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The 1868 Treaty of Fort Laramie, Never Honored by the United States, Goes on Public View
(Paul Morigi/AP Images for Smithsonian's National Museum of the American Indian) “It is my wish that the United States would honor this treaty.” —Chief John Spotted Tail (Sicangu Lakota ...
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The Treaty of Fort Wayne, 1809—a treaty that led to war—goes on exhibit
This September, representatives of the Pokagon Band of Potawatomi saw the treaty go on view at the National Museum of the American Indian. “It is an honor to come full circle to an article that ...
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Indian removal
They based this on United States policy; in former treaties, Indian nations had been declared sovereign so they would be legally capable of ceding their lands. Now the Cherokee hoped to use this ...