Documents of Native American political development: 1500s to 1933

CONTENTS......Page 12
LIST OF NATIVE PEOPLES......Page 16
LIST OF DOCUMENTS BY SUBJECT......Page 20
Introduction......Page 28
1. Great Law of Peace, Gayanashagowa (1000–1525?)......Page 41
2. Laws of the Praying Town Indians (1640s–1670s)......Page 64
3. Laws of the Cherokee Nation (1808–1817)......Page 66
4. The Criminal Code of Tenskwatawa (Shawnee Prophet) (1805?)......Page 75
5. Laws of the Creek Nation (1817–1824)......Page 77
6. Cherokee Constitution (1827)......Page 83
7. Description of Winnebago Government (1829)......Page 94
8. Laws of the Nez Perce (1844)......Page 97
9. Constitutional Ordinance of the Seneca Nation (1845)......Page 99
10. Resolutions and Constitution of the Seneca Nation of Indians (1848)......Page 102
11. Organization of a New Indian Territory (1850)......Page 108
12. Ottawa Laws (1850)......Page 123
13. Constitution of the “Government by Chiefs” of the Seneca Nation of Indians (1854)......Page 128
14. Chickasaw Nation Constitution (1856)......Page 131
15. Stockbridge and Munsee Tribe Articles of Union and Confederation (1857)......Page 144
16. Proclamation of Neutrality, Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation (1861)......Page 148
17. Laws of the Delaware Nation (1866)......Page 149
18. Winnebago Tribe Laws and Regulations (1868)......Page 157
19. Okmulgee Constitution (1870)......Page 160
20. Howard White, U.S. Indian Agent, Winnebago Agency (1872)......Page 169
21. John S. Wood, U.S. Indian Agent, Blackfeet Agency (1875)......Page 170
22. J. L. Burchard, U.S. Indian Agent, Round Valley Reservation (1876)......Page 174
23. Alex G. Irvine, Navajo Indian Agent (1877)......Page 176
24. Objections of the Indian Delegation to a Bill Authorizing an Indian Delegate to the U.S. House of Representatives (1878)......Page 178
25. W. Bird, Agent, Fort Peck Indian Agency (1878)......Page 183
26. Benjamin M. Thomas, Agent, Pueblo and Abiquiu Agencies (1879)......Page 185
27. John Young, Agent, Blackfeet Agency (1879)......Page 188
28. Henry R. Mallory, Agent, Colorado River Agency (1879)......Page 189
29. J. A. Stephen, Agent, Standing Rock Agency (1880)......Page 192
30. P. B. Hunt, Agent, Kiowa, Comanche, and Wichita Agency (1880)......Page 194
31. Constitutions of the Osage Nation (1861, 1881)......Page 195
32. Laws of the Osage Nation (1882)......Page 206
33. P. B. Sinnott, Agent, Grande Ronde Agency (1884)......Page 217
34. Benjamin W. Thompson, Agent, Sisseton Agency (1884)......Page 219
35. Sisseton-Wahpeton Constitution (1884)......Page 222
36. Constitution of the Sac and Fox Nation (1885)......Page 238
37. Robert L. Owen, Agent, Union Indian Agency (1886)......Page 247
38. Compact between the Several Tribes Constituting the International Council in Indian Territory (1886)......Page 252
39. Laws of the Pamunkey Indian Town (1886 or 1887)......Page 255
40. Charles E. McChesney, Agent, Cheyenne River Agency (1887)......Page 258
41. Robert L. Owen, Agent, Union Agency (1888)......Page 261
42. Robert L. Owen, Agent, Union Agency (1888)......Page 267
43. Charter of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians (1889, with Amendments in 1895 and 1897)......Page 274
44. Constitution of the Menominee Tribe of Indians (1892)......Page 286
45. Amended Constitution of the Seneca Nation of Indians (1893)......Page 292
46. Muskogee (Creek) Nation Constitution (1894)......Page 295
47. Dew M. Wisdom, Agent, Union Agency, Indian Territory (1896)......Page 303
48. A. E. Woodson, Acting Agent, Cheyenne and Arapaho Agency (1897)......Page 305
49. Pima Constitution (1901 or 1902)......Page 308
50. Acts and Resolutions of the General Council of the Choctaw Nation (1904)......Page 314
51. Menominee Constitution (1904)......Page 320
52. Constitution of the State of Sequoyah (1906)......Page 326
53. Unwritten Laws of the Apache (1906?)......Page 387
54. Laws, Bylaws, and Constitution of the Pueblo of Laguna (1908)......Page 392
55. Right of Indians to Nominate Their Agent or Superintendent (1912)......Page 400
56. Rules and Regulations for Annette Islands Reserve (1915)......Page 406
57. Constitutions of the Rosebud Sioux (1916, 1920, and 1924)......Page 417
58. Alaska Native Brotherhood Constitutions of Grand and Subordinate Camps (1917–1918)......Page 428
59. Constitution of the Red Lake Band of Anishinaabe (1918)......Page 433
60. Yurok Laws (1919)......Page 436
61. Western Shoshone Constitution (1919)......Page 438
62. Constitution of the Oglala Tribal Council (1921)......Page 440
63. Assiniboine and Gros Ventre of Fort Belknap Constitution (1921)......Page 446
64. Bylaws of the Crow Indians (1922)......Page 450
65. Constitution of the Cheyenne River Sioux Indians (1923)......Page 453
66. Constitution and Bylaws of the Menominee Indians (1924)......Page 457
67. Duwamish Constitution (1925)......Page 460
68. Constitution and Bylaws of the Oglala Tribal Council (1928)......Page 465
69. Constitution and Bylaws of the Klamath Business Committee (1929)......Page 469
70. Governance within the White Mountain Apache (1929)......Page 473
71. Trustees of the Puyallup Tribe (1929)......Page 476
72. Northern and Southern Pueblo Governance (1929)......Page 477
73. Klamath Indian Corporation (1930)......Page 480
74. Constitution and Bylaws of the Flathead Business Committee (1930)......Page 484
75. Kiowa, Comanche, and Apache Tribal Council Resolutions and Petitions (1930)......Page 488
76. Makah Constitutional Discussion (1931)......Page 501
77. Indian Tribal Councils Act (1932)......Page 506
78. Removal of Certain Bureau of Indian Affairs Employees (1932)......Page 509
79. Yankton Sioux Constitution (1931)......Page 510
80. Concerns of the Western Shoshone Nation (1932)......Page 514
81. Proposed Organization of the Tribal Advisory Committee of the Prairie Band of Potawatomi of Kansas (1932)......Page 521
82. Constitution of the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians (1932)......Page 523
83. Constitution of the Hopi Council of New Oraibi (1933)......Page 529
84. Constitution of the Oglala Sioux Tribe (1933)......Page 532
85. Constitutions of the Camp McDowell Indians of Arizona (1933)......Page 536
86. Constitution and Bylaws of the Hoopa Business Council (1933)......Page 542
APPENDIX: SELECTED INTERNET SITES......Page 546
BIBLIOGRAPHIC ESSAY......Page 548
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C......Page 553
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N......Page 558
R......Page 559
T......Page 560
Z......Page 561