 26, 1862 | |
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| Report of the President of the Southern Treaty Commission. October 30, 1865 | |
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| Treaty with the Creeks. June 14, 1866 | |
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| Report of the Doolittle Committee. January 26, 1867 | |
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| Creation of an Indian Peace Commission. July 20, 1867 | |
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| Report of the Indian Peace Commission. January 7, 1868 | |
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| Treaty of Fort Laramie. April 29, 1868 | |
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| House Debate on Treaty-Making Power. June 18, 1868 | |
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| Resolutions of the Indian Peace Commission. October 9, 1868 | |
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| Secretary of War Schofield on Transfer of the Indian Bureau. November 20, 1868 | |
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| Indian Commissioner Taylor on Transfer of the Indian Bureau. November 23, 1868 | |
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| Indian Commissioner Taylor on Indian Civilization. November 23, 1868 | |
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| Authorization of the Board of Indian Commissioners. April 10, 1869 | |
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| Instructions to the Board of Indian Commissioners. 1869 | |
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| Secretary of the Interior Cox on Reservations and on the Peace Policy. November 15, 1869 | |
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| Report of the Board of Indian Commissioners. November 23, 1869 | |
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| Indian Commissioner Parker on the Treaty System. December 23, 1869 | |
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| President Grant's Peace Policy. December 5, 1870 | |
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| Cherokee Tobacco Case. December 1870 | |
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| Abolition of Treaty Making. March 3, 1871 | |
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| Indian Commissioner Walker on Indian Policy. November 1, 1872 | |
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| Assignment of Indian Agencies to Religious Societies. November 1, 1872 | |
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| Establishment of a Reservation by Executive Order. May 29, 1873 | |
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| Indian Commissioner Smith on Indian Citizenship. November 1, 1874 | |
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| General Sherman on Transfer of the Indian Bureau. January 19, 1876 | |
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| Indian Commissioner Smith on Principles of Indian Policy. 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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| Report on the Mission Indians of California. October 10, 1883 | |
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| General Sherman on the End of the Indian Problem. October 27, 1883 | |
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| Courts of Indian Offenses. November 1, 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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| Elk v. Wilkins. November 3, 1884 | |
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| Major Crimes Act. March 3, 1885 | |
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| United States v. Kagama. May 10, 1886 | |
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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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| Use of English in Indian Schools. September 21, 1887 | |
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| Marriage between White Men and Indian Women. August 9, 1888 | |
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| Indian Commissioner Morgan on Indian Policy. October 1, 1889 | |
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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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| Relief of the Mission Indians. January 12, 1891 | |
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| Amendment to the Dawes Act. February 28, 1891 | |
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| Civil Service Classifications in the Indian Service. April 13, 1891 | |
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| Army Officers as Indian Agents. July 13, 1892 | |
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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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| Commission to the Five Civilized Tribes (Dawes Commission). March 3, 1893 | |
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| Report of the Dawes Commission. November 20, 1894 | |
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| Extension of Civil Service Rules. September 15, 1896 | |
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| Curtis Act. June 28, 1898 | |
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| Stephens v. Cherokee Nation. May 15, 1899 | |
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| Citizenship for Indians in the Indian Territory. March 3, 1901 | |
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| Indian Commissioner Jones on Indian Self-Support. October 15, 1901 | |
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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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| Indian Commissioner Leupp on Reservation Schools. September 30, 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 Valentine on Indian Health. November 1, 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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| Authorization of Appropriations and Expenditures for Indian Affairs (Snyder Act). November 2, 1921 | |
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| Bursum Bill. 1922 | |
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| Indian Citizenship Act. June 2, 1924 | |
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| Pueblo Lands Board. June 7, 1924 | |
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| Meriam Report. 1928 | |
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| Johnson-O'Malley Act. April 16, 1934 | |
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| Wheeler-Howard Act (Indian Reorganization Act). June 18, 1934 | |
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| Indian Commissioner Collier on the Wheeler-Howard 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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| 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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| Public Law 280. August 15, 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 | |
