Native Americans / edited by Donald A. Grinde, Jr.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Grinde, Donald A., 1946-

Series:

American political history series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Indians of North America--Government relations.

Indians of North America.

Indians of North America--Politics and government.

Physical Description:

xv, 399 pages : maps ; 29 cm.

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : CQ Press, [2002]

Summary:

Using both contributed essays from eminent scholars and excerpts of primary source documents with explanatory headnotes, the new reference series, American Political History, will focus on broad-based issues in American political history.

The first title in the series explores the political history of Native Americans. Through a combination of documents and analytical essays -- court cases, legislation, executive branch statements and activities -- Native Americans will explain a wide range of historical, political, and social issues that have impacted Native Americans since the founding of the United States. For example, such topics as: -- The historical and legal federal Indian policy-- Native American self-government and politics-- Social Issues like religion, women's rights, criminal justice, equal protection, welfare, and the environment-- Governing Issues such as taxation, hunting rights, water rights, property rights.

Contents:

Part I U.S.-Native American Relations

1 Native Americans and the Founding of the United States / Donald A. Grinde Jr. 3

2 The Enduring Influence of Native American Ideas on American Government / Bruce E. Johansen 11

3 Native American Self-Government and Its Impact on Democracy's Development / Bruce E. Johansen 21

4 Native American Treaties: Diplomacy and Legality / Vine Deloria Jr. 29

5 Subverting the Law of Nations: American Indian Rights and U.S. Distortions of International Legality / Ward Churchill 37

Part II The Courts and Congress

6 Native American Self-Government / Philip L. Fetzer 53

7 Native Americans and Civil Rights / Donald A. Grinde Jr. 59

8 Native Americans and Judicial Review / Philip L. Fetzer 79

9 Native Americans and Equal Protection / Carole Goldberg 83

10 Red, Black, and Divided: Federal Recognition and the Imposition of Identity on the Seminole Nation / Natsu Taylor Saito 89

11 The Indian Child Welfare Act of 1978: Barriers to Implementation and Recommendations for the Future / Carol A. Markstrom 101

12 The Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act and American Indian Religious Freedom / James Riding In 107

