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The primary goal of Grant's Indian policy was to have Native Americans assimilated into white culture, education, language, religion, and citizenship, that was designed to break Indian reliance on their own tribal, nomadic, hunting, and religious lifestyles.
Lucy Covington , activist for Native American emancipation. [7] Mary Dann and Carrie Dann (Western Shoshone) were spiritual leaders, ranchers, and cultural, spiritual rights and land rights activists. Joe DeLaCruz , Native American leader in Washington, U.S., president for 22 years of the Quinault Tribe of the Quinault Reservation.
Grant's Native American policy was to assimilate Indians into Anglo-American culture. In Grant's foreign policy, the Alabama Claims against Britain were peacefully resolved, but the Senate rejected Grant's annexation of Santo Domingo. In the disputed 1876 presidential election, Grant facilitated the approval by Congress of a peaceful compromise.
Title III—Technology For Education Title IV—Safe And Drug-Free Schools And Communities Title V--Promoting Equity Title VI—Innovative Education Program Strategies Title VII—Bilingual Education, Language Enhancement, And Language Acquisition Programs Title VIII—Impact Aid Title IX—Indian, Native Hawaiian, And Alaska Native Education
Shortly after Grant took office as president in March 1869, he appointed Parker as Commissioner of Indian Affairs. [13] He was the first Native American to hold the office. [13] Parker became the chief architect of President Grant's Peace Policy in relation to the Native Americans in the West. [14]
Native American policy of the Barack Obama administration; Native American policy of the Richard Nixon administration; Native American policy of the Ulysses S. Grant administration; Native American recognition in the United States; Native American self-determination
More recent legislation to protect Native American religious practices, for instance, points to major changes in government policy. Similarly the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act of 1990 was another recognition of the special nature of Native American culture and federal responsibility to protect it.
Native American Law Research Guide (Georgetown Law Library) [6] Tribal Law Gateway [7] Native American Constitution and Law Digitization Project; American Indian Law Center, Inc. American Indian Policy Center; Bureau of Indian Affairs, U.S. Department of the Interior; National Congress of American Indians; National American Indian Court Judges ...