Indian Removal Act

GPTKB entity

Properties (26)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:United_States_federal_law
gptkbp:controversy Ethical implications of removal policies
Role_of_government_in_Native_American_affairs
Impact_on_Native_American_sovereignty
Forced_removal_of_Native_Americans
gptkbp:enactedBy gptkb:United_States_Congress
nan
gptkbp:historicalImpact Cultural disruption
Loss of ancestral lands
Death of thousands of Native Americans
Legal precedent for future policies
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Indian Removal Act
gptkbp:impact gptkb:Chickasaw_Nation
gptkb:Seminole_Nation
gptkb:Cherokee_Nation
gptkb:Choctaw_Nation
gptkb:Creek_Nation
gptkbp:legacy Recognition of historical injustices
Continued_discussions_on_Native_American_rights
Influence_on_modern_Native_American_policy
gptkbp:purpose To_relocate_Native_American_tribes_to_west_of_the_Mississippi_River
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Indian_Appropriations_Act
Treaty of New Echota
gptkbp:resultedIn Trail of Tears
gptkbp:signature gptkb:Andrew_Jackson
gptkbp:yearEstablished 1830