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Complaints may be made before a Justice of the Peace, by white persons or Indians: but in no case shall a white man be convicted on any offence upon the testimony of an Indian. 9. If any tribe or village of Indians refuse or neglect to obey the laws set by the Justices of the Peace , the Justice of the Peace may punish the guilty chiefs or ...
After the United States became independent, it enacted legislation to regulate trading with the Indians/Native Americans, under the Indian Intercourse Act, first passed on July 22, 1790. Later the Bureau of Indian Affairs, which was then part of the War Department, issued licenses to traders in the Native Territory. Under removal, the largest ...
Indian Agent Benjamin Hawkins demonstrating European methods of farming to Creek (Muscogee) on his Georgia plantation situated along the Flint River, 1805. The most important facet of the foreign policy of the newly independent United States was primarily concerned with devising a policy to deal with the various Native American tribes it bordered.
See Executive orders of Dec. 27, 1875, May 3, 1877, August 25, 1877, and September 29, 1877 Hupa et al. 6-23-1876 Ca-2 461 886 Executive Order President proclaims the boundaries of Hoopa Valley reservation as one of the reserves authority by act of Apr. 8, 1864. This reserve was established Aug. 21, 1864 by Superintendent Wiley Round Valley Indians
The Indian Removal Act resulted in the transplantation of several Native American tribes and the Trail of Tears. In 1830, Congress passed the Indian Removal Act, which authorized the president to negotiate treaties that exchanged Native American tribal lands in the eastern states for lands west of the Mississippi River. [60]
So in honor of the 228th anniversary of the signing of the U.S. Constitution, we take a look at some things you might not have known about the birthday of the American government.
Image credits: factz.unheard However, it’s not just the average person who might find some weather phenomena puzzling or surprising. These experts also admit being bewildered by some things that ...
The courts have found few legal differences between the five versions of the act. [1] For example, three dissenting justices in South Carolina v. Catawba Indian Tribe (1986) noted that the 1793 Act expanded the scope of the 1790 Act by applying the prohibition not only to lands but "claims". [2] The original act, passed on July 22, 1790, provides: