Documents of United States Indian Policy (Third Edition)

by Prucha, Francis Paul

• ISBN13: 9780803287624
• ISBN10: 0803287623
• Edition: 3rd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-10-01
• Publisher: Univ of Nebraska Pr

Summary

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.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.

Author Biography

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.

Table of Contents

Preface	xi
George Washington to James Duane. September 7, 1783	1	(1)
Proclamation of the Continental Congress. September 22, 1783	2	(1)
Report of Committee on Indian Affairs. October 15, 1783	3	(1)
Treaty with the Six Nations. October 22, 1784	4	(1)
Treaty of Fort McIntosh. January 21, 1785	5	(1)
Treaty of Hopewell with the Cherokees. November 28, 1785	6	(2)
Ordinance for the Regulation of Indian Affairs. August 7, 1786	8	(1)
Northwest Ordinance. July 13, 1787	9	(1)
Committee Report on the Southern Department. August 3, 1787	10	(1)
Report of Henry Knox on White Outrages. July 18, 1788	11	(1)
Report of Henry Knox on the Northwestern Indians. June 15, 1789	12	(1)
Establishment of the War Department. August 7, 1789	13	(1)
Trade and Intercourse Act. July 22, 1790	14	(1)
President Washington's Third Annual Message. October 25, 1791	15	(1)
President Washington on Government Trading Houses. December 3, 1793	16	(1)
Establishment of Government Trading Houses. April 18, 1796	16	(1)
Trade and Intercourse Act. March 30, 1802	17	(4)
President Jefferson on Indian Trading Houses. January 18, 1803	21	(1)
President Jefferson to William Henry Harrison. February 27, 1803	22	(1)
Superintendent of Indian Trade. April 21, 1806	23	(1)
President Jefferson on the Liquor Trade. December 31, 1808	24	(1)
Treaty of Portage des Sioux. July 19, 1815	25	(1)
Governor Cass on British Traders. July 20, 1815	25	(1)
Secretary of War Crawford on Trade and Intercourse. March 13, 1816	26	(2)
Exclusion of British Traders. April 29, 1816	28	(1)
Secretary of War Calhoun on British Traders. March 25, 1818	29	(1)
Authorization of Indian Agents. 1818	30	(1)
Manner of Appointing Agents. April 16, 1818	30	(1)
Compensation for Indian Agents. April 20, 1818	30	(1)
Secretary of War Calhoun on Indian Trade. December 5, 1818	31	(2)
Civilization Fund Act. March 3, 1819	33	(1)
Abolition of the Government Trading Houses. May 6, 1822	33	(1)
Act for Regulating the Indian Trade. May 6, 1822	34	(1)
Johnson and Graham's Lessee v. William McIntosh. 1823	35	(2)
Creation of a Bureau of Indian Affairs in the War Department. March 11, 1824	37	(1)
Authorization of Treaties; Trade Regulations. May 25, 1824	38	(1)
Message of President Monroe on Indian Removal. January 27, 1825	39	(1)
Treaty with the Ponca Indians. June 9, 1825	40	(2)
Treaty of Prairie du Chien. August 19, 1825	42	(1)
Thomas L. McKenney on Trading Sites. February 14, 1826	43	(1)
Secretary of War Eaton on Cherokee Removal. April 18, 1829	44	(3)
President Jackson on Indian Removal. December 8, 1829	47	(1)
Senator Frelinghuysen on Indian Removal. April 9, 1830	48	(4)
Indian Removal Act. May 28, 1830	52	(1)
Treaty with the Choctaw Indians. September 27, 1830	53	(4)
Cherokee Nation v. Georgia. 1831	57	(3)
Worcester v. Georgia. 1832	60	(2)
Authorization of a Commissioner of Indian Affairs. July 9, 1832	62	(1)
Indian Commissioner Herring on the Indian Race. November 22, 1832	62	(1)
Trade and Intercourse Act. June 30, 1834	63	(5)
Organization of the Department of Indian Affairs. June 30, 1834	68	(2)
President Jackson on Indian Removal. December 7, 1835	70	(2)
Indian Commissioner Crawford on Indian Policy. November 25, 1838	72	(3)
Regulations Regarding Liquor and Annuities. March 3, 1847	75	(1)
Indian Commissioner Medill on Indian Colonies. November 30, 1848	76	(3)
Transfer of Indian Affairs to the Department of the Interior. March 3, 1849	79	(1)
Organization of Indian Affairs in Oregon. June 5, 1850	80	(1)
Indian Commissioner Lea on Reservation Policy. November 27, 1850	81	(2)
Modifications in the Indian Department. February 27, 1851	83	(1)
