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  1. A Fractured Cherokee Nation Fights Removal
    date December 29, 1835 to December 31, 1838map INDIAN LANDS, Georgiatags Native-Americans, Government

    The conflict over the lands of the Cherokee tribe (more commonly referred to as the Cherokee Nation) sat on the forefront of U.S. politics once the U.S. Congress passed the Indian Removal Act on May 28, 1830. However, when the Ridge Party, a breakaway pro-removal group of the Cherokee Nation, signed the Treaty of New Echota with U.S. treaty commissioners J.F. Schermerhorn and William Carroll on December...

  2. The U.S. Congress Creates the Department of the Interior
    date March 3, 1849map Washington City, District of Columbiatags Native-Americans, Government

    The idea of the formation of a U.S. Department of Interior laid in the back of the mind of the U.S. Congress since the ratification of the Constitution in 1789. However, in the months following the end of the Mexican-American War in 1848, the proposal reasserted itself as the federal government and its responsibilities expanded enormously. As a result, in the second session of the 30th Congress on...