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Treaty Of Fort Laramie With Sioux, Etc., 1851 (Kappler), Charles J. Kappler, David D. Mitchell, Thomas Fitzpatrick
Treaty Of Fort Laramie With Sioux, Etc., 1851 (Kappler), Charles J. Kappler, David D. Mitchell, Thomas Fitzpatrick
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This 1904 reprint of the Treaty of Fort Laramie with the Sioux, Etc., 1851—also known as the Horse Creek Treaty—was transcribed and published in vol. II of Charles Kappler's Indian Affairs. Laws and Treaties. Originally signed on September 17, 1851, this treaty between the US Government and representatives from the Lakota, Cheyenne, Arapahoe, Crow, Assiniboine, Mandan, Hidatsa, and Arikara Nations, recognized and defined the boundaries between the Indigenous tribes of the Northern Great Plains. Equally, it sought to establish an effective and lasting peace between the signers by agreeing to a series of concessions. In return for recognizing their …
President Hayes's Executive Order, 1880 (Kappler), Charles J. Kappler, Rutherford B. Hayes
President Hayes's Executive Order, 1880 (Kappler), Charles J. Kappler, Rutherford B. Hayes
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This 1904 reprint of President Rutherford B. Hayes’s 1880 Executive Order was transcribed and published in vol. I of Charles Kappler’s Indian Affairs. Laws and Treaties. Originally issued on July 13, 1880, President Hayes’s Executive Order significantly reduced the size of the Fort Berthold Reservation. Created at the behest of the Northern Pacific Railroad, this executive order resulted in a considerable loss of Mandan, Hidatsa, and Arikara homelands, hunting grounds, and sacred sites.
Executive Order Of 1870 (Kappler), Charles J. Kappler, Ulysses S. Grant, Samuel A. Wainwright, Ely S. Parker, Jacob D. Cox
Executive Order Of 1870 (Kappler), Charles J. Kappler, Ulysses S. Grant, Samuel A. Wainwright, Ely S. Parker, Jacob D. Cox
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This 1904 reprint of President Ulysses S. Grant’s 1870 Executive Order was transcribed and published in vol. I of Charles Kappler’s Indian Affairs. Laws and Treaties. In addition to Grant’s executive order setting apart a reservation for the Arikara, Gros Ventre (Hidatsa), and Mandan, this document includes Captain Wainwright’s Proposal recommending a reservation for the three tribes, E.S. Parker’s Response, and J.D. Cox’s forward to the president.