US department of Interior on Indian affairs

Hello everyone i know alot of the information i am going to provide on this blog is somewhat review at this point but i once again glanced upon it in our online resources. Firstly what are Indian treaty rights today? Between 1778 and 1871 relations between Natives and the US government was confined to a treaty making process. These contracts gave native tribes unique sets of rights, conditions, if they gave up millions of acres of their homeland to the US government in exchange to protections. The US government saw this agreement as Supreme rulings such as any other major federal law.

An example of a law would be the Federal Indian Trust Responsibility in which the government was strapped with high obligations of protection of Indian nations. This law has been the center of numerous landmark cases such as Cherokee v Georgia when the tribe tried to life laws created by the state limiting what they do within their boundaries. This case occurred in 1831.

Historically while Indian tribes earned recognition through treaties, presidential executive orders, or court decisions recent actions such as Federal recognized Indian Tribe list act requires a secretary of the interior to publish and renew the list of registered Indian nations under treaty with the government.This law expressed three different ways the Indian tribe can be recognized by the US government.This is either by act of congress, by administrative procedure, or court decision.

There is also examples of ''other'' Tribal lands such as allotted land which was land taken out of trust by the government and broken apart and placed into the hands of tribal chiefs.This resulted in tribes losing even more land over time.Natives living on allotted lands were also subject to taxation at local and state levels.

Us Department Of Interior And Indian Affairs
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