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National Council of Urban Indian Health Relocation Brochure: Relocation has been endemic to modern American Indian History

Authors: National Council of Urban Indian Health

Publication Year: 2009

Last Updated: 2010-08-23

Journal: NCUIH

Keywords: relocation, brochure

Abstract: NCUIH Relocation Brochure--During the U.S. expansion of the 19th century, for instance, large numbers of American Indians were forced to relocate further west. In 1830 the Congress passed the Indian Removal Act. The Act authorized the President to conduct treaties to exchange native land east of the Mississippi River for lands west of the river. As a result, as many as 100,000 American Indians eventually relocated in the west.