[PW] native americans leaving reservations

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On 2/2/07, Bratton, Phyllis <pbratton at jc.edu> wrote:
> I am having trouble coming up with search terms for this, let alone a
> place to ask them.
>
> A professor wants to know when the restriction which forced American
> Indians to live on tribal lands was lifted.
>
> I can find lots of information about people voluntarily leaving the
> reservations, but nothing about when they were first legally able to do
> so.  The BIA website seems to have all sorts of restrictions on it.
>
> Any help will be much appreciated - thanks in advance!
> Phyllis Bratton
>
> Phyllis Ann K. Bratton
> Director, Raugust Library
> Jamestown College
> 6070 College Lane
> Jamestown, ND    58405
> 701-252-3467, ext. 2433

<http://www.humboldt.edu/~go1/kellogg/Chrono.html>

"1880 - Civilization Regulations - Congress set up a series of
offenses that only Indians could commit.  Outlawed Indian religions,
the practices of "so-called" medicine men, ceremonies like the Sun
Dance, the leaving the reservation without permission.  These
regulations were in place until 1936."

Whether they were enforced or not for that period of time is, of
course, a question. We all know of laws that are on the books but
never enforced.

What these regulations included is also a question. I haven't been
able to find a copy on the Web. Their existence was called into
question until, allegedly, a copy showed up in the 1980s. All the
verbiage about the civilization regulations above, including the date
of 1936, can be found on the Web in multiple places, but those places
all seem to have identical or near identical language calling into
question the source of the date.

e.g. <http://www.thelatinlibrary.com/imperialism/notes/nativeamericanchron.html>

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