Title: Redskins, ruffleshirts and rednecks
Description: President Andrew Jackson wanted to secure all 25 million acres east of the Mississippi River. When the indigenous tribes balked, Jackson offered treaties that promised a farm to each head of an Indian family in exchange for the remaining land. Mary Elizabeth Young details the repercussions of these treaties for American Indians and Anglo-Indian relations. Few if any Indians ever saw that promised farmland, but the United States received its share -- and more.
Subjects: Chickasaw Indians, Choctaw Indians, Creek Indians, Land tenure, Creek, Creek (Indiens), Choctaw (Indiens), Propriété foncière, Histoire, Native Americans, Chickasaw, Chickasaw (Indiens), Choctaw, Terres
Places: Alabama, Mississippi