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| Relocation of Indians in Urban Areas. 1954 | |
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| Senator Watkins on Termination Policy. May 1957 | |
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| Secretary of the Interior Seaton on Termination Policy. September 19, 1958 | |
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| Williams v. Lee. January 12, 1959 | |
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| Native American Church v. Navajo Tribal Council. November 17, 1959 | |
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| A Program for Indian Citizens. January 1961 | |
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| Declaration of Indian Purpose. June 1961 | |
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| Task Force on Indian Affairs. 1961 | |
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| President Johnson, Special Message to Congress. March 6, 1968 | |
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| Civil Rights Act of 1968. April 11, 1968 | |
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| Report on Indian Education. November 3, 1969 | |
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| President Nixon, Special Message on Indian Affairs. July 8, 1970 | |
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| Return of Blue Lake Lands to Taos Pueblo. 1970 | |
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| Return of the Lands. December 15, 1970 | |
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| Remarks of President Nixon. December 15, 1970 | |
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| Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act. December 18, 1971 | |
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| 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 | |
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| United States v. State of Washington. March 22, 1974 | |
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| 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 Self-Determination 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 | |
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| Final Report of the American Indian Policy Review Commission. May 17, 1977 | |
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| Establishment of Assistant Secretary--Indian Affairs. September 26, 1977 | |
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| Oliphant v. Suquamish Indian Tribe. March 6, 1978 | |
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| United States v. Wheeler. March 22, 1978 | |
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| Santa Clara Pueblo v. Martinez. May 15, 1978 | |
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| American Indian Religious Freedom. August 11, 1978 | |
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| 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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| Education Amendments Act of 1978: Title XI--Indian Education. November 1, 1978 | |
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| Indian Child Welfare Act. November 8, 1978 | |
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| Archaeological Resources Protection Act. October 31, 1979 | |
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| 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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| Indian Policy: Statement of Ronald Reagan. January 24, 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 Ak-Chin Indians. October 19, 1984 | |
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| Report and Recommendations of the Presidential Commission on Indian Reservation Economies. November 30, 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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| Amendments to the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act. February 3, 1988 | |
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| Report on BIA Education. March 1988 | |
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| Lyng v. Northwest Indian Cemetery Protective Association. April 19, 1988 | |
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| Tribally Controlled Schools Act of 1988. April 28, 1988 | |
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| Tribal Self-Governance Demonstration Project. October 5, 1988 | |
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| Indian Gaming Regulatory Act. October 17, 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. Smith. April 17, 1990 | |
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| Duro v. Reina. May 29, 1990 | |
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| Joint Federal-State 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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| Remarks of President Clinton to Native American and Alaska Native Tribal Leaders. April 29, 1994 | |
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| Government-to-Government Relations with Native American Tribal Governments. April 29, 1994 | |
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| Distribution of Eagle Feathers for Indian Religious Purposes. April 29, 1994 | |
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| Final Report of the Alaska Natives Commission. May 1994 | |
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| American Indian Religious Freedom Act of 1994. October 6, 1994 | |
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| Recognition of the Pascua Yaqui Indians as a Historic Tribe. October 14, 1994 | |
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| American Indian Trust Management Reform Act. October 25, 1994 | |
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| Tribal Self-Governance Act of 1994. October 25, 1994 | |
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| Federally Recognized Indian Tribe List Act of 1994. November 2, 1994 | |
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| Indian Sacred Sites, Executive Order 13007. May 24, 1996 | |
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| Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act. October 26, 1996 | |
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| The Future of the Indian Health Service: A Message from the Director. December 1996 | |
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| Bureau of Indian Affairs Strategic Plan. September 30, 1997 | |
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| Alaska v. Native Village of Venetie Tribal Government. February 25, 1998 | |
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| American Indian and Alaska Native Education, Executive Order 13096. August 6, 1998 | |
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| Minnesota v. Mille Lacs Band of Chippewa Indians. March 24, 1999 | |
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| Federally Recognized Indian Tribes. March 3, 2000 | |
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| Selected Bibliography | |
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| Index | |