There were many federal policies put into place throughout American history that have impacted Indian people and shape who they are today. Much of Indian history can be related through several major federal policy periods:
- Colonization Period
- Removal
- Treaty Period
- Allotment Period
- Boarding School Period
- Tribal Reorganization / Indian Reorganization Act
- Termination
- Self-determination
Introduction
Videos
Indian Land and Federal Policy - Maylinn Smith
Colonial Law - Elizabeth Cook Lynn
Northern Cheyenne Removal to Oklahoma - Richard Little Bear
Removal of the Bitterroot Salish - Louis Adams
Executive Order Reservation - Sam Windy Boy Jr
Federal Recognition through Petition - Russell Boham
The Dawes Act and Blood Quantum - Shane Doyle
Federal Policy & Disparate Ethnic Groups - Everall Fox
Assimilation and the Dawes Act - Vernon Finley
Homesteading on the Flathead Reservation - Vernon Finley
The 1887 Dawes Act - Richard Little Bear
Going to School - Nadine Morsette
Boarding School Period - Everall Fox
A Gros Ventre at Boarding School - Emory Champagne
1934 IRA and Gros Ventre Government - Everall Fox
1934 Indian Reorganization Act and its effect on Leadership - Vernon Finley
Depression Era - Richard Little Bear
1934 IRA and Cheyenne Government - Richard Little Bear
Termination: The Selling of Identity - Vernon Finley
Termination - Richard Little Bear
Tribal Lands and Sovereignty - Julie Cajune
Indian Gaming - Shane Doyle
NAGPRA - Shane Doyle
Self-determination and the Indian Claims Commission - Vernon Finley
Allotment: Is the Fort Peck Reservation Allotted? - Robert Four Star
IRA and the Assiniboine - Robert Four Star
Relocation and the Assiniboine - Robert Four Star
A Different Kind of Boarding School Experience - Charlotte Kelley