Indian treaties in the United States : an encyclopedia and documents collection

Fixico, Donald Lee, 1951- (editor.).

Summary: This book examines the treaties that promised self-government, financial assistance, cultural protections, and land to hundreds of North American tribes. Includes primary source documents from treaties made between American Indians and the U.S. government between the late 18th and 19th centuries; essays on topics such as treaty-making, the American Indian perspective, and treaties made between the Civil War and Reconstruction period; and images of original, signed treaties.

Record details

ISBN: 9781440860485
ISBN: 9781440860478
ISBN: 1440860475
Physical Description: print
xxi, 421 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
Publisher: Santa Barbara, California : ABC-CLIO, ©2018

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Indian treaty making : a native view -- Indian treaties as international agreements -- Canadian Indian treaties -- Colonial and early treaties, 1775-1829 -- Indian removal and land cessions, 1830-1849 -- Reservations and confederate and unratified treaties, 1850-1871 -- Colonial and early treaties, 1775-1829 -- Treaties during Indian removal, 1830-1849 -- Confederate, reconstruction, and unratified treaties, 1850-1871.