BROKEN PROMISES:

INDIAN REMOVAL AND REORGANIZATION

I.   Introduction:  School House Rock History

II.       Early Federal-Indian Policy

A.  Northwest Ordinance (1787)
                        1.  "domestic dependent nations"

B.  Treaty of Greenville (1795)

III. Indian Removal Under Andrew Jackson

A.  Lewis Cass and the " Hunter State " Argument
                        1.  economic motivations

B.  The Five Civilized Tribes
                        1.  Chief John Ross

C.  Jackson and the Indian Removal Act of 1830

D.  Forced Relocation and the Trail of Tears

IV.  Assimilation

A.  Life on the Great Plains

B.  Forced Relocation to Reservations

C.  Ghost Dance and Wounded Knee

D.  Culture Clash
                        1.  Dawes Act (1887 )

V.   A "New Deal" for the Indians

A.  Conditions for Native Americans

B.  John Collier and the Reorganization Act of 1934

VI.  Conclusion