Acquisition of Cherokee lands for that which is known as the Natchez Trace Parkway is presented via an historical perspective. (JC)

Examining the theory used by the Puritans to justify their jurisdictional claims in America, this essay discusses Roger Williams' arguments for the validity and significance of the English patent in New England as applicable to the Narragansett Indians and to dissident Rhode Islanders. (JC)

An attempt to do what has rarely been done in the 19th century, this article examines the actual economic resources and values associated with United States Indian treaties and agreements in the Great Lakes region (land, trade, timber, maple sugar, fish and game, water resources, military posts and roads, and annuities). (JC)

Letters written by Houma Indians, tribal friends, and Federal bureaucrats and reproduced for this article depict the historical educational struggles of the unrecognized Houma Indians of Louisiana. (JC)

Establishing that the Seminoles have present, treaty-guaranteed rights to the lands where they live and other Florida lands, this article details the Seminole claims prosecuted in the Indian Claims Commission, maintaining it was unauthorized by the traditional Seminole, unlawful, and in some respects fraudulent. (JC)

Three judical decisions (Johnson vs McIntosh, Cherokee Nation vs State of Georgia, and Worcester vs Georgia) are cited as "the root and vine of the field of jurisprudence" re: decisions imposed upon the American Indian and rendered during the first half of the 19th century when the U.S. was experiencing a national crisis. (JC)

Detailing the history of legal counsel for the Navajo Nation, this article illustrates the increasing importance of the Nation's legal counsel to the future of the Navajo. (JC)

Presenting an historical account of the Prairie Potawatomie's resistance to the General Allotment Act of 1887, this article emphasizes the Prairie Band's resiliance and underlying strength. (JC)

The Western Shoshone traditionals have challenged the ruling of the Indian Claims Commission in an effort to reclaim 24 million acres of Nevada land originally promised to them by the Federal Government. (JC)

Describing events and legislation leading up to the removal of the Cherokee Nation from its eastern homelands to Oklahoma, this article details the Federal Government's role in what is termed the "cultural genocide" of the Cherokee Nation. (JC)

Suggesting there has been a nationalistic psychology inherent in white America's relationship with the American Indian, this article asserts that the Puritans and 19th century politicians are alike in their inability to accept the idea that Indians have not wanted to live like the white man. (JC)