Prior to 1871, the government of the United States regularly entered into treaties with Native Americans but the Indian Appropriations Act of March 3, 1871 (ch. 120, 16 Stat. 563) had a rider (25 U.S.C. § 71) attached that effectively ended the President’s treaty making by providing that no Indian nation or tribe shall be acknowledged as an independent nation, tribe, or power with whom the United States may contract by treaty. The federal government continued to provide similar contractual relations with the Indian tribes after 1871 by agreements, statutes, and executive orders. COUNT 5
QSN1 What legislative act provided that no Indian nation shall be acknowledged as an independent nation with whom the United States may contract by treaty? ANS1 Indian Appropriations Act of March 3, 1871 QSN2 By what did the US federal government provide contractual relations with Indian tribes following the Indian Appropriations Act of March 3, 1871? ANS2 agreements, statutes, and executive orders QSN3 Prior to what year did the United States regularly enter into treaties with Native Americans? ANS3 1871 QSN4 A rider to the Indian Appropriations Act of 1871 provided that no Indian nation shall be acknowledged as what? ANS4 an independent nation, tribe, or power QSN5 A rider to the Indian Appropriations Act of 1871 provided that the US government could not do what with an Indian nation? ANS5 contract by treaty