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American Indian Movement (AIM) view detail comment email this

Provides an overview of the American Indian civil rights group that formed in 1968 to speak out against discrimination, treaty rights, reclamation of tribal land, poverty, and related issues. Discusses events in the history of the group, including the protest and confrontation in Wounded Knee, South Dakota, in 1973. Includes a bibliography. From the Minnesota Historical Society.
http://www.mnhs.org/library/tips/history_topics/93aim.html
Topics: Constitutional Law & Civil Liberties, Government, Native Americans

Last updated Nov 7, 2004


American Indians of the Pacific Northwest Digital Collection view detail comment email this

Browse through or search this extensive collection of more than 2,300 photographs and 3,800 pages of text on the lives of Native Americans from the Pacific Northwest. Cultural topics include work, education, transportation, treaties, housing, clothing, and crafts. There are essays on specific Indian tribal groups (Alaskan Tlingit and Tsimshian, Coeur d'Alene, Lushootseed, Makah, Nez Perce) written by teachers, historians, and anthropologists with links to related text and images as well as study questions for K-12 teachers. This collection was made available through the Library of Congress National Digital Library Program.
http://content.lib.washington.edu/aipnw/
Topics: Government, International Law, Treaties, & Agreements, Native Americans, Photograph Collections: History

Last updated Aug 30, 2002


The Avalon Project at Yale Law School: Treaties Between the United States and Native Americans view detail comment email this

The site presents the full text of approximately 30 treaties signed between various Native American groups and the United States government between 1778 and 1868. Includes treaties with the Six Nations, Chocktaw, Chicksaw, Cherokee, Shawnee, Wyandot, Apache, Oneida, Potawatami, and Kiowa groups. Searchable and browsable.
http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/ntreaty/ntreaty.htm
Topics: Government, Government, Law, Law by Subject, Native Americans, Regions of the World

Last updated Oct 1, 2003


Crazy Horse, Tashunca-uitco (1849-1877) view detail comment email this

Brief biography of the "visionary leader committed to preserving the traditions and values of the Lakota [Indian] way of life." Includes links to related materials on topics such as the Fort Laramie Treaty and Little Bighorn. From the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) series New Perspectives on the West.
http://www.pbs.org/weta/thewest/people/a_c/crazyhorse.htm
Topics: Government, Native Americans, Notable People

Last updated Jan 4, 2009


Indian Affairs: Laws and Treaties view detail comment email this

This is a reproduction of Charles J. Kappler's seven-volume work published in 1903 and 1904 containing "U.S. Government treaties with Native Americans from 1778-1883 (Volume II) and U.S. laws and executive orders concerning Native Americans from 1871-1970 (Volumes I, III-VII). The table of contents in each volume lists treaties by date and the indexes provide alphabetical subject access. Produced by Oklahoma State University Library.
http://digital.library.okstate.edu/kappler/
Topics: Government, Government, Law, Law by Subject, Native Americans, Regions of the World

Last updated Aug 19, 2005


Multilaterals Project view detail comment email this

Searchable or browsable texts of international multilateral conventions and treaties. Topics include human rights, trade, war, arms control, environmental, diplomatic relations, and more. Included are the treaties of Westphalia (1648) and Guadalupe Hidalgo (1848) and the Covenant of the League of Nations (1924). There is a large collection of links to treaty and convention sources (including other countries and Native American collections). From the Edwin Ginn Library, Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University.
http://fletcher.tufts.edu/multilaterals.html
Topics: Government, International Governments, International Law, Treaties, & Agreements

Last updated Nov 28, 2004


National Congress of American Indians (NCAI) view detail comment email this

"NCAI serves as a forum for consensus-based policy development among its membership of over 250 tribal governments from every region of the country ... NCAI's mission is to inform the public and the federal government on tribal self-government, treaty rights, and a broad range of federal policy issues affecting tribal governments." This website provides news, events, a calendar, tribal directories, and issue-related documents and resolutions. Access to the newsletter requires membership.
http://www.ncai.org/
Topics: Government, Government, Law, Native Americans, Regions of the World

Last updated Nov 21, 2005


William Penn: Visionary Proprietor view detail comment email this

The introduction presents a brief biography of Penn and his founding of the Pennsylvania colony. Other topics covered are Penn's treaty with the Delaware Indians, his relationships with Native Americans in general, and his role in the planning of the city of Philadelphia. Penn in the U.S. Capitol discusses the sculpture "Penn's Treaty with the Indians," by Nicholas Gavelot, which is above the northern entrance of Capitol Rotunda. There is also a short bibliography.
http://xroads.virginia.edu/~CAP/PENN/pnhome.html
Topics: Government, International Law, Treaties, & Agreements, U.S. History By Place, United States History

Last updated Jun 22, 2002




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