一九四六年合衆国インディアン請求委員会法について
1977 年 1977 巻 29 号 p. 67-79,208
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1977 年 1977 巻 29 号 p. 67-79,208
The Northwest Ordinance of 1787 expresses the basic attitude of the United States toward the Indians as follows:
"The utmost good faith shall always be observed towards the Indians; their land and property shall never be taken from them without their consent;…"
However, after the long suffering-stories of the Indians, the United States Indian Claims Commission Act of 1946, "hailed as a step which removes a longstanding discrimination against Indians, " provides that the Indian Claims Commission shall hear and determine the claims such as "claims arising from the taking by the United States, whether as the result of a treaty of cession or otherwise, of lands owned or occupied by the claimant without the payment for such lands of compensation agreed to by the claimant;…"
The Indian Claims Commission Act, which is the final settlement of account of the long history of the United States Indian policies in a sense, is explained as follows:
(1) The Formation of the Indian Claims Commission Act
(2) The Structure of the Indian Claims Commission
(3) The Outline of the Cases before the Indian Claims Commission
(4) In Conclusion