13 The American Indian Religious Freedom Act of 1978 / Lawrence W. Gross 117

Part III State and Federal Power

14 The Scope of State Power in American Indian Affairs / David E. Wilkins 127

15 State and Federal Law and California Indians / Jack Norton 131

Part IV Law and the Land

16 Native American Tribal Property / Stacy L. Leeds 141

17 Native American Water Rights and the Winters Doctrine (1908) / M. A. Jaimes-Guerrero 145

18 Hunting, Fishing, and Gathering Rights / Philip L. Fetzer 153

19 Tribal Governments and Environmental Protection / Dean B. Suagee 159

Part V Recent Movements

20 Indian Gaming / Philip L. Fetzer 169

21 Native American Gaming in California / Joely De La Torre 173

22 Native American Rights and the American Indian Movement / Donald A. Grinde Jr. 185

Part VI Documents

Introduction to the Documents 191

1 Northwest Territory, July 13, 1787 193

2 Establishment of the War Department, August 7, 1789 193

3 Trade and Intercourse Act, July 22, 1790 194

4 Establishment of Government Trading Houses, April 18, 1796 196

5 Trade and Intercourse Act, March 30, 1802 197

6 President Thomas Jefferson to William Henry Harrison, February 27, 1803 203

7 President Thomas Jefferson to Secretary of War Henry Dearborn, August 28, 1807 204

8 Authorization of Indian Agents, 1818 204

9 Secretary of War John C. Calhoun on Indian Trade, December 5, 1818 206

10 Civilization Fund Act, March 3, 1819 209

11 Johnson and Graham's Lessee v. William McIntosh (1823) 210

12 Creation of a Bureau of Indian Affairs in the War Department, March 11, 1824 213

13 Authorization of Treaties and Trade Regulations, May 25, 1824 214

14 Indian Removal Act, May 28, 1830 215

15 Cherokee Nation v. Georgia (1831) 217

16 Worcester v. Georgia (1832) 220

17 Authorization of a Commissioner of Indian Affairs, July 9, 1832 223

18 Indian Commissioner William Medill on Indian Territories, November 30, 1848 224

19 Treaty of Fort Laramie, September 17, 1851 227

20 Creation of an Indian Peace Commission, July 20, 1867 229

21 Treaty of Fort Laramie, April 29, 1868 231

22 Report of the Board of Indian Commissioners, November 23, 1869 238

23 Indian Commissioner Ely S. Parker on the Treaty System, December 23, 1869 242

24 President Ulysses S. Grant's Peace Policy, December 5, 1870 244

25 Cherokee Tobacco Case, December 1870 245

26 Abolition of Treaty Making, March 3, 1871 246

27 Indian Commissioner Ezra A. Hayt on Indian Police, November 1, 1877 246

28 United States ex rel. Standing Bear v. Crook (1879) 247

29 Indian Commissioner Hiram Price on Civilizing the Indians, October 24, 1881 250

30 General William T. Sherman Asserts the End of the Indian Problem, October 27, 1883 253

31 Courts of Indian Offenses, November 1, 1883 253

32 Ex Parte Crow Dog (1883) 256

33 Elk v. Wilkins (1884) 258

34 Major Crimes Act, March 3, 1885 259

35 United States v. Kagama (1886) 260

36 General Allotment Act (Dawes Act), February 8, 1887 261

37 Amendment to the General Allotment Act (Dawes Act), February 28, 1891 266

38 Commission to the Five Civilized Tribes (Dawes Commission), March 3, 1893 268

39 Report of the Dawes Commission, November 20, 1894 270

40 Curtis Act, June 28, 1898 275

41 Stephens v. Cherokee Nation (1899) 277

42 Lone Wolf v. Hitchcock (1903) 278

43 Burke Act, May 8, 1906 280

44 Lacey Act, March 2, 1907 281

45 Indian Commissioner Cato Sells, A Declaration of Policy, October 15, 1917 282

46 Indian Citizenship Act, June 2, 1924 285

47 Johnson-O'Malley Act, April 16, 1934 286

48 Wheeler-Howard Act (Indian Reorganization Act), June 18, 1934 287

49 Indian Commissioner John Collier on the Wheeler-Howard Act, 1934 291

50 Indian Claims Commission Act, August 13, 1946 296

51 House Concurrent Resolution 108, August 1, 1953 298

52 Public Law 83-280, August 15, 1953 299

53 Termination of the Menominee Indians, June 17, 1954 300

54 Transfer of Indian Health Services, August 5, 1954 303

55 Relocation of American Indians to Urban Areas, 1954 304

56 Native American Church v. Navajo Tribal Council (1959) 306

57 Declaration of Indian Purpose, June 1961 307

58 President Lyndon B. Johnson, Special Message to Congress, March 6, 1968 310

59 Civil Rights Act, April 11, 1968 313

60 Return of Blue Lake Lands to Taos Pueblo, 1970 318

61 Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, December 18, 1971 321

62 Menominee Restoration Act, December 22, 1973 325

63 American Indian Religious Freedom Act, August 11, 1978 328

64 Indian Child Welfare Act, November 8, 1978 329

65 Lyng v. Northwest Indian Cemetery Protective Association (1988) 330

66 Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act, November 16, 1990 350

67 American Indian Religious Freedom Act Amendments, January 25, 1994 362

68 Bureau of Indian Affairs Apology, September 8, 2000 365

1 Indian Land Cessations, 1784-1809 379

2 Indian Land Cessations, 1820-1829 380

3 Indian Land Cessations, 1860-1869 381

4 Indian Reservations in the Continental United States, 2002 382.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1568026838

OCLC:

49744605