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1780 Smallpox epidemics strike Mexico and the Great Plains For two years, smallpox spreads from Mexico north and throughout the Great Plains, killing many members ... |
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 ... |
1803 Congress orders medical care for Native peoples The federal government formally assigns the responsibility for providing medical care for Native peoples ... |
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 ... |
1823 Supreme Court rules American Indians do not own land The first of three court cases (the “Marshall Trilogy”) that become the foundation of American Indian ... |
1824 U.S. establishes Office of Indian Affairs in War Department Establishment of the Office of Indian Affairs within the War Department puts in place the bureaucracy ... |