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The Act for the Government and Protection of Indians (Chapter 133, Cal. Stats., April 22, 1850), nicknamed the Indian Indenture Act was enacted by the first session of the California State Legislature and signed into law by the 1st Governor of California, Peter Hardeman Burnett.
The Act for the Government and Protection of Indians was passed in California in 1850, It provided that: "White persons or proprietors could apply to the Justice of Peace for the removal of Indians from lands in the white person's possession" [21] "Any person could go before a Justice of Peace to obtain Indian children for indenture.
California also amended the Act for the Government and Protection of the Indians (1850) which expanded the permitted length of indentured servitude, revoked the requirement for parental consent, and permitted the indenture of “orphaned” children. [6] During this time, the Nome Cult Farm was renamed Round Valley Reservation.
The Indian indenture system was a system of indentured servitude, by which more than 1.6 million workers [1] from British India were transported to labour in European colonies, as a substitute for slave labour, following the abolition of the trade in the early 19th century.
The Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), also known as Indian Affairs (IA), [2] is a United States federal agency within the Department of the Interior.It is responsible for implementing federal laws and policies related to Native Americans and Alaska Natives, and administering and managing over 55,700,000 acres (225,000 km 2) of reservations held in trust by the U.S. federal government for ...
But only about 15% of federal employees work in the nation's capital, according to the U.S. Office of Personnel Management. The remaining 85% are spread across big cities like Dallas and state ...
The controller’s office has yet to publish a letter with instructions for how to implement raises for the bargaining units represented by the largest union in state civil service, SEIU Local ...
The Indian Citizenship Act of 1924 became law 100 years ago. ... Tribal leaders gathered Saturday afternoon at the World Peace Rose Garden at the California state Capitol to commemorate the ...