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An Online Newsletter Celebrating Native America |
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November 30, 2002 - Issue 75 |
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This Date In |
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North American Indian History |
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from On This Date in North American Indian History at http://americanindian.net |
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| Nov. 30, 1836: |
The United States signs a treaty
(7 stat. 527) with the Wahpaakootah, Susseton, and Upper Medawakanton
tribes of Sioux Indians.
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| Dec. 1, 1805: |
To renegotiate the flint River Treaty of November 3, 1804, the United
States invites 6 CREEK Chiefs to Washington to meet with Secretary of
War Henry Dearborn. They agree to pay the CREEKs $206,000 for their
two million acres instead of $200,000. But, the payments will be made
over ten years, instead of in cash. The CREEK also agree to allowing
a road through their lands.
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| Dec. 2, 1794: |
A treaty is concluded today
with the ONEIDA, TUSCARORA, and STOCKBRIDGE Indians, at Oneida, New
York. The treaty is a gesture of thanks for the tribes help during the
Revolutionary war. They will receive $5000 for damages suffered during
the war. Grist and saw mills will be built, and salary for their workers
will be provided for three years. They will receive $1000 to build a
church. No further claims will be made by the tribes. The treaty is
signed by Thomas Pickering for the United States, and by 11 Indians.
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 Acoma Pueblo from the Air |
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| Dec. 3, 1598: |
Zaldivar "discovers"
ACOMA.
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| Dec. 4, 2000: |
Today, Secretary of Energy Bill Richardson signed an agreement which
returns to the NORTHER UTEs approximately 85,000 acres of land in Utah.
The land had been appropriated by the U.S. Congress took from them eighty-four
years ago.
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| Dec. 5, 1835: |
Today, members of the Georgia Guard will arrest CHEROKEE Principal
Chief John Ross at his home. Also arrested in historian John Howard
Payne. Payne, the author of the song "Home, Sweet Home", was
writing a history of the CHEROKEE people. They are be arrested so they
will not be able to attend the "New Echota Treaty" conference.
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| Dec. 6, 1748: |
Shikellamy, also called Swataney, was an IROQUOIS Half-King in Pennsylvania, living among the ONEIDA. He attended many conferences in Philadelphia, and he was known for his oratory. He was instrumental in abolishing the sales of liquor to Indians in his area. Later becoming a Christian, he died at Sunbury (Shamokin) on this date. His name meant "Our Enlightener". |
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| Dec. 7, 1831: |
The CHOCTAW removal process
has begun. Indian Commissioners John Eaton, and John Coffee, meet with
the CHOCTAWs and the CHICKASAWs on Oaka Knoxabee Creek today. They again
discuss the possibility of the CHICKASAWs sharing areas in the Indian
Territory that have been set aside for the CHOCTAWs. They propose that
the CHICKASAWs get 1/4 of the CHOCTAWs allotment. No agreement is reached.
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| Dec. 8, 1829: |
Today, in his first "State of the Union Address," President Andrew Jackson will state his goal to remove all Indians in the southeastern part of the United States to lands west of the Mississippi. A law to that effect would pass Congress on May 28, 1830. |
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| Dec. 9, 1729: |
The NATCHEZ send 2 Indians
to visit the TUNICAs today. The NATCHEZ want them to join them in a
war against the French. The TUNICA will refuse.
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| Dec. 10, 1834: |
William Marshall, representing
the United States, and POTAWATOMI Indians will sign a treaty today at
Tippecanoe. Six sections of land will be traded annual payments of $1000,
and a small amount of supplies.
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 Illustration of Fort Le Boeuf, 1796. |
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Dec. 11, 1753:
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French, under Legardeur de
Saint-Pierre, are at Fort le Boeuf on French Creek, near present day
Waterford, in northwestern Pennsylvania . Major George Washington arrives
today delivering a message from Virginia Governor Dinwiddie. The message
says the French are trespassing, and to leave.
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Dec. 12, 1729:
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Today, the YAZOO Indians will
attack French Fort St.Pierre in southern Louisiana. The YAZOO have joined
the NATCHEZ in their fight against the French. They will kill all 17
of the soldiers at the fort. They give the women and children to the
CHICKASAWs as slaves.
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Dec. 13, 1801:
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In treaty negotiations which begin today at Fort Adams, Missisissippi, between the CHOCTAW and the United States, the U.S. agrees to provide training in the spinning of cotton and spinning wheels. The conference will last through December 18th. |
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