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== American | == American Policies Towards Native Americans == | ||
The policies of European settlers who settled North America towards native Americans has changed significantly over time. Laws have been passed and policies established with the intent to aid the American Indians or to move them out of the way of the "progress" of the non-Indian population. Some of the laws have supposedly created rights for the American Indian population, either as a body or as individuals. Some of these laws specified the recording of information about individual members of tribes. Some required Indians to give up their association with their native groups before they were allowed certain rights and thus recorded in records outside the designation as American Indians. | The policies of European settlers who settled North America towards native Americans has changed significantly over time. Laws have been passed and policies established with the intent to aid the American Indians or to move them out of the way of the "progress" of the non-Indian population. Some of the laws have supposedly created rights for the American Indian population, either as a body or as individuals. Some of these laws specified the recording of information about individual members of tribes. Some required Indians to give up their association with their native groups before they were allowed certain rights and thus recorded in records outside the designation as American Indians. | ||
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Some of the significant general laws passed by the federal government of the United States which have affected the records of the American Indians include the following. Of course, the [[American Indian Treaties with the United States|treaties]] between the government and the individual tribes also had a great impact upon the relationships between the specific tribe and the government, and also influenced the records kept.<br> | Some of the significant general laws passed by the federal government of the United States which have affected the records of the American Indians include the following. Of course, the [[American Indian Treaties with the United States|treaties]] between the government and the individual tribes also had a great impact upon the relationships between the specific tribe and the government, and also influenced the records kept.<br> | ||
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=== 1830 - Indian Removal Act === | === 1830 - Indian Removal Act === | ||
The [http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/ampage?collId=llsl&fileName=004/llsl004.db&recNum=458 Indian Removal Act] authorized the President to negotiate treaties to remove the remaining Eastern Indians to lands west of the Mississippi . Under Presidents Andrew Jackson and Martin Van Buren, most of the tribes remaining east of the Mississippi were removed in a series of migrations, some voluntary and some forced. By the late 1840's almost all native Americans had been moved to lands west of the Mississippi. Census records prior to the removal of some tribes were made. Muster lists or removal rolls of those removed by the United States Army also were created for some of the removals.<br> | The [http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/ampage?collId=llsl&fileName=004/llsl004.db&recNum=458 Indian Removal Act] authorized the President to negotiate treaties to remove the remaining Eastern Indians to lands west of the Mississippi . Under Presidents Andrew Jackson and Martin Van Buren, most of the tribes remaining east of the Mississippi were removed in a series of migrations, some voluntary and some forced. By the late 1840's almost all native Americans had been moved to lands west of the Mississippi. Census records prior to the removal of some tribes were made. Muster lists or removal rolls of those removed by the United States Army also were created for some of the removals.<br> | ||
=== 1860 - 1890's - Plains Indians Wars === | === 1860 - 1890's - Plains Indians Wars === | ||
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=== 1924 - Indian Citizenship Act === | === 1924 - Indian Citizenship Act === | ||
The [http://digital.library.okstate.edu/kappler/vol4/html_files/v4p1165.html Indian Citizenship Act], also known as the Snyder Act, (43 Stat. 253) granted American citizenship to all Indians born in the United States. About 2/3 of the Indian population had already acquired citizenship through other means, but this granted that status to the rest. | The [http://digital.library.okstate.edu/kappler/vol4/html_files/v4p1165.html Indian Citizenship Act], also known as the Snyder Act, (43 Stat. 253) granted American citizenship to all Indians born in the United States. About 2/3 of the Indian population had already acquired citizenship through other means, but this granted that status to the rest. | ||
=== 1934 - Wheeler-Howard or Indian Reorganization Act === | === 1934 - Wheeler-Howard or Indian Reorganization Act === | ||