Treaty of Fort Laramie. September 17, 1851	84	(1)
Indian Commissioner Lea on the Civilization of the Indians. November 27, 1851	85	(1)
Superintendent of Indian Affairs in California. March 3, 1852	86	(1)
Treaty with the Oto and Missouri Indians. March 15, 1854	86	(3)
Indian Commissioner Manypenny on Indian Affairs. November 22, 1856	89	(3)
Indian Commissioner Mix on Reservation Policy. November 6, 1858	92	(2)
Indian Commissioner Dole on Reservation Policy. November 26, 1862	94	(2)
Report of the President of the Southern Treaty Commission. October 30, 1865	96	(2)
Treaty with the Creeks. June 14, 1866	98	(3)
Report of the Doolittle Committee. January 26, 1867	101	(3)
Creation of an Indian Peace Commission. July 20, 1867	104	(1)
Report of the Indian Peace Commission. January 7, 1868	105	(4)
Treaty of Fort Laramie. April 29, 1868	109	(4)
House Debate on Treaty-Making Power. June 18, 1868	113	(2)
Resolutions of the Indian Peace Commission. October 9, 1868	115	(1)
Secretary of War Schofield on Transfer of the Indian Bureau. November 20, 1868	116	(1)
Indian Commissioner Taylor on Transfer of the Indian Bureau. November 23, 1868	117	(5)
Indian Commissioner Taylor on Indian Civilization. November 23, 1868	122	(3)
Authorization of the Board of Indian Commissioners. April 10, 1869	125	(1)
Instructions to the Board of Indian Commissioners. 1869	126	(2)
Secretary of the Interior Cox on Reservations and on the Peace Policy. November 15, 1869	128	(2)
Report of the Board of Indian Commissioners. November 23, 1869	130	(3)
Indian Commissioner Parker on the Treaty System. December 23, 1869	133	(1)
President Grant's Peace Policy. December 5, 1870	134	(1)
Cherokee Tobacco Case. December 1870	134	(1)
Abolition of Treaty Making. March 3, 1871	135	(1)
Indian Commissioner Walker on Indian Policy. November 1, 1872	135	(5)
Assignment of Indian Agencies to Religious Societies. November 1, 1872	140	(2)
Establishment of a Reservation by Executive Order. May 29, 1873	142	(1)
Indian Commissioner Smith on Indian Citizenship. November 1, 1874	143	(2)
General Sherman on Transfer of the Indian Bureau. January 19, 1876	145	(1)
Indian Commissioner Smith on Principles of Indian Policy. October 30, 1876	146	(3)
Indian Commissioner Hayt on Indian Police. November 1, 1877	149	(1)
Standing Bear v. Crook. May 12, 1879	150	(2)
Secretary of the Interior Schurz on Reservation Policy. November 1, 1880	152	(2)
Indian Commissioner Price on Civilizing the Indians. October 24, 1881	154	(2)
Indian Commissioner Price on Cooperation with Religious Societies. October 10, 1882	156	(1)
Report on the Mission Indians of California. October 10, 1883	156	(2)
General Sherman on the End of the Indian Problem. October 27, 1883	158	(1)
Courts of Indian Offenses. November 1, 1883	158	(2)
Ex Parte Crow Dog. December 17, 1883	160	(1)
Program of the Lake Mohonk Conference. September 1884	161	(4)
Elk v. Wilkins. November 3, 1884	165	(1)
Major Crimes Act. March 3, 1885	166	(1)
United States v. Kagama. May 10, 1886	166	(1)
Indian Commissioner Atkins on the Five Civilized Tribes. September 28, 1886	167	(3)
General Allotment Act (Dawes Act). February 8, 1887	170	(3)
Use of English in Indian Schools. September 21, 1887	173	(2)
Marriage between White Men and Indian Women. August 9, 1888	175	(1)
Indian Commissioner Morgan on Indian Policy. October 1, 1889	175	(1)
Supplemental Report on Indian Education. December 1, 1889	176	(3)
Inculcation of Patriotism in Indian Schools. December 10, 1889	179	(1)
The Board of Indian Commissioners on Civil Service Reform. January 10, 1891	180	(1)
Relief of the Mission Indians. January 12, 1891	180	(2)
Amendment to the Dawes Act. February 28, 1891	182	(2)
Civil Service Classification in the Indian Service. April 13, 1891	184	(1)
Army Officers as Indian Agents. July 13, 1892	184	(1)
Rules for Indian Courts. August 27, 1892	185	(2)
Indian School Superintendents as Indian Agents. March 3, 1893	187	(1)
Commission to the Five Civilized Tribes (Dawes Commission). March 3, 1893	187	(2)
