02857cam a22003493u 450000100060000000300070000600500170001300600020003000700050003200800410003704000110007804100170008905000090010610000340011524502730014926400510042230000470047333600260052033700260054633800360057250001100060850000310071850802340074952012310098353400450221465300530225965300430231265300370235565300550239285600430244799900170249017148UtSlPG20260610133412.0mcr n260607r2005||||utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d  aUtSlPG 7aen2iso639-1 4aE0111 aRoyce, Charles C.,d1845-192310aCessions of Land by Indian Tribes to the United States: Illustrated by Those in the State of Indiana :bFirst Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1879-80, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1881, pages 247-262 1aSalt Lake City, UT :bProject Gutenberg,c2005  a1 online resource :bmultiple file formats  atextbtxt2rdacontent  acomputerbc2rdamedia  aonline resourcebcr2rdacarrier  aWikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_Indian_Reservations_and_Cessions  aRelease date is 2005-11-24  aE-text prepared by Janet Blenkinship and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team (https://www.pgdp.net/) from page images generously made available by the Bibliothèque nationale de France (http://www.bnf.fr/)  a"Cessions of Land by Indian Tribes to the United States: Illustrated by Those in the State of Indiana" by C. C. Royce is a historical account written during the late 19th century. This work explores the complex legal and historical relationships between Native American tribes and the United States government regarding land cessions. It focuses specifically on the treaties negotiated with various Indian tribes in Indiana, detailing the process and implications of these land cessions.  The book illuminates the legal debates surrounding Indian title and the rights of indigenous peoples to their land, explaining how the United States claimed sovereignty over territories formerly occupied by Native Americans. Royce meticulously documents specific treaties and cessions, providing a chronological and geographic overview of land transfers from Indian tribes to the government. Through maps and detailed descriptions of the boundaries established in these treaties, the author highlights the challenges faced in identifying historic land claims amid changing names and boundaries, revealing a narrative of negotiation, conflict, and the eventual relinquishment of Native lands. (This is an automatically generated summary.)  nOriginal publication data not identified  aIndians of North America -- Government relations  aIndian land transfers -- United States  aIndian land transfers -- Indiana  aIndians of North America -- Land tenure -- Indiana40uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/17148  c58536d58536