Native American History Notes PDF

## Fork Laramie Treaty 1851 - September 17th - Signed between treaty commissioners and representatives of the Cheyenne, Sioux, Arapaho, Crow, Assiniboine, Mandan, Minnetaree, and Arikara Nation. - Each tribe had a distinct domain given to the tribe. - U.S. acknowledged that the land (sacred by the...

## Fork Laramie Treaty 1851 - September 17th - Signed between treaty commissioners and representatives of the Cheyenne, Sioux, Arapaho, Crow, Assiniboine, Mandan, Minnetaree, and Arikara Nation. - Each tribe had a distinct domain given to the tribe. - U.S. acknowledged that the land (sacred by the treaty) was Indian territory and did not claim any portion of it. ## BIA - Bureau of Indian Affairs - Enhance the quality of life and protect economic opportunity. - Responsibly to act and improve the trust assets of American Indians, Indian tribes, and Alaska Natives. - Work to promote Indian self-determination. ## Native Americans - BIA Sinisted from breaking up or supporting tribe existence. - Roosevelt reversed assimilation under Indian New Deal. - Wanted tribes to run in a constitutional way - under tribal control. - After Roosevelt, federal policy assimilation. - BIA encouraged Natives to move to cities for work - jobs/housing. - 1953 - _House of Representatives passed resolution for termination. - American Indian tribes disbanded - lands were sold. ## Tribal Harekonds - Many Natives driven from homelands in forced relocation of 1880s. - _Indian Removal Act_ - 1830. - Federal government made treaties (forcefully) with tribes with land and money for removed locations. - By 1960s, spread removals were unfair. - Many wanted new treaties to return to traditional/sacred sites. ## Said Determination - Tribes were independent nations under a federal government. - _Ranchura Hairs_ under control of BIA. - BIA passed regulation to break up Indian culture and damage tribal resources. - Oversaw creation of Indian boarding schools - 1893 onward. - Had to cut hair, speak English, dress properly, and leave Native customs. - Older former workers in God and Mid-west. - Led to _Niderat_ & BIA - Did not have their interests at heart. - Wanted respect for tribal organizations. - Redman to run our affairs and manage to honor do we live in America. ## Why Men do not live in America - anything - Crowds emans as ponder equates. - Social expectations - Traditional masalne novos - Link to censored expression/vulnerable - Steps around mental health - Hype expectations - performance, success. - Supportive communities. - Begging and account. ## Hispanics - Most of Hispanic migrants and we in Southern and live in Southern States and border between Mexico and USA. - Tended to settle on western states (California) - worked on roads. ## Bracero Programme (1942) - _Guarantee Mexican migrant workers the_ *same wages as existing workers & good living conditions._ - Was not always the case. - Gobom agreed onto project, _forced to work for lower wages._ ## Lord - 1846 - 48 American Mexican war - ended by treaty of _Guadalupe Hidalgo_. - Settled border between US and Mexico. - _Allbcoded lord in other stodies - Meticons living in areas could be receded._ - _Bocorre focus of protest_. - _Workers rights_. - Hispanic workers rights, especially through the _Bracero Programme_. - Poor had appalling living and watery conditions. - After WW2 formes nd take it or leave it attitude. - Hood to cniors - _large pod of Mead myprent workers_. - _Discrimination._ - Had some issues as Black Americans. - _Lived in 'banos' speaking Spanish, living in towns/ _latios_._ - Two groups lived side by side - _possibly_/ *for not*? - _Deportation._ - US Immigration Service deported from _1953 onwards._ - _308 million sounding US citizens - active in protests._ - _Operation Wetback_ - 1953- 58 - _to find Wood Hetcas and return them to Mexico._ ## The Search for Minority Rights - LGBTQ - Black, Native, Mexicans can be easily identified - _Discrimination_. - Direct and consistent. - Linked with communities, _who were also invisible_. ## Live For Gay Americans - _Abully to invisible_ - _lead to mass hysteria/fear of them._ - _1945 onwards loverder score - to remove gay people from work near lost jobs, wanted to root out homosexuals_. - _1950 - Congress said - homosexuality was a mental illness._ - _Legisition not federd - State matter. - 1962 - _Monois repedled its enti - pay laus._ - _Homosexuality not repealed until 2003_. - Many argue that civil rights act sold inside - _pay people too_.