Boarding School and Land Allotment Eras 1879-1933
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1879
Boarding School policy instated, removing Native children from their communities to “kill the Indian, save the man”
The U.S. government launches a policy of forcibly removing Native children from their families and...Read More
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1882
Indian dancing is banned
U.S. Secretary of Interior Henry M. Teller orders an end to all “heathenish dances” on...Read More
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1883
Religious Crimes Code of 1883 bans Native dances, ceremonies
Congress bans all Native dancing and ceremonies, including the Sun Dance, Ghost Dance, potlatches, and...Read More
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1884
Organic Act of 1884 supports “educating” Alaska Native children as part of U.S. assimilation policy
The U.S. supports government teachers, in collaboration with U.S. missionaries, to Christianize and use education...Read More
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1884
The U.S. colonizes Alaska after military occupation but offers no health assistance to Alaska Natives
The U.S. Army and Navy shells and burns unarmed villages and then takes steps to...Read More
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1885
Bureau of Indian Affairs-Indian Police Units are established
Indian police units are established at 48 of the 60 Indian agencies. The police units...Read More
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1885
Alaska regions are assigned to religious denominations and industrial schools are established
In line with U.S. policy, the U.S. General Agent for Education, who is also the...Read More
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1887
Kamehameha Schools are founded for the education of Native Hawaiian children, require English as the sole medium of instruction
The first principal at Kamehameha is a man named William Oleson. The Reverend Oleson was...Read More
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1887-1934
General Allotment Act (Dawes Act) of 1887
Congress passes the General Allotment Act, better known as the Dawes Severalty Act (Dawes Act),...Read More
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1891
Compulsory attendance law for Native Boarding School attendance
In 1891, the government issues a “compulsory attendance” law that enables federal officers to forcibly...Read More
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1892
Imprisonment for practicing spirituality
Thomas J. Morgan, commissioner of Indian affairs, further suppresses Native ceremonial practices by ordering penalties...Read More
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1898
U.S. annexes Hawai’i and seizes lands
Simultaneously, an ethnocidal campaign is launched to outlaw traditional healing practices and forbid traditional healers...Read More
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1898-1934
Establishment of the Institution for Insane Indians
Congress passes a bill creating the only “Institution for Insane Indians” in the United States....Read More
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1898
Dissolution of tribal governments and communal land holdings
The Curtis Act of 1898, an amendment to the United States Dawes Act, results in...Read More
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1900
Organic Act of 1900 (Hawai’i)
Enacted two years after the U.S. annexation of Hawai’i, the Organic Act ensures the dominance...Read More
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1902
Choctaw, Muscogee Creek, Cherokee, and Chickasaw Nations in Indian Territory are terminated
Based on treaties and according to the Removal Act, the tribes had ceded territory in...Read More
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1902
U.S. government removes mineral-rich lands from tribal control
The Department of the Interior removes all identified mineral-rich lands in Indian Country from the...Read More
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1902
U.S. courts appoint White American guardians over Indian minors' interests in allotment process
A class of grifters and thieves arise to swindle Native children out of lands in...Read More
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1906
Burke Act amends Dawes Act
The Burke Act of 1906 requires the government to assess whether individuals are “competent and...Read More
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1907
Indian Territory is abolished
Oklahoma is admitted as the 46th state of the United States.
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1908
Restriction Act of 1908 defrauds Choctaw allottees
The Act removes restrictions on classes of allottees and transfers jurisdiction over administration of Indian...Read More
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1910
Western reservations are opened up for sale
More than 30 reservations in the west are opened up for allotment and sale at...Read More
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1924
Passage of Indian Citizenship Act
Also known as the Snyder Act, this allows some Indians to vote in national elections....Read More
