1825-1871
Struggle to Remain
This era is often referred to as "the treaty period" - when international treaty negotiations took place between sovereign Indigenous Nations and the American Colonial Government. It was also a time of re-mapping boundaries, removals of people from their traditional homelands, and the creation of reservations in the ceded territories. In this era we also explore early US National policies on the re-education and assimilation of Indian people in a newly forming United States of America.