Major Legislative Acts:
Major Legislative Acts United States Constitution (based on the) Articles of Confederation
Indian Removal Act of 1830
General Allotment Act of 1887 or The Dawes Act
The Citizenship Act of 1924
Indian Reorganization Act (1928) or the Meriam Report, "The Problem of Indian Administration.”
Major Legislative Acts (Cont.):
Major Legislative Acts (Cont.) Freedom from Federal Supervision Act (1953)
Criminal Offenses and Civil Causes, State Jurisdiction Act (1953)
Indian Civil Rights Act of 1968
Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act of 1975
Major Crimes Act (1988)
Major Legislative Acts (cont.):
Major Legislative Acts (cont.) American Indian Religious Freedom Act (1994)
Native American Graves Protection & Repatriation Act of 1990, amended 1996
Native American Languages Act of 1990, amended 1996
Statutes at Large, Vol.7, 1789-1846 (Treaties)
The Fight for Huron Cemetery:
The Fight for Huron Cemetery 1842 – Wynadotte relocate to Kansas
Wyandotte migration 1844, 200+ Indians die from disease
Treaty of 1848- Delaware tribe sells Wynadottes land, also Huron Cemetery
Treaty of 1855 – dissolved tribal status, took land except for Huron Cemetery.
Indians buried in Huron Cemetery
Lydia Conley – 1st Indian woman to argue before the US Supreme Court:
Conley sisters take over cemetery
L. Conley admitted to Kansas Bar in 1910
L. Conley argues case in US Supreme Ct. Cemetery is saved. Lydia Conley – 1st Indian woman to argue before the US Supreme Court
End of the Trail !:
End of the Trail !
(Ron Mitchell-Cherokee, 2001?)