18 Treaties - California
Congressional Documents (found below) relating to the Eighteen Treaties made with California Indian Tribes
- June 28, 1852 Committee on Indian Affairs, reports the treaties
- July 8, 1852 Treaties read to Senate, Vote not to ratify
- Schedule of Indian Land Cessions, 56th Congress, 1st Session
- Native American Territory Cessions Maps: California (2), All States
Executive Journal, June 28, 1852.
Mr. Atchison, Committee on Indian Affairs, reports the eighteen treaties without amendment (page 409 American Memory site)
Executive Journal, July 8, 1852.
Senate votes not to ratify the eighteen treaties with the Indian tribes in California (page 417 American Memory site)
Executive Journal, July 8, 1852.
Senate votes not to ratify the eighteen treaties with the Indian tribes in California (page 418 American Memory site)
Schedule of Indian Land Cessions, 56th Congress, 1st Session (page 782 and 783 American Memory site) showing Treaty D, June 10, 1851, at the bottom of the page
California Cessions Map 1 Showing 18 Treaties, #286 shows Kawaiisu Ceded Territory, #285 shows Kawaiisu Reserved Territory
California Cessions Map 2, #311 shows H. D. Washburn survey, September 0, 1853, of Tejon Reservation as established by Superintendent Beale. It was 75,000 acres and was the first Indian Reservation established in California.
All States Cessions Map
See additional links below for documentation on the history of the Kawaiisu Tribe.
LINKS
Extinguishment of Indian Title: Congress, 1850
California Indian Slavery Act of 1850
How Tejon Reservation was established
Spanish Policy Toward The Indians
1924 U.S. Supreme Court Case
California Land Commission
Mattz vs Arnett
Kawaiisu Tribe Home Page
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