Notable Politics (timeline)

1. Notable Politics (timeline) • 1804-1806; Lewis and Clark expedition encounters Native Americans • 1814; Andrew Jackson crushes Creek resistance in south • 1824; John C. Calhoun creates an Office of Indian Affairs • 1830; Indian Removal Act moves eastern Indians west of Mississippi • 1834; Congress establishes Indian Department within the Department of War • 1838; Cherokee “Trail of Tears” • 1850-1870; plains Indians cede land in exchange for reservations • 1854; Upper half of Indian territory becomes part of Kansas Territory • 1864; Cheyenne and Arapaho families massacred at Sand Creek, Colorado • 1864-1868; Navaho long walk • 1869-1876; 200 pitched battles between Indians and US Calvary • 1874-1875; Red River War • 1876; Sioux and Cheyenne defeat Custer at Little Big Horn, Montana • 1877 Nez Perce leave Idaho for Canada • 1878-1879; Northern Cheyenne escape Indian territory • 1886; Geronimo (Apache) surrenders after 15-years • 1887; Dawes Severalty Act creates allotment system • 1889; Ghost Dance • 1890; Massacre at Wounded Knee, South Dakota • 1892; Five civilized tribes granted US citizenship • 1907; Indian territory becomes eastern half of Oklahoma • 1924; citizenship Act makes Indians citizens without impairing status as tribal members; Bureau of Indian Affairs formed • 1933; Bureau of Indian Affairs reformed; sales of Indian lands halted http://www.animatedatlas.com/timeline.html; Dr Donald R. Sutherland, Bureau of Indian Affairs