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Indian Treaties in the United States - An Encyclopedia and Documents Collection (Hardcover)
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Indian Treaties in the United States - An Encyclopedia and Documents Collection (Hardcover)
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This book examines the treaties that promised self-government,
financial assistance, cultural protections, and land to the more
than 565 tribes of North America (including Alaska, Hawaii, and
Canada). Prior to contact with Europeans and, later, Americans,
American Indian treaties assumed unique dimensions, often involving
lengthy ceremonial meetings during which gifts were exchanged.
Europeans and Americans would irrevocably alter the ways in which
treaties were negotiated: for example, treaties no longer
constituted oral agreements but rather written documents, though
both parties generally lacked understanding of the other's culture.
The political consequences of treaty negotiations continue to
define the legal status of the more than 565 federally recognized
tribes today. These and other aspects of treaty-making will be
explored in this single-volume work, which serves to fill a gap in
the study of both American history and Native American history. The
history of treaty making covers a wide historical swath dating from
the earliest treaty in 1788 to latest one negotiated in 1917.
Despite the end of formal treaties largely by the end of the 19th
century, Native relations with the federal government continued on
with the move to reservations and later formal land allotment under
the Dawes Act of 1887.
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