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The Treaty Of Fort Laramie With Sioux, Etc., 1851: Revisiting The Document Found In Kappler's Indian Affairs: Laws And Treaties - Website Announcement & Link, Charles D. Bernholz, Brian Pytlik Zillig
The Treaty Of Fort Laramie With Sioux, Etc., 1851: Revisiting The Document Found In Kappler's Indian Affairs: Laws And Treaties - Website Announcement & Link, Charles D. Bernholz, Brian Pytlik Zillig
UNL Libraries: Faculty Publications
Government Documents and the Center for Digital Research in the Humanities at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries are pleased to announce the release of a World Wide Web site, entitled The Treaty of Fort Laramie with Sioux, etc., 1851: Revisiting the document found in Kappler's Indian Affairs: Laws and Treaties.
This treaty was an important transaction formed by the federal government with a number of prominent American Indian tribes of the Great Plains. Its creation and provisions were a demonstration of the growing need for less animosity among the tribes themselves, in part to yield increased security for an ever-growing …
The World Of Charles J. Kappler: A Digital Portrait, Charles D. Bernholz, Robert J. Weiner
The World Of Charles J. Kappler: A Digital Portrait, Charles D. Bernholz, Robert J. Weiner
UNL Libraries: Faculty Publications
Charles J. Kappler (1868–1946) is known primarily for his compilation, Indian Affairs: Laws and Treaties. His life, however, reached beyond this accumulation of fundamental documents. He was a staff member of, among other entities, the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs; served as co-counsel in the first case before the Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague; brought important tribal issues before the courts, just a quarter century after the Battle of the Little Big Horn; married, was widowed, married again, developed a family, and found a place in District society; and, in one role or another, participated in a number …