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Map showing Indian reservations with the limits of the United States : 1883 Map showing Indian reservations with the limits of the United States : 1883
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"American Progress" Print shows an allegorical female figure of America leading pioneers westward, as they travel on foot, in a stagecoach, conestoga wagon, and by railroads, where they encounter Native Americans and herds of bison.
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"Millions of Acres" Land for sale on 10 years credit by the Burlington & Missouri River R. R. Co. at 6 per ct interest and low prices
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"I will go West" sheet music Sheet music about a family moving out of expensive cities and into the west to become farmers.
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The Great Nation of Futurity "The Great Nation of Futurity" is a segment within the sixth volume of The United States Democratic Review. It is one of the first publications to promote an idea that would come to be known as Manifest Destiny: the idea that the United States is entitled to all land between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans and that it has a duty to bring "civilization" to the lands.
An exerpt from page 427:
"The far-reaching, the boundless future will be the era of American greatness. In its magnificent domain of space and time, the nation of many nations is destined to manifest; to mankind the excellence of divine principles; to establish on earth the noblest temple ever dedicated to the worship of the Most High—the Sacred and the True."
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President Andrew Jackson's Message to Congress "On Indian Removal" On December 6, 1830, in a message to Congress, President Andrew Jackson called for the relocation of eastern Native American tribes to land west of the Mississippi River, in order to open new land for settlement by citizens of the United States.
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The "Indian Problem" As American power and population grew in the 19th century, the United States gradually rejected the main principle of treaty-making—that tribes were self-governing nations—and initiated policies that undermined tribal sovereignty. For Indian nations, these policies resulted in broken treaties, vast land loss, removal and relocation, population decline, and cultural decimation. The "Indian Problem" was produced to serve as the central video in the exhibition "Nation to Nation: Treaties Between the United States and American Indian Nations," on view at the National Museum of the American Indian in Washington, DC. This video introduces visitors to the section of the exhibition titled "Bad Acts, Bad Paper."
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Mt. Pleasant Boarding School (Modern) A modern photograph of the Mt. Pleasant boarding school.
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Transcript of President Andrew Jackson's Message to Congress On Indian Removal (1830) Transcript of an official address given by Pres. Andrew Jackson to the United States Congress in 1830, detailing the beginning of his plan for Indian Removal and laying the foundation for the future boarding schools.
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Memo on Federal Indian Boarding School Initiative A memo from the United States Department of Interior outlining the Indian Boarding School Initiative. This initiative intends to inspect former Indian Boarding School sites for possible burial sites. It is signed by Deborah Hall, the first Native American U.S. Secretary of the Interior.
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The Stone is Laid Newspaper clipping from Isabella County Enterprise announcing and celebrating the first stone being laid for the construction of the Mt. Pleasant Boarding School
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Saginaw Chippewa Honoring, Healing & Remembering 2021 A 2021 press release from the Saginaw Chippewa tribe about moving forward in a healing way.
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Sault Ste. Marie Chippewa Memorial Walk Poster A poster detailing a walk on August 20, 2021 commemorating the victims and survivors of the boarding schools.
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Childhood is Sacred A promotional video for the LAUNCH initiative by the Inter-tribal Council of Michigan. Details on the project goals and resources can be found at www.itcmi.org/launch.