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LONE WOLF VS. HITCHCOCK (1903)

LONE WOLF VS. HITCHCOCK (1903). Vs. By: Valerie Pardon and Rachel Ravina. Do you think it was justifiable of Congress to reject the case?. Background People Case Outcome Work Cited. BACKGROUND INFORMATION. Kiowa Tribe Migrated to America because they had abundant food supplies

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LONE WOLF VS. HITCHCOCK (1903)

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  1. LONE WOLF VS. HITCHCOCK (1903) Vs. By: Valerie Pardon and Rachel Ravina Do you think it was justifiable of Congress to reject the case? BackgroundPeopleCaseOutcomeWork Cited

  2. BACKGROUND INFORMATION Kiowa Tribe • Migrated to America because they had abundant food supplies • Population small • They were hunters and gathers • There land was very rich and fertile • White settlers come • Unique style of government • LONE WOLF Medicine Lodge TreatyPeopleCaseOutcomeWork CitedTitle Slide

  3. THE MEDICINE LODGE TREATY (1867) • Treaty between Native American tribes and the United States that set up reservations of the Native American land that couldn’t be touched by Americans. • Treaty starts to fall apart • American’s want westernize native Americans BackgroundPeopleCaseOutcomeWork CitedTitle Slide

  4. PEOPLE BackgroundCaseOutcomeWork CitedTitle Slide

  5. LONE WOLF • A hero and the chief of the Kiowa tribe, he led countless attacks to protect what was rightfully his. • Lived from 1820-1879 • Was chief during the period in American history where there was violent domestication of nomadic Native Americans • Did not sign the medicine lodge treaty PeopleBackgroundCaseOutcomeWork CitedTitle Slide

  6. ETHAN ALLEN HITCHCOCK He was a military commander for most of his life • Fought in the Mexican War, the Second Seminole War and Civil War • Life time span between 1798-1870 • After military career he investigated into the fraud in Indian Territory becomes U.S. Secretary of Interior BackgroundPeopleCaseOutcomeWork CitedTitle Slide

  7. THE CASE • Congress changed terms of medicine lodge treaty • Lone Wolf filed a complaint stating congress’s violation of treaty • Sued Ethan Allen Hitchcock to stop reservation change BackgroundPeopleOutcomeWork CitedTitle Slide

  8. THE OUTCOME Failure Success Case outcome changed the relationship between the Americans and Native Americans BackgroundPeopleCaseWork CitedTitle Slide

  9. SUCCESSES Major Court Case After The Case: • Cherokee Nation v. Hitchcock Major Legislation After The Case: • 1906 The Alaska Allotment Act • Indian Reorganization Act (IRA) 1934 BackgroundFailuresPeopleCaseOutcomeTitle SlideWork Cited

  10. FAILURES • Decision by congress was never appealed • Forced 50,000 settlers out of the Kiowa tribe reservation • Creation of rights organizations throughout native American society BackgroundPeopleCaseOutcomeWork CitedTitle Slide

  11. WHAT DO YOU THINK???` Now that you have heard the case, do you think it was justifiable of Congress to reject the case? From this case how are Native Americans treated today? Please discuss in small groups to help you figure out your answer. Work CitedTitle Slide

  12. WORK CITED 1. Grant Foreman, The Five Civilized Tribes: Cherokee, Chicksaw, Choctaw, Creek, Seminole (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1934). Ethan Allen Hitchcock, A Traveler in Indian Territory: The Journal of Ethan Allen Hitchcock, ed. Grant Foreman (Cedar Rapids, Iowa: The Torch Press, 1930). 2. Taylor, Ethel. "Medicine Lodge Treaty." Rebelcherokees History and Genealogy Sites. 1998-2003. Web. 30 Nov. 2010. <http://rebelcherokee.labdiva.com/medlodgtreaty.html>. 3. "Lone Wolf." United States History. Web. 30 Nov. 2010. <http://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h3820.html>. 4. "Lone Wolf v. Hitchcock, U.S. Supreme Court Case Summary & Oral Argument." The Oyez Project | U.S. Supreme Court Oral Argument Recordings, Case Abstracts and More. Web. 30 Nov. 2010. http://www.oyez.org/cases/1901-1939/1902/1902_275 5. Wunder, John R., and John P. Husmann