Report of the Dawes Commission. November 20, 1894	189	(5)
Extension of Civil Service Rules. September 15, 1896	194	(1)
Curtis Act. June 28, 1898	195	(2)
Stephens v. Cherokee Nation. May 15, 1899	197	(1)
Citizenship for Indians in the Indian Territory. March 3, 1901	198	(1)
Indian Commissioner Jones on Indian Self-Support. October 15, 1901	198	(3)
Lone Wolf v. Hitchcock. January 5, 1903	201	(1)
Indian Commissioner Leupp on Indian Policy. September 30, 1905	202	(3)
Burke Act. May 8, 1906	205	(1)
Indian Commissioner Leupp on the Burke Act. September 30, 1906	206	(2)
Lacey Act. March 2, 1907	208	(1)
Indian Commissioner Leupp on Reservation Schools. September 30, 1907	208	(2)
Winters v. United States, January 6, 1908	210	(2)
Buy Indian Act. June 25, 1910	212	(1)
Indian Commissioner Valentine on Indian Health. November 1, 1910	212	(1)
Indian Commissioner Sells, A Declaration of Policy. October 15, 1917	213	(2)
Citizenship for World War I Veterans. November 6, 1919	215	(1)
Authorization of Appropriations and Expenditures for Indian Affairs (Snyder Act). November 2, 1921	215	(1)
Bursum Bill. 1922	216	(2)
Indian Citizenship Act. June 2, 1924	218	(1)
Pueblo Lands Board. June 7, 1924	218	(1)
Meriam Report. 1928	219	(3)
Johnson-O'Malley Act. April 16, 1934	222	(1)
Wheeler-Howard Act (Indian Reorganization Act). June 18, 1934	223	(2)
Indian Commissioner Collier on the Wheeler-Howard Act. 1934	225	(4)
Indian Arts and Crafts Boards. August 27, 1935	229	(1)
Oklahoma Indian Welfare Act. June 26, 1936	230	(1)
Indian Claims Commission Act. August 13, 1946	231	(2)
Definition of ``Indian Country.'' June 25, 1948	233	(1)
House Concurrent Resolution 108. August 1, 1953	234	(1)
Public Law 280. August 15, 1953	234	(1)
Termination of the Menominee Indians. June 17, 1954	235	(2)
Transfer of Indian Health Services. August 5, 1954	237	(1)
Relocation of Indians in Urban Areas. 1954	238	(1)
Senator Watkins on Termination Policy. May 1957	239	(1)
Secretary of the Interior Seaton on Termination Policy. September 19, 1958	240	(2)
Williams v. Lee. January 12, 1959	242	(1)
Native American Church v. Navajo Tribal Council. November 17, 1959	242	(1)
A Program for Indian Citizens. January 1961	243	(2)
Declaration of Indian Purpose. June 1961	245	(2)
Task Force on Indian Affairs. 1961	247	(2)
President Johnson, Special Message to Congress. March 6, 1968	249	(1)
Civil Rights Act of 1968. April 11, 1968	250	(3)
Report on Indian Education. November 3, 1969	253	(3)
President Nixon, Special Message on Indian Affairs. July 8, 1970	256	(3)
Return of Blue Lake Lands to Taos Pueblo. 1970	259	(1)
Return of the Lands. December 15, 1970	259	(1)
Remarks of President Nixon. December 15, 1970	260	(1)
Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act. December 18, 1971	260	(3)
Indian Education Act. June 23, 1972	263	(1)
Extension of Indian Preference in Employment. June 26, 1972	264	(1)
Menominee Restoration Act. December 22, 1973	265	(2)
Comprehensive Employment and Training Act. December 28, 1973	267	(1)
United States v. State of Washington. March 22, 1974	268	(1)
Indian Financing Act. April 12, 1974	269	(1)
Morton v. Mancari. June 17, 1974	270	(2)
Student Rights and Due Process Procedures. October 11, 1974	272	(1)
Establishment of the American Indian Policy Review Commission. January 2, 1975	273	(2)
Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act. January 4, 1975	275	(2)
Passamaquoddy Tribe v. Morton. January 20, 1975	277	(1)
Indian Crimes Act of 1976. May 29, 1976	278	(1)
Indian Health Care Improvement Act. September 30, 1976	279	(2)
Final Report of the American Indian Policy Review Commission. May 17, 1977	281	(3)
Establishment of Assistant Secretary---Indian Affairs. September 26, 1977	284	(1)
Oliphant v. Suquamish Indian Tribe. March 6, 1978	285	(1)
United States v. Wheeler. March 22, 1978	286	(1)
Santa Clara Pueblo v. Martinez. May 15, 1978	287	(2)
American Indian Religious Freedom. August 11, 1978	289	(1)
Federal Acknowledgment of Indian Tribes. October 2, 1978	290	(1)
Tribally Controlled Community College Assistance Act. October 17, 1978	291	(1)
