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  1. 1783
    The Peace of Paris ignores Native peoples’ rights
    The Peace of Paris, the set of treaties (Treaty of Paris and the Treaties of Versailles, 1783) that end ...
  2. 1778
    The first U.S. treaty with an American Indian tribe is ratified
    The Continental Congress, a governing body formed during the American Revolution, made up of delegates ...
  3. 1787
    Congress can regulate trade with Indian tribes
    The Commerce Clause of the U.S. Constitution, Article 1, Section 8, permits Congress to make all laws ...
  4. 1803
    Congress orders medical care for Native peoples
    The federal government formally assigns the responsibility for providing medical care for Native peoples ...
  5. 1805
    Tenskwatawa and Tecumseh call for unity among tribes
    With the Shawnee under siege, fragmented, and dispersed, Lalawithika has a spiritual revelation that ...
  6. 1808
    Tecumseh’s leadership grows
    The 1795 Treaty of Greenville pushed Tecumseh’s tribe, the Shawnee, out of their traditional lands in ...
  7. 1813
    U.S. expansion divides tribes, leads to Creek Civil War
    Florida Governor Andrew Jackson, with the Cherokee and Choctaw, retaliates against the Muscogee Creek ...
  8. 1814
    Andrew Jackson promises friendship to Choctaw, Cherokee
    Choctaw and Cherokee Indians fight for General Andrew Jackson to defeat the Creek Indians in the Battle ...
  9. 1817
    U.S. frontier advances, pushing Native peoples westward
    All along its western border, the U.S. presses for more land to accommodate the expanding nation. To ...
  10. 1819
    Congress pays missionaries to ‘civilize’ American Indians
    Congress appropriates $10,000 to pay what it calls people of “good moral character” to help the U.S. eliminate ...
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