Legistlation


 * Northwest Oridiance
 * Articles of Confederation
 * Judiciary Act
 * Native American Policies**
 * **(1830)** __Indian Removal Act__ - Act signed by President Andrew Jackson to allow white settlers to settle within Native American Land
 * **(1887)** __Dawes Severalty Act__ - Passed by Congress, to distrubute land for Indians within Oklahoma.
 * **(1906)** __Burke Act__ - Also know as the Forced Fee Patenting Act, it was passed to correct defects within the Dawes Act; actually lead to more land loss for the Native Americans.
 * **(1924)** __Indian Citizenship Act__ - Finalized Indians as Americans, before this, they either recieved citizenship by marrying a white man, or joining the army.
 * **(1934**) __Indian Reorganization Act__ - Also called the Wheeler-Howard Act, enacted land alloments, gave unsold land back to Native Americans, gave the right to launch buisnesses and form corporations within tribes
 * **(1990)** The Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act - requires Federal agencies and museums to provide info about Native American cultural items to people who have a valid claim of why they need it,.