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  1. 1830
    President Jackson authorizes Native peoples’ removal from Georgia
    President Andrew Jackson signs the Indian Removal Act, authorizing the Army to force Cherokee, Chickasaw, ...
  2. 1831
    Supreme Court rules Indian nations not subject to state law
    The second of three court cases (the “Marshall Trilogy”) that become the foundation of American Indian ...
  3. 1831
    The Removal Act affects Choctaw first
    The Removal Act that President Andrew Jackson pressed through Congress becomes a reality as the Choctaw ...
  4. 1831
    Ka‘ahumanu orders Catholic missionaries out of Hawai‘i
    Queen Ka‘ahumanu forces Catholic missionaries to leave or be imprisoned. Ka‘ahumanu, who has fought ...
  5. 1832
    Some Seminoles, Creeks evade U.S. forced relocation
    When the U.S., enforcing the Removal Act, coerces many Seminoles to march to Indian Territory (which ...
  6. 1832
    U.S. vaccinates Native peoples on the frontier against smallpox
    Congress passes the Indian Vaccination Act and appropriates $12,000 to hire physicians to vaccinate Native ...
  7. 1832
    Supreme Court rules U.S. must treat tribes as nations
    The third of three court cases (the “Marshall Trilogy”) that become the foundation of American Indian ...
  8. 1833
    Whooping cough crosses the Great Plains
    Whooping cough spreads across the U.S., killing babies and children, for whom the infection is particularly ...
  9. 1833
    Flood destroys Choctaw farms; endangers tribe
    In June, the Arkansas River floods its banks and washes away the first-year farms started by Choctaws ...
  10. 1834
    Muscogee Creek are forced out of Alabama
    The U.S. Department of War forcibly removes the remaining 20,000 Muscogee Creek from Alabama to Indian ...
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