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Nancy D. Stancel U.S. Federal Indian policy June 23, 2001

Nancy D. Stancel U.S. Federal Indian policy June 23, 2001. Major Legislative Acts. United States Constitution (based on the) Articles of Confederation Indian Removal Act of 1830 General Allotment Act of 1887 or The Dawes Act The Citizenship Act of 1924

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Nancy D. Stancel U.S. Federal Indian policy June 23, 2001

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  1. Nancy D. Stancel U.S. Federal Indian policy June 23, 2001

  2. Major Legislative Acts • United States Constitution (based on the) Articles of Confederation • Indian Removal Act of 1830 • General Allotment Act of 1887 or The Dawes Act • The Citizenship Act of 1924 • Indian Reorganization Act (1928) or the Meriam Report, "The Problem of Indian Administration.”

  3. Major Legislative Acts (Cont.) • Freedom from Federal Supervision Act (1953) • Criminal Offenses and Civil Causes, State Jurisdiction Act (1953) • Indian Civil Rights Act of 1968 • Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act of 1975 • Major Crimes Act (1988)

  4. Major Legislative Acts (cont.) • American Indian Religious Freedom Act (1994) • Native American Graves Protection & Repatriation Act of 1990, amended 1996 • Native American Languages Act of 1990, amended 1996 • Statutes at Large, Vol.7, 1789-1846 (Treaties)

  5. The Fight for Huron Cemetery • 1842 – Wynadotte relocate to Kansas • Wyandotte migration 1844, 200+ Indians die from disease • Treaty of 1848- Delaware tribe sells Wynadottes land, also Huron Cemetery • Treaty of 1855 – dissolved tribal status, took land except for Huron Cemetery. • Indians buried in Huron Cemetery

  6. Lydia Conley – 1st Indian woman to argue before the US Supreme Court • Conley sisters take over cemetery • L. Conley admitted to Kansas Bar in 1910 • L. Conley argues case in US Supreme Ct. Cemetery is saved.

  7. End of the Trail ! (Ron Mitchell-Cherokee, 2001?)

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