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The Avalon Project: Treaties Between the United States and Native Americans; Cherokee Nation v. the State of Georgia Archived December 2, 2003, at the Wayback Machine, 1831; Prygoski, Philip J. From Marshall to Marshall: The Supreme Court's Changing Stance on Tribal Sovereignty; From War to Self Determination, the Bureau of Indian Affairs
Treaty-making between various Native American governments and the United States officially concluded on March 3, 1871 with the passing of the United States Code Title 25, Chapter 3, Subchapter 1, Section 71 (25 U.S.C. § 71). Pre-existing treaties were grandfathered, and further agreements were made under domestic law.
John EchoHawk , Native American attorney, founder of the Native American Rights Fund, and a leading member of the Native American self-determination movement. Larry EchoHawk , head of the United States Bureau of Indian Affairs, Attorney General of Idaho from 1991 to 1995.
Pages in category "United States and Native American treaties" The following 117 pages are in this category, out of 117 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The Greenville Treaty line in Ohio and Indiana Map showing treaties in Indiana. 1899 map of Indian Land cessions in Illinois. During the first half of the 19th century, several treaties were concluded between the United States of America and the Native American tribe of the Potawatomi.
States with no federally recognized tribes are marked in gray. Federally recognized tribes are those Native American tribes recognized by the United States Bureau of Indian Affairs as holding a government-to-government relationship with the US federal government. [1] For Alaska Native tribes, see list of Alaska Native tribal entities.
Native American civil rights are the civil rights of Native Americans in the United States.Native Americans are citizens of their respective Native nations as well as of the United States, and those nations are characterized under United States law as "domestic dependent nations", a special relationship that creates a tension between rights retained via tribal sovereignty and rights that ...
This is a list of U.S. Supreme Court cases involving Native American Tribes.Included in the list are Supreme Court cases that have a major component that deals with the relationship between tribes, between a governmental entity and tribes, tribal sovereignty, tribal rights (including property, hunting, fishing, religion, etc.) and actions involving members of tribes.