1871
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Congress ends treaty-making with Indigenous nations
United States; Indigenous nations
An appropriations rider ended recognition of tribes as powers with which the United States would make new treaties. It expressly preserved obligations under existing treaties, while facilitating unilateral federal policymaking.
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Context / qualification
The rider did not simply cancel all previous treaties.
Sources
- Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz, An Indigenous Peoples’ History of the United States (2014), chapter 8