The Indian Intercourse Act

American Indians have been discriminated against since the Europeans came to North America. They were driven from their homes and forced to surrender their land. They tried to build an alliance with France during the Revolutionary war, but ultimately they were defeated by the English. From then on, they were referred to as “savages”. The Proclamation of 1763 tried to separate the Native American land from the American colonial land. In the end, the American Indians lost their land and were forced to occupy smaller land areas, referred to as reservations, which were given to them through treaties. In 1979, a report from America’s Compliance with Human Rights Accords stated that

There has been much documentation on the plight of Native Americans throughout the beginnings of this nation. In spite of the attempts by the early government of the United States, the culture of many Native American tribes has survived and even flourished. The Dawes Severalty Act of 1887 is just one of many examples of how our government attempted to wipe out Native American culture. This paper will discuss the Dawes Act, particularly the time leading up to the act, the act itself, and finally its failure. By understanding the past failures in the treatment of a particular race of people, the government can learn how to protect the rights of all people, especially in a day and age of cultural diversity.

As time went on and European and eventually American influence spread across the country, Tribes began to feel their sovereignty threatned as they could no longer deal with wrongdoers on their land the same way they did in the past. The Federal Government began intrude onto Indian Land. In 1817 the U.S passed the General Crimes Act1, whcih gave the Federal Government jurisdiction in Indian Country when a crime was commited if either the victim or derfendent was a non-Native. Then, in 1885, the U.S passed the Major Crimes Act2 which gave the Federal Government jurisdiction in Indian Country over major crimes, such as murder, when the defendent was a Native.

Indian Removal (Zinn Chapter 7) Once the white men decided that they wanted lands belonging to the Native Americans (Indians), the United States Government did everything in its power to help the white men acquire Indian land. The US Government did everything from turning a blind eye to passing legislature requiring the Indians to give up their land (see Indian Removal Bill of 1828). Aided by his bias against the Indians, General Jackson set the Indian removal into effect in the war of 1812 when he battled the great Tecumseh and conquered him. Then General, later to become President, Jackson began the later Indian Removal movement when he conquered Tecumseh¹s allied Indian nation and began distributing

Thesis: The Indian Act effectively required Aboriginals to give up large amounts of land and rights followed by moving onto reserves. It negatively changed the lives of many Indian men and women who married non-status Aboriginals and harshly withdrew Aboriginal children from their families and put them into residential schools for the purposes assimilation. The Indian Act was known for creating an atrocious life for Indians.

During the end of the nineteenth century, the United States had formed policies which reduced land allotted to Native Americans. By enforcing these laws as well as Anglo-American ideals, the United States compromised indigenous people’s culture and ability to thrive in its society.

I have decided to dive into the depths of the American Indians and the reasoning behind all of the poverty and the oppression of the “white man.” In doing so I came across a couple of questions that I would like to answer. A). How did the Indian Removal Act of 1830 affect Native American culture, financial status, health, and B). Identity and how is life on the reservation oppressive for the Native Americans?

The Indian Removal act occurred due to the boom in the cotton industry causing Southerners to desire for more land and gold lying upon Indian’s land. Jackson labeled them as savage and ransome and stated their taking up land for white settlers. The Indian Removal act caused many white settlers to encourage Indians into signing removal treaties in order to gain the land they want. Many tribes declined this treaty

The Indian Removal Act was signed into law on May 28th 1930 during the presidency of Andrew Jackson. Perhaps best known as the black eye of the administration and overshadowing his presidency’s accomplishments, the Indian Removal Act was passed into law to allow the president to negotiate with Indians to purchase land they occupied and offer them lands west of the Mississippi. The Indian Removal Act of 1830 could also amount to pure greed and racism, the beginning of the arrogance of Americans in the belief that we deserve to take something just because we want it.

America had standing treaties with Native tribes and regardless on the disagreement between the Americans way of life and the Native’s treaties cannot just be dissolved at whim (document A). The Cherokees have made many extreme efforts to assimilate to us culture. They even went so far to create a constitution that designed a government that resembled the US’s immensely. Which gives them the right to be dealt with like any other foreign nation (document E).in the simplest plea Natives are members of the human family who act by human nature just as Americans do (document C). The southern tribes are human being that did not get the basic right that they should have as Foreign nations should, making their removal

The Indian Removal Act in 1830 was a relocation of the Indians from the eastern part of the United States to the West. President Andrew Jackson provided federal land for the Indians, west of the Mississippi River. Many people debate whether Jackson’s decision to remove the Indians was ethical. I believe Jackson used his decision to remove the Indians to prevent further conflict; he then was generous to allow them to make a profit off their land, and provided a place where the Indians could function as their own nation.

In 1830, under President Andrew Jackson, Congress passed the Indian Removal Act. The purpose of this act was to relocate the Indian inhabitants of the southeastern states to a designated Indian Territory west of the Mississippi and eventually eliminate the Indian population from their homeland. Although the act did not provide authority to remove the tribes by force, military action was utilized to carry out the removal. The consequences for the Native American tribes were devastating as well as long lasting.

The Indian Intercourse Act of 1790 was one action the U.S. government utilized to obtain land from the Native Americans. The Indian Intercourse Act was a way to obtian Indian land legally through a treaty endorsed by congress. The Act permitted Native American leaders to relinquish land in return for goods, annuity payments and guarantee’s that no other demands would be made. White settlers were able to obtain many areas of tribal land due this Act (Nash, 2007, p. 255-256). The U.S. government promoted the assimilation of Native Americans into the white society. The spread of Christianity was promoted with the blessing from the government, missionaries traveled to Native American territories to spread the word of God and to teach them about

The Indian removal Acts was an event that that occurred while Andrew Jackson was president. This man created a national policy that removed Indians who remained in the East part of the Mississippi by force. From this event, the United States was able to acquire more materials and resources because they didn’t have other citizens to think about. They were also able to gain more area for settlers to start farming since it was very popular in the south and west. Yes, this event was very tragic in many ways, including the way the government decided to remove the natives, but without this event taking place, Indians still could be in control of the land the the United States held dearly.

Congressman Evarts, one of the strongest advocates for the Indians in congress said that the act “is a measure fraught with extreme danger and responsibility and destined to bring upon [the United States] the guilt and shame of oppressing the weak, robbing the poor, and violating