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Defining Documents in American History: Native Americans (1451-2017)

Chronological List

1451: Iroquois Thanksgiving Address 3 1493: Christopher Columbus: Letter to Raphael Sanxis on the Discovery of America 11 1624: John Smith: The Generall Historie of Virginia 23 1682: Narrative of the Captivity and Restoration of Mrs. Mary Rowlandson 33 1811: Appeal to Choctaws and Chickasaws 42 1829: Memorial to Congress 47 March 5, 1831: Cherokee Nation v. Georgia 51 March 23, 1832: Worcester v. Georgia 58 1864-1865: Battle of Sand Creek: Editorials and Congressional Testimony 65 April 29, 1868: Treaty of Fort Laramie 85 May 30, 1868: Status Report on the Condition of the Navajos 93 July 4, 1876: Accounts of the Battle of Little Bighorn 99 September 1884: Address of the Lake Mohonk Conference on Indian Affairs 104 1886 (published 1906): The Surrender of Geronimo 143 February 8, 1887: Dawes Severalty Act 109 1888: Trouble on the Paiute Reservation 119 ca. January 1889; June 20, 1890: The Ghost Dance Religion – Wovoka’s “Messiah Letter” and Z.A. Parker’s “The Ghost Dance Among the Lakota” 150 1891: Wounded Knee Massacre: Statements and Eyewitness Accounts 123 1902: Charles Eastman: Indian Boyhood 135 1907: Edward S. Curtis: Introduction to The North American Indian 157 November 30, 1934: A New Deal for American Indians 163 March 6, 1942: Letter Recommending Navajo Enlistment 167 April 11, 1968: Indian Civil Rights Act 171 1969: Indians of All Tribes Occupation of Alcatraz: Proclamation 177 1972: “Trail of Broken Treaties” Twenty-Point Position Paper 182 ca. 1974: American Indian Movement—National Operational Goal 188 January 4, 1975: President Gerald Ford’s Statement on Signing the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act of 1975 193 August 11, 1978: American Indian Religious Freedom Act 197 November 15, 1990: Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act 205 October 10, 2016 and October 11, 2017: Summary of Letter Requesting Further Review of the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL) and Memorandum Opinion re. Vacatur 211

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Chronological List. Defining Documents in American History: Native Americans (1451-2017), In M. Shally-Jensen (Ed.), Salem Press, 2017. Salem Online, online.salempress.com/articleDetails.do?articleName=DDNative_0039.
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