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The Treaty that Reversed a Removal—the Navajo Treaty of 1868—Goes on View
Between 1863 to 1866, in an event that became known ... Morigi/AP Images for the National Museum of the American Indian Alongside the treaty, the museum has installed a Navajo loom and weaving ...
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Honor the Treaties: Cherokee Freedmen Complicate Native Rights Mantra
The core question presented before U.S. District Judge Thomas Hogan is whether the Treaty of 1866 granted the Cherokee freedmen eternal and everlasting citizenship in the Cherokee Nation, a claim the ...
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Thinking about the Indian Removal Act, at the National Archives Museum and National Museum of the American Indian
The Indian Removal ... 1790–1866), appearing before the U.S. Senate in 1836 to argue on behalf of the Cherokee Council against ratification of the Treaty of New Echota, ceding Cherokee lands ...
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U.S. House members back Freedmen fight for Muscogee (Creek) Nation membership
According to the filing, excluding them from membership would violate an 1866 treaty signed by the tribe with the U.S.
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Q&A: Delegate Teehee addresses tribe’s efforts to see her seated as a new Congress takes office
The Treaty of 1866 also reaffirms all previous treaties between the CN ... government could be doing to improve lives – not just in Tahlequah, but across all of Indian Country. Serving in the House ...