Indian Appropriation Act
At a glance:
- Series: Racial and Ethnic Relations in America
- Categories: Law, Legal History, Courts, Land Acquisition and Expansion, Territory Redistribution
- Subcategories: Native Americans, American Indians, Laws, Acts, Legislation, Treaties, Agreements, Negotiations
- Curriculum: American Indian History, American Civil War & Reconstruction Era (1856-1877)
- Geographical Location: United States
- Date: March 3, 1871
Article abstract: Congress unilaterally determines that Native Americans no longer belong to their own sovereign nations, ending treaty making between U.S. and tribal governments.
In 1871, Congress voted to end treaty making with Native American peoples. Since the origins of the republic, the U.S. government had dealt with tribes by recognizing each one as an independent nation living within the United States. Hence, ambassadors were sent out from Washington, D.C., to negotiate treaties, and each agreement had to be ratified by two-thirds of the Senate, as...
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