Congressional discussions about Kawaiisu Native American territory after the Guadalupe Hidalgo Treaty
Congressional Globe. January 7, 1850.Ammendments presented on a resolution requesting that the President inform the House if Government agents have been sent to California or New Mexico to advise those territories as to the formation of a government for themselves. Twenty-three months after signing the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo (Feb. 2, 1848) Congress takes steps to violate Articles VIII and IX of that treaty. On January 7, 1850, the Committee on Indian Affairs is instructed to inquire into making appropriations for the "EXTINGUISHMENT OF INDIAN TITLE" in following territories: California, Minnesota, New Mexico, Oregon and valley of the Great Salt Lake and to inquire into the expediency of setting apart a portion of U.S. territory as one or more Indian territories. This action was approved in spite of two facts: A) Articles VIII and IX guaranteed ancestral Native American land ownership and B) Article VIII guaranteed U.S. Citizenship to Native Americans in this new territory effective February 3, 1849. In effect, the actions initiated on January 7, 1850 were being taken against citizens of the United States.
Congressional Globe. February 18, 1850.Committee on Territories to inquire which Government agency intimated to the people of California that to exclude slavery would facilitate their admission into the Union
Congressional Globe. February 18, 1850(continued).Resolution declaring it improper and unjust for Congress to provide by law for the introduction or inhibition of slavery in new territories
Use the links below to read more documentation on the history of the Kawaiisu Tribe.
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California Indian Slavery Act of 1850
18 Treaties - California Indian Tribes
How Tejon Reservation Was Established
Spanish Policy Toward The Indians
1924 Supreme Court Case, US v. Title Insurance 265 U.S. 472 (1924)
California Land Commission
Mattz v. Arnett 412 U.S. 481 (1973)
Kawaiisu Tribe Home Page
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, February 2, 1848
Treaty D and Pedro Fages account of Kawaiisu Government
More Photographs of Kawaiisu Pictographs
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