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121Nonintercourse Act — Not to be confused with the Non Intercourse Act (1809). The Nonintercourse Act (also known as the Indian Intercourse Act or the Indian Nonintercourse Act) is the collective name given to six statutes passed by the United States Congress in 1790,… …
122Geschichte der First Nations — Die Geschichte der First Nations, der in Kanada lebenden und nicht ganz zutreffend als Indianer bezeichneten ethnischen Gruppen, reicht mindestens 12.000 Jahre zurück.[1] Der Begriff First Nations ist relativ jung[2] und bezeichnet die… …
123Pious Fund of the Californias — The Pious Fund of the Californias ( Fondo Piadoso de las Californias ) was a fund, originating in 1697, to sponsor Catholic Spanish missions in California. It later became the object of litigation between the US and Mexican governments, making… …
124Japanese American internment — refers to the forcible relocation and internment of approximately 110,000 Japanese nationals and Japanese Americans to housing facilities called War Relocation Camps , in the wake of Imperial Japan s attack on Pearl Harbor. [… …
125Dawes Act — Not to be confused with Dawes Plan. The Dawes Act, adopted by Congress in 1887, authorized the President of the United States to survey Indian tribal land and divide the land into allotments for individual Indians. The Act was named for its… …
126Medicine Lodge Treaty — The Medicine Lodge Treaty is the overall name for three treaties signed between the United States government and southern Plains Indian tribes in October 1867, intended to bring peace to the area by relocating the Native Americans to reservations …
127Cherokee Nation — This article is about the name of the tribe that is also known as the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma . For information about the people as a whole, see Cherokee. Cherokee Nation Flag of the Cherokee Nation Total population …
128Battle of Chickamauga — Part of the American Civil War Battle of Chickamauga (lithograph by Kurz and Allison, 1890) …
