POL 2101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Tribal Sovereignty In The United States, Johannes Althusius, Indian Act

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1763 royal proclamation: ambiguous tribal sovereignty, guaranteed them land. 1776 american independence: exodus from finger lakes. 1867 british north america act: federal jurisdiction over indian lands, canada had to deal with first nations issues instead of britain. 1876 indian act: medicine chest and wards of the crown, they were granted minimum assistance but basically gave away their freedoms to the crown. 1924 band council elections: dual system of governance, money from government goes to band council chiefs and they are supposed to distribute money, dysfunctional relations between first nations and government and band council and first nations. 1982 constitutional act: recognition of aboriginal and treaty rights, given rights to self-govern, hunt, fish, use of the land, etc. Mohawk, oneida, onondaga, cayuga, seneca (five nations) Sixth nation: tuscarora (1715: admitted to the confederacy and governed by the confederacy but have no governing rights.

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