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

Table of Contents

Publisher’s Note




Editor’s Introduction




Contributors




Early Encounters and Conflicts




Iroquois Thanksgiving Address




Christopher Columbus: Letter to Raphael Sanxis on the Discovery of America




John Smith: The Generall Historie of Virginia




Narrative of the Captivity and Restoration of Mrs. Mary Rowlandson




Appeal to Choctaws and Chickasaws




Memorial to Congress




Cherokee Nation v. Georgia




Worcester v. Georgia




Western Wars and Aftermaths




Battle of Sand Creek: Editorials and Congressional Testimony




Treaty of Fort Laramie




Status Report on the Condition of the Navajos




Accounts of the Battle of Little Bighorn




Address of the Lake Mohonk Conference on Indian Affairs




Dawes Severalty Act




Trouble on the Paiute Reservation




Wounded Knee Massacre: Statements and Eyewitness Accounts




New Lives and Circumstances




Charles Eastman: Indian Boyhood




The Surrender of Geronimo




The Ghost Dance Religion – Wovoka’s “Messiah Letter” and Z.A. Parker’s “The Ghost Dance Among the Lakota”




Edward S. Curtis: Introduction to The North American Indian




A New Deal for American Indians




Letter Recommending Navajo Enlistment




Indian Civil Rights Act




Indians of All Tribes Occupation of Alcatraz: Proclamation




“Trail of Broken Treaties” Twenty-Point Position Paper




American Indian Movement—National Operational Goal




President Gerald Ford’s Statement on Signing the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act of 1975




American Indian Religious Freedom Act




Later Developments




Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act




Summary of Letter Requesting Further Review of the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL) and Memorandum Opinion re. Vacatur




Chronological List




Web Resources




Bibliography