The Indian Removal Act, signed by Andrew Jackson in 1830, became for American Indians one of the most detrimental laws in U.S. history. Nation to Nation looks at Removal’s historic and legal ...

In 1830, just a year after taking office, Jackson pushed a new piece of legislation called the "Indian Removal Act" through both houses of Congress. It gave the president power to negotiate ...

Nicholas, Tom, Ari Medoff, Raven Smith, and Sam Subramanian. "The Indian Removal Act and the 'Trail of Tears'." Harvard Business School Case 812-079, December 2011. (Revised February 2019.) ...

The Indian Removal Act of 1863 still exists in federal law. It was enacted by President Abraham Lincoln following the Dakota Conflict of 1862, banishing the Dakota from Minnesota. Urdahl began ...

it's about the fact that he signed the Indian Removal Act, which back in the 1860s, I think, what it did — 1830s, that is to say — during the fall of 1838, I believe, was when they moved all ...

click image for close-up In 1838 and 1839, as part of Andrew Jackson's Indian removal policy ... "Trail of Tears," because of its devastating effects. The migrants faced hunger, disease, and ...