Treaties with American Indians: An Encyclopedia of Rights, Conflicts, and Sovereignty fosters understanding of the complex legal and socioeconomic relationships between North American indigenous groups and their non-Native counterparts, from pre-European and early colonial periods to the present. Donald L...
The years between 1783 and 1812 saw 15 more land treaties signed in the Upper Canadian peninsula to help accommodate the tens of thousands of Loyalist refugees coming north after the American War of Independence. These treaties did not always reserve lands specifically for First Nations but included...
Sioux Indians:The Sioux are a group of Native American tribes in North America. This group consists of two major divisions based on language: the Dakota and the Lakota. Today, they reside in both Canada and the United States.Answer and Explanation: ...
[Middle Englishtretee, from Old Frenchtraite, from Latintractātus,discussion, from past participle oftractāre,to drag about, deal with; seetreat.] American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published ...
Prucha, Francis Paul.The Great Father: The United States Government and the American Indians.2 vols. Lincoln, Neb., 1984. Traces the stages of government policy toward Native Americans. Rosenne, Shabtai.Developments in the Law of Treaties, 1945–1986.Cambridge, 1989. Technical lectures on lega...
To find peace, he replied, and he showed the Mounty chief a set of medals given to his grandfather by George III for his support in the American Revolutionary War.Sitting Bull and his followers were allowed to settle in the Wood Mountain area and they were joined by other Indians from ...
Today, treatiescontinue to affirm the inherent sovereignty of American Indian nations, enabling tribal governments to maintain a nation-to-nation relationship with the United States government; manage their lands, resources, and economies; protect their people; and build a more secure future for genera...
Sign up with one click: Facebook Twitter Google Share on Facebook American Indian Movement (redirected fromTrail of Broken Treaties) Also found in:Legal,Wikipedia. American Indian Movement n (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) a militant movement or grouping of American Indians, organized in 1968 ...
This project provides a new historical and logical justification for the canons of construction used by American courts when interpreting and applying ambiguous provisions in Indian treaties and statutes concerned with Indian affairs. These canons, usually presented as a function of the federal trustee ...
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