Viewing Tribal Law & Treaties Category (5) found:Public Law 280 (1953).Under Public law 280, passed by the 83rd Congress in 1953, the federal government transferred jurisdiction to Minnesota and four other states over crimes committed on and civil suits arising on certain Indian reservations located within these states. As a PL 280 state, Minnesota assumed jurisdiction... The Winnebago and Sioux-Dakota Removal Acts (1863).Reacting to public pressure in the aftermath of the U. S. - Dakota War, Congress passed legislation in early 1863 authorizing the President to remove the defeated tribes from Minnesota, relocate them to new reservations suitable for agricultural purposes, and sell their former reservations to settle... "The Progress" Unquarantined (1887).In the spring of 1886, as Gus and Theo Beaulieu were preparing to publish "The Progress" -- what was to be the first newspaper printed on the White Earth Reservation -- the U. S. Indian Agent, claiming they were unfit for such an occupation, seized their press and banned their newspaper. The Beau... Treaties Involving Indigenous Peoples in Minnesota (1805-1867).A list of treaties involving indigenous peoples and land in Minnesota from 1805 to 1867 is posted here. It was compiled by the Library of Congress. ... Stephen R. Riggs: "The Minnesota Constitution in the Dakota Language." (1858)In 1858, Stephen R. Riggs's translation of the Constitution of Minnesota into Dakota was published "By Order of The Hazelwood Republic." ... |