ESPM 50AC Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: System On A Chip, Homestead Acts, Indian Termination Policy

• School: Berkeley
• Department: Environmental Science, Policy, And Management
• Course: ESPM 50AC
• Professor: Spreyer Kurt

Document Summary

Indian policy phases: trade and treaties (1532-1828, removal and reservations (and war) (1828-1887, allotment (1887-1928, self-government: indian new deal (1928/34-1945, termination (1945-1960s, self-determination (1960s/74-present) Early 19th: expansion of the cotton economy in the south & ohio valley settlement. Johnson v. m"intosh (1823): first real attempt to define a coherent approach to tribes. Johnson: had a conveyance of title from tribes in in and il in 1773 and 1775. Mcintosh: had conveyance of title from colonial gov in 1773 & 1775: johnson sued m"intosh: decision for macintosh. Indian removal act (1830): andrew jackson: president can exchange indian lands in southeast for land in oklahoma, incorporation: separation - belief in room enough for both cultures, cherokee nation v georgia (1831): Cherokees sought to prevent the execution of corn tassle, a cherokee chief convicted of murder of an indian in ga state court. Key point: cherokee petitioned to block georgia"s rights on cherokee land.