NA acts + treaties + rulings

What year was Worcester V Georgia

1832

What was the decision of the SC ruling Worcester V Georgia

Rule that the Cherokee nation was a sovereign nation

President’s reaction to Worcester V Georgia

President Jackson ignored the ruling forcibly removing the NA in the trail of tears

What did Worcester V Georgia result in

The trail of tears = resulted in thousands of deaths

left the SC powerless

What year was the Indian Removal act

1830

What did the Indian removal act do?

Removed nA from Land east of Mississippi

Part of the Federal government’s reclamation policy

What year was the Homestead act

1862

What did the Homestead act give white settlers

Allowed farmers 160 acres of plain land

160 for $10 … not offended to NA

What did the Homestead act mean for NA?

Esstianyll collapsed the plains

Homestead on the plains forced NA (like the Navajo and Apache) onto reservations!!!

Which was government made land specifcally for NA with the intent of making them citizens

Indian Land treaties … what did they do?

Relinquished tribal lands for settlement and sometimes les desirable land

Reducing area of Nomadic tavern

The govenerment became more autonomous over indigenous land

Making NA more dependent on the White man’s promises and generosity … which were both unreliable

Indian land treaties… examples and dates

A series of treaties since 1851

Fort Wise treaty 1861 + Medicine Lodge Treaty 1867

What did the Fort Laramie treaty do

Create the great Sioux reservation

Therefore the government allowed them a degree of self-determination

What year was the Fort Laramie treaty

1868

Why was the Fort Laramie treaty Short-lived

Because of the Indian appropriation act 1874

Allowing congress to take full control

What was the first Assimilation attempt policy

Reservation policy

What was the reservation policy?

NA were located on government controlled reservations meaning they were no longer allowed to roam freely

What was the key idea for Reservation policy

For NA to farm for themselves

What was the second assimilation attempt policy

Allotment policy

What was the Dawes Severalty Act do

Evident that reservation policy was failing to assimilate

Congress divided reservations into homestead or allotments

Similarly to what they did for white settlers

Was successful in removing reservations

When was the Dawes Severalty act

1887

What else did NA gain from the Dawes Severalty act

As homesteaders they gained citizenship rights

However still faced discrimination

What did the NA lose from the Dawes Severalty act

Upset the cultural status quo further!!

Portioning land was a belief alien to NA

Allotments were allocated to male head of family opposed to the traditional matriarchal system