State
Mississippi
In the record
Royce’s schedule records 8 cessions that lie at least partly in Mississippi, from 1801 to 1832, under 8 treaties, agreements and acts. The peoples named most often are Choctaw and Chickasaw.
The atlas records 2 broken treaty promises here, including Treaty of St. Louis 1804: cession signed by a delegation with no authority to sell and Dancing Rabbit Creek 1830: first removal treaty under the Indian Removal Act.
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Who is doing the work
Native legal and land defense, nationally
- Native American Rights Fund (NARF) Native-led Litigation and legal advocacy for tribal sovereignty, treaty rights, land and resources Give on their site Website
- NDN Collective (LANDBACK Campaign) Native-led LANDBACK campaign (launched 2020; Mount Rushmore closure and return of Black Hills public lands), Indigenous… Give on their site Website
- Indian Land Tenure Foundation (ILTF) Native-led Land recovery and control by tribes and individual Indian landowners Website
- Decolonizing Wealth Project (Indigenous Earth Fund; California Tribal Land Return) Native-led Reparative philanthropy Give on their site Website
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Connections
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Contains 10
- Land of the Choctaw in Mississippi, ceded 1801 (area 43)1801
- Land of the Choctaw in Alabama and Mississippi, ceded 1802 (area 46)1802
- Treaty of St. Louis 1804: cession signed by a delegation with no authority to sell1804suggested
- Land of the Choctaw in Alabama and Mississippi, ceded 1805 (area 61)1805
- Land of the Chickasaw in Alabama, Mississippi and Tennessee, ceded 1816 (area 80)1816
- Land of the Choctaw in Alabama and Mississippi, ceded 1816 (area 82)1816
- Land of the Choctaw in Mississippi, ceded 1820 (area 115)1820
- Land of the Choctaw in Alabama and Mississippi, ceded 1830 (area 156)1830
- Dancing Rabbit Creek 1830: first removal treaty under the Indian Removal Act1831suggested
- Land of the Chickasaw in Alabama, Mississippi and Tennessee, ceded 1832 (area 178)1832
Sources
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