Education Amendments Act of 1978: Title XI---Indian Education. November 1, 1978	292	(2)
Indian Child Welfare Act. November 8, 1978	294	(1)
Archaeological Resources Protection Act. October 31, 1979	295	(1)
United States v. Sioux Nation of Indians. June 30, 1980	296	(1)
Maine Indian Claims Settlement Act. October 10, 1980	297	(2)
Statement on Indian Health Programs. March 2, 1981	299	(2)
Indian Land Consolidation Act. January 12, 1983	301	(1)
Presidential Commission on Indian Reservation Economies, Executive Order 12401. January 14, 1983	302	(1)
Indian Policy: Statement of Ronald Reagan. January 24, 1983	302	(2)
Federal Acknowledgment of Narragansett Indian Tribe of Rhode Island. February 2, 1983	304	(2)
Water Rights of the Ak-Chin Indians. October 19, 1984	306	(1)
Report and Recommendations of the Presidential Commission on Indian Reservation Economies. November 30, 1984	306	(2)
Bureau of Indian Affairs Statement of Policy. 1984	308	(1)
Report of the Task Force on Indian Economic Development. July 1986	309	(3)
Indian Alcohol and Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act of 1986. October 27, 1986	312	(2)
California v. Cabazon Band of Mission Indians. February 25, 1987	314	(1)
Amendments to the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act. February 3, 1988	314	(1)
Report on BIA Education. March 1988	315	(3)
Lyng v. Northwest Indian Cemetery Protective Association. April 19, 1988	318	(2)
Tribally Controlled Schools Act of 1988. April 28, 1988	320	(2)
Tribal Self-Governance Demonstration Project. October 5, 1988	322	(1)
Indian Gaming Regulatory Act. October 17, 1988	322	(2)
Puyallup Tribe of Indians Settlement Act. June 21, 1989	324	(1)
National Museum of the American Indian Act. November 28, 1989	325	(2)
Employment Division, Department of Human Resources of Oregon v. Smith. April 17, 1990	327	(1)
Duro v. Reina. May 29, 1990	328	(1)
Joint Federal-State Commission on Policies and Programs Affecting Alaska Natives (Alaska Natives Commission). August 18, 1990	329	(1)
National Indian Forest Resources Management Act. November 28, 1990	330	(2)
Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act. November 16, 1990	332	(2)
Indian Arts and Crafts Act of 1990. November 29, 1990	334	(1)
Statement of George Bush on Indian Policy. June 14, 1991	335	(1)
Advisory Council on California Indian Policy. October 14, 1992	336	(1)
Indian Health Amendments of 1992. October 29, 1992	337	(2)
Designation of Alaska Tribal Entities. October 21, 1993	339	(1)
Catawba Indian Tribe of South Carolina Land Claims Settlement Act. October 27, 1993	340	(2)
Indian Tribal Justice Act. December 3, 1993	342	(1)
Remarks of President Clinton to Native American and Alaska Native Tribal Leaders. April 29, 1994	343	(3)
Government-to-Government Relations with Native American Tribal Governments. April 29, 1994	346	(1)
Distribution of Eagle Feathers for Indian Religious Purposes. April 29, 1994	347	(1)
Final Report of the Alaska Natives Commission. May 1994	347	(2)
American Indian Religious Freedom Act of 1994. October 6, 1994	349	(1)
Recognition of the Pascua Yaqui Indians as a Historic Tribe. October 14, 1994	350	(1)
American Indian Trust Management Reform Act. October 25, 1994	351	(2)
Tribal Self-Governance Act of 1994. October 25, 1994	353	(3)
Federally Recognized Indian Tribe List Act of 1994. November 2, 1994	356	(1)
Indian Sacred Sites, Executive Order 13007. May 24, 1996	357	(1)
Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act. October 26, 1996	358	(1)
The Future of the Indian Health Service: A Message from the Director. December 1996	359	(2)
Bureau of Indian Affairs Strategic Plan. September 30, 1997	361	(2)
Alaska v. Native Village of Venetie Tribal Government. February 25, 1998	363	(2)
American Indian and Alaska Native Education, Executive Order 13096. August 6, 1998	365	(2)
Minnesota v. Mille Lacs Band of Chippewa Indians. March 24, 1999	367	(1)
Federally Recognized Indian Tribes. March 3, 2000	368	(11)
Selected Bibliography	379	(4)
Index	383