Encyclopedia entry: Indian Treaties

Article: The Power of Promises: Rethinking Indian Treaties ...
Oregon Historical Quarterly;  December 22, 2009 ;     700+ words ...THE POWER OF PROMISES: RETHINKING INDIAN TREATIES IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST edited by Alexandra Harmon foreword ... analyzing the tribal land-loss era. In the United States and Canada, local governments attempted to ignore national policy and ...

Article: Indian Treaties, Colonial
Dictionary of American History;      700+ words ...INDIAN TREATIES, COLONIAL INDIAN TREATIES, COLONIAL. One of the most striking features of the American ... x2014; — — . "British Colonial Indian Treaties." In Handbook of North American Indians. Edited by William ...

Article: American Indian Treaties: The History of a ...
The American Indian Quarterly;  January 1, 1995 ;     700+ words ... ... at the opportunity to do a book on Indian treaties until the present time. How can federal ... published a volume titled American Indian Treaties, The History of a Political Anomaly ... happens that I have also been studying Indian treaties and hope to have a multivolume set ...

Article: American Indian Treaties: The History of a ...
Canadian Journal of History;  December 1, 1995 ;     700+ words ... ... identified the very nature of that relationship. American Indian Treaties is an attempt to examine the nature of the federal-Indian ... to date. By communicating the historical significance of Indian treaties in terms of recent court battles and other federal and state ...

Article: How is the hour; court interpretations of Indian ...
Outdoor Life;  September 1, 1985 ;     700+ words ... ... controversial and emotionally charged subject of amending Indian treaties to prevent the uncontrolled killing of wild animals has ... known, now is the time to speak. Court interpretations of Indian treaties in recent years have left fish and wildlife open to abuse ...

Encyclopedia entry: Indian Treaties and Congresses
The Oxford Companion to American Military History;      700+ words ...Indian Treaties and Congresses. Treaties, although often broken and usually seen as expeditious and economical methods of relieving Native Americans ...

Article: Sen. Gorton and the Indian Treaties
The Washington Post;  September 20, 1995 ;     700+ words ... ... lands of native people and maintain them as "permanent tribal homelands." These commitments were undertaken in numerous Indian treaties negotiated by federal officials to secure a cessation of warfare and to legalize the conveyance of millions of acres of ...