The Indian Removal Act of 1830 was signed into law on May 28, 1830, by United States President Andrew Jackson. The law, as described by Congress, provided...
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many scholars have labeled a genocide. The Indian Removal Act of 1830, the key law which authorized the removal of Native tribes, was signed into law by...
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Trail of Tears (redirect from Trail of Indian Tears)
newly designated Indian Territory west of the Mississippi River after the passage of the Indian Removal Act in 1830. The Cherokee removal in 1838 was the...
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Andrew Jackson (section Indian Removal Act)
1828, defeating Adams in a landslide. In 1830, he signed the Indian Removal Act. This act, which has been described as ethnic cleansing, displaced tens...
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under pressure by settlers in many regions to expel Indians from their areas. The Indian Removal Act of 1830 stated the "authorizing of the President to...
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for Indians in the territory of the present United States." The United States put forward another act when "Congress passed the Indian Removal Act in 1830"...
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Jeremiah Evarts (section Battle against Indian removal)
and activist for the rights of American Indians in the United States, and a leading opponent of the Indian removal policy of the United States government...
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19th-century policy of Indian removal. After the American Civil War (1861–1865), the policy of the U.S. government was one of assimilation. Indian Territory later...
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Indian removals in Indiana followed a series of the land cession treaties made between 1795 and 1846 that led to the removal of most of the native tribes...
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continued to be reduced through policies like the Indian Removal Act of 1830 and later the Dawes Act, which undermined communal landholding. In the 20th...
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Native Americans in the United States (redirect from Native American Indian)
continued to be reduced through policies like the Indian Removal Act of 1830 and later the Dawes Act, which undermined communal landholding. A justification...
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military, under the Indian Removal Act, moved the other 15,000 Cherokees to west of the Mississippi River in the late 1830s, to Indian Territory. Those Cherokees...
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justified the violent expansion westward, leading to the passage of the Indian Removal Act of 1830 and armed clashes. The dehumanization and demonization of...
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Miccosukee (redirect from Miccosukee Tribe of Indians of Florida)
represented the Indians during treaty negotiations did not represent all of the bands living in Florida at that time. Following the Indian Removal Act of 1830...
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newly designated Indian Territory west of the Mississippi River after the passage of the Indian Removal Act in 1830. The Cherokee removal in 1838 (the last...
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Cherokee (redirect from Cherokee Indian)
prior to Indian removal. They are related to the Cherokee who were later forcibly relocated there in the 1830s under the Indian Removal Act. The Eastern...
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Shawnee (redirect from Shawnee Indian)
the U.S. federal government forcibly removed them under the 1830 Indian Removal Act to areas west of the Mississippi River; these lands would eventually...
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history." Opening only one year before the passage of Andrew Jackson’s Indian Removal Act, Metamora’s depiction of a scorned and violent savage against English...
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the Office of Indian Affairs, which coordinated Indian removal and other policies related to Native Americans. By signing the Judiciary Act of 1837, Jackson...
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Muscogee (redirect from Creek Indian Confederation)
Jackson signed the legislation into law June 30, 1830. Following the Indian Removal Act, in 1832 the Creek National Council signed the Treaty of Cusseta,...
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many of the policies of President Andrew Jackson, especially the Indian Removal Act. Crockett's opposition to Jackson's policies led to his defeat in...
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nations removed to present-day Oklahoma, a process ordered by the Indian Removal Act of 1830 and known as the Trail of Tears, and many Midwestern nations...
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feelings resulted in the Indian Removal Act, when Congress authorized President Andrew Jackson to take land away from Indians and give them land in the...
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Tribal sovereignty in the United States (redirect from Indian sovereignty)
accelerated its westward expansion, internal political pressure grew for "Indian removal", but the pace of treaty-making grew regardless. The Civil War forged...
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Alabama despite the Indian Removal Act of 1830, by which the majority of the tribe ceded their land and were forcibly moved to Indian Territory, west of...
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determined to pave the way for American settlers. In 1830, he signed the Indian Removal Act, by which he offered Native Americans land in unsettled areas west...
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The Cherokee removal (May 25, 1838 – 1839), part of the Indian removal, refers to the forced displacement of an estimated 15,500 Cherokees and 1,500 African-American...
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seventh President, as an emo rock star and focuses on populism, the Indian Removal Act, and his relationship with his wife Rachel. The show opens when the...
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Native American name controversy (redirect from Red Indian)
fall under the "First Nations" category. Status Indian remains a legal designation because of the Indian Act. Europeans at the time of Christopher Columbus's...
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Deportation (redirect from Administrative removal)
Flight and expulsion of Germans (1944–50) Impediment to expulsion Indian Removal Act Israelite deportation June deportation Operation Priboi Penal transportation...
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