Native American Displacement Flashcards
Displacement
Havasupai, Yosemite, Blackfeet,
Havasupai
Grand Canyon
Army attempts to put tribe on a reservation
1881
Grand canon forest reserve established
1893
Diseases devastate Havasupai leaving only 166 left
1906
Theodore Roosevelt declared the Grand Canyon a National monument
1908
The bill to grant national park status to the area was passed and signed by Woodrow Wilson
1919
1920s
NPS encouraged the shift to wage labor in Grand Canyon Village
Tribal members unwilling to surrender their hunting and gathering traditions or other cultural aspects
Late 1930s
Confrontations with NPS include razing camp during tribal members absence to force Havasupai into park-controlled housing
Yosemite Indians
Yosemite Valley
Gold Rush
The first contact between Yosemite and whites as thousands invaded central Sierra Nevada
1851
The “discovery” of Yosemite Valley in 1851 occurred during a military campaign of central Sierra Nevada and plans to relocate the Indians to the San Joaquin Valley
Mid-1850s Yosemite
Developed relationship with nearby mining camps and # of Indians started to work for miners or panned gold for themselves
President Abraham Lincoln signed Yosemite Park Act 147 visitors but grew
1864
Tourism Grows Yosemite
1875
Through 1890s Yosemite
California officials retained responsibility for park and no policy on removal of restrictions of Indians
Yosemite 1906
Yosemite becomes a national park and complaints of Indians with restrictions in backcountry
Establishment of Indian Field Days to inspire cultural rejuvenation and tourism in the late season
Yosemite 1920
Plan called for moving the Yosemite village without consultation
1927 Yosemite
Park Service conducts census of Indians how many had right to do so in valley
Yosemite 1930
Yosemite officials begin a program of Indian removal
Huns Tlingit Tribal House
(Xunaa Shuka Hit)
20 years of collaboration between the Hoonah Indian Association and Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve celebrated Aug 25, 2016
National Tribal Preservation Program
Established 1992 and admin by NPS to preserve and protect resources and traditions that are of importance to Native Americans
2 Grant Progrsms
Tribal Historic Preservation Officers
Tribal Heritage Grants