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2011 - Published Government Sources Relating To American Indians
2011 - Published Government Sources Relating To American Indians
Miscellaneous Federal Documents & Reports
A U.S. National Archives and Records Administration publication regarding government sources that contain information on Federal policy toward Native Americans, overviews of Indian wars, and reports of Indian agents.
1798 - Message From The President Of The United States, Accompanying A Report To Him From The Secretary Of State, And Sundry Documents Reltaive To The Affairs Of The United States On The Mississippi; The Intercourse With The Indian Nations And The Inexecution Of The Treat Between The United States And Spain
Miscellaneous Federal Documents & Reports
This publication contains the January 23, 1798, report of President John Adams concerning the situation of the United States affair in the territories, the incursion of England from Canada on the Mississippi River, Indian relations, and the unsigned treaty with Spain. Also contained in this book is a report from the Secretary of State, as well as a number of documents relating to the problems encountered on the Mississippi River and the unexecuted treaty with Spain.
1907 - Handbook Of American Indians North Of Mexico, Part I; Frederick Webb Hodge
1907 - Handbook Of American Indians North Of Mexico, Part I; Frederick Webb Hodge
Miscellaneous Federal Documents & Reports
Lack of knowledge of the aborigines and of their languages led to many errors on the part of the early explorers and settlers. Soon after the organization of the Bureau of American Ethnology in 1879, the work of recording a tribal synonymy was formally assigned to Henry W. Henshaw. The 2,500 tribal names and synonyms appearing in this list were taken chiefly from James Mooney's manuscript; the linguistic classification was the result of the work that the Bureau had been conducting under Henshaw's supervision. The handbook contains a descriptive list of the stocks, confederacies, tribes, tribal divisions, and settlements north …