Boarding School and Land Allotment Eras 1879-1933
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1910
18 million acres of tribal land stolen in Oklahoma
By 1910, more than 18 million acres of land are stolen by the U.S. government...Read More
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1911
“Last Massacre” (Nevada)
On February 26, 1911, an American posse kills eight Shoshone suspects and captures four children...Read More
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1912-1913
Department of Interior sells more “surplus” land in Choctaw/Chickasaw territory
Faiman-Silva (1988) notes that prospective purchasers could bid on as many tracts and as much...Read More
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1912
Apache are forced to build Roosevelt Dam in Arizona
Apache workmen are chained at night so they will not run away from building the...Read More
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1917
Texas banker appointed Commissioner of Indian Affairs
Cato Sells, appointed by President Woodrow Wilson, sets up “competency commissions” and issues titles to...Read More
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1918-1919
Influenza epidemics sweep reservations and boarding schools
The U.S. government is unresponsive to the health crisis in Arizona, New Mexico, and Rocky...Read More
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1924-1927
Trachoma eye experiment surgeries
The Office of Indian Affairs begins a national campaign in 1924 to eliminate the infectious...Read More
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1930
U.S. Senate confirms systematic kidnapping of Dine’ children for boarding schools
The Senate Investigating Committee finds that missionaries and churches who run boarding schools authorize kidnappings...Read More
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1930s-1960s
Tuberculosis sanatoriums and medical experimentation
The federal government focuses on developing tuberculosis sanatoriums and communities record examples of experimentation. (https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/indigenous-sanatorium-suvivors-medical-experiments-1.4301131)
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1931-1936
Grave robbing continues
Ales Hrdlicka of the Department of Anthropology of the Smithsonian travels to the Larsen Bay...Read More
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1932-1936
Federal agents destroy Dine’ livestock
More than 250,000 sheep and goats are destroyed without any Dine’ consultation in accordance with...Read More
