SEARCH TIMELINE
Sort by:
- |
- DATE
- |
- RELEVANCE
- |
Refine Results by:
Antiquity Origins Today, all tribes tell stories of their origins. There are as many creation stories as there are tribes, ... |
40,000–10,000 BC Homelands Contemporary Native peoples from many nations teach that they originated in their traditional lands. ... |
10,000–8000 BC Early North American lifestyles Ancestors of American Indians hunt large mammals, catch fish, and gather fruits and nuts. Archaeological ... |
8000 BC Glaciers retreat; climate changes; diets shift At the end of the Ice Age, many large mammals become extinct. Across the Americas, people shift away ... |
1805 Tenskwatawa and Tecumseh call for unity among tribes With the Shawnee under siege, fragmented, and dispersed, Lalawithika has a spiritual revelation that ... |
1851 Congress creates reservations to manage Native peoples The U.S. Congress passes the Indian Appropriations Act, creating the reservation system. The government ... |
1861–65 Tribes react to the American Civil War Although most Indian tribes remain neutral in the conflict, some American Indians join Union or Confederate ... |
1870 Education promised to tribes is funded Congress earmarks the first federal funds for the education of Indians. Education, like health care, ... |
1872 General Mining Act gives rise to the taking of tribal lands President Ulysses S. Grant signs the General Mining Act into law, allowing individuals and corporations ... |
1887 U.S. subdivides reservation land; sells off surplus Congress passes the General Allotment Act, better known as the Dawes Severalty Act, which divides reservations ... |