NATIVE AMERICAN

The Native American History

In the fifteenth century, when European settlers began to arrive in North America, the continent was richly populated with Native American communities.

Cherokee Indians forced on thousand-mile march to the established Indian Territory. Approximately 4,000 Cherokees die on this "Trail of Tears."

Thousands of Navajo Indians endure the "Long Walk," a three-hundred mile forced march from a Southwest Indian territory to Fort Sumner, New Mexico

1864

1838

1492

.Congress passes the Removal Act, forcing Native Americans to settle in Indian Territory west of the Mississippi River

1830

1786

The U.S. establishes first Native American reservation and policy of dealing with each tribe as an independent nation

A clause in the 14th Amendment "excluding Indians not taxed" prevents Native-American men from receiving the right to vote

President Calvin Coolidge signs a bill granting Native Americans full citizenship.

The Bureau of Indian Affairs begins selling 1.6 million acres of Native American land to developers.

1924

1952

1868

Bureau of Indian Affairs terminates federal services for Native Americans in lieu of state supervision.

The Dawes Act dissolves many Indian reservations in United States

1887

1950