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| | ALABAMA - LoveToKnow Article on ALABAMA |
 | | For some time the Whigs were nearly as numerous as the Democrats, but they never secured control of the state government. | | | The development of mining and manufacturing was accompanied by economic distress among the farming classes, which found expression in the Jeffersonian Democratic party, organized in 1892. | | | On these facts the United States government alleged against Great Britain two grievances, or sets of grievances. |
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http://www.1911encyclopedia.org/A/AL/ALABAMA.htm
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| | States as Public Land Managers |
| | Briefly stated, an environmental organization in Idaho, the Idaho Watersheds Project, has been trying, with limited success, to lease state grazing lands which the organization believes (and according to plaintiff's opening brief, the BLM and the Forest Service concur) are overgrazed. | | | The states preexisted the central government and were displaced gradually and unevenly as the "superior sovereign." (Roach, "The Founding Fathers: A Reform Caucus in Action," 55 American Political Science Review 799 (1961) is probably as good a place to start as any. | | | This is in spite of the clear and oft documented fact that Nevada is consistently among the biggest gainers of federal subsidies on federal lands and would be among the biggest losers if the lands were transferred. |
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http://www.ti.org/Fairfax.html
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| | AGO_1965-66_No_107 |
| | This rule denying the vote appears to have been followed without deviation‑-in all states where the issue arose24/ ‑- until 1952. | | | Some early commentators said that the federal government needs to exclude the state from its installations in order to properly carry out its functions. | | | Page 20]] United States and the State of Washington. |
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http://www.atg.wa.gov/opinions/1965-66/opinion_1965-66_107.html
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| | Swierenga on Iowa Land Records |
| | [3] The so-called "cession lands" involved in the recent claims cases covered the entire southeastern half of the state (Royce Cessions 175, 226, 244, 262) and totaled almost 21 million acres (see map on page 20). | | | The United States of America (1962); and "Valuation of Lands in Southcentral Iowa: 1839-1843; Royce Cession 262," presented before the Indian Claims Commission, Doc. | | | In these years descendants of the Sac and Fox Nation and the Iowa Nation of Indians filed various damage suits before the Indian Claims Commission of the United States Court of Claims to collect damages for several unconscionable land treaties which the federal government had forced upon them in 1839 and 1843. |
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http://www.lib.uiowa.edu/spec-coll/Bai/swierenga.htm
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| | MSN Encarta - Public Lands |
| | At that time certain of the original states ceded their claims to lands beyond the Allegheny Mountains to the federal government. | | | New York renounced its claim to western lands in 1780, and eventually other states followed its example. | | | Public Lands, in United States law, term designating largely vacant and unappropriated lands administered by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) of the United States Department of the Interior. |
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http://encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_761572288/Public_Lands.html
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| | Land Cessions of American Indians in Georgia |
| | After ratification by the federal government, Troup moved to swiftly survey and distribute the land. | | | The conviction and execution of a Native American by the state for the murder of a Cherokee on tribal land in 1830 resulted in an appeal to the Supreme Court of the United States in 1831. | | | That year, and again in 1804, the federal government secured cessions of land for the state. |
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http://ngeorgia.com/history/indianla.html
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| | CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Iroquois |
| | Science", XLIV (Salem, 1896); MORGAN, "League of the Hodenosaunee or Iroquois" (Rochester, 1851); "Documents Relative to the Colonial History of the State of New York", ed. | | | Of the Catholic Missions among the Indian Tribes of the United States", (New York, 1855); STONE, "Life and Times of sir William Johnson", Bart. | | | The refugees were subsequently assigned lands by the British Government, near Brantford, Ontario, on which they still reside, keeping up their old tribal forms and to a considerable extent, their old native religion. |
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http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08168b.htm
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| | rectifyingpastwrongs2004 |
| | A. 20th Century Claims Cases Vindicate (belatedly) occupancy rights (and theft thereof) (Indian Claims Commission established in 1946: $890 mil awarded in 285 claims of 850 cases filed, e.g. | | | "Submerged" Eastern Seaboard Tribes win big in cases stemming from violations of the Trade and Intercourse Act Violations, 1790 in State Treaty cessions with Eastern Tribes | | | C. Indians want the land back, not the money OR THE LAND AND THE MONEY |
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http://eee.uci.edu/clients/tcthorne/Hist15/rectifyingpastwrongs.htm
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| | Federal Jurisdiction by Lowell Becraft |
| | United States, 319 U.S. 312, 63 S.Ct. 1122 (1943). | | | United States, 35 U.S. (10 Pet.) 662, 737 (1836), the United States claimed title to property in New Orleans likewise claimed by the city. | | | United States, 371 U.S. 245, 83 S.Ct. 426 (1963), and United States v. |
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http://www.uhuh.com/laws/fedjuris.htm
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| | Louisiana Historical Maps |
| | Cessions of Indian Lands from the time of the establishment of the U.S. Government to 1894. | | | From Indian Land Cessions in the United States, U.S. Government Printing Office 1899. | | | Recent Louisiana State maps from the Louisiana Department of Transportation’s website may be found by clicking here. |
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http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/maps/louisiana
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| | historic regions of the United States: Information From Answers.com |
| | Indian Land Cessions in the United States, United States Digital Map Archives (http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/maps/cessions/) | | | LOC: Indian Land Cessions in the United States, 1784-1894, United States Serial Set, Number 4015 (http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/amlaw/lwss-ilc.html) | | | The following is a list of organized U.S. territories that have become states, in the order of the date organized. |
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http://www.answers.com/topic/historic-regions-of-the-united-states
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| | In the Face of Death -- Extras and Background Info |
| | The United States Democratic Review (1837 - 1859) | | | Indian Land Cessions state by state; more than you wanted to know. | | | A traveler's map of the United States, 1846, showing railroads, canals, and other means of transportation. |
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http://www.hidden-knowledge.com/titles/facedeath/extras
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| | Mississippi Codes 1799-1839 |
| | The Statutes of the State of Mississippi of a Public and General Nature, With the Constitutions of the United States and of this State: And an Appendix Containing Acts of Congress Affecting Land Titles, Naturalization, andc. | | | Laws of the State of Mississippi; Embracing All Acts of a Public Nature from January Session, 1824, to January Session 1838, Inclusive. | | | With References to Decisions of the High Court of Errors and Appeals, and of the Supreme Court, Applicable to the Statutes. |
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http://library.mssc.state.ms.us/MSCodesAll.htm
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| | treatyrightsvindicated2004 |
| | The Supreme Court since 1980 : favors state's rights (Rehnquist court) | | | State of Washington (1974): "the mere passage of time has not eroded, and cannot erode, the rights guaranteed by solemn treaties.... | | | Eastern Seaboard Tribes win big in cases stemming from violations of the Trade and Intercourse Act Violations, 1790 in State Treaty cessions with Eastern Tribes |
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http://eee.uci.edu/clients/tcthorne/Hist15/treatyrightsvindicated.htm
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| | Tennessee Census Records Online |
| | Tennessee Census Records is a tool designed to help you find sites which offer free census records online for the state of Tennessee. | | | We cannot be held responsible for the content of those sites. | | | You will find state, county and town of residence; relationships to head-of-household; gender and ethnicity; age; birthplace; birthplace of parents; occupation; workplace; along with U.S. census records for other years in this census collection! |
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http://www.censusfinder.com/tennessee.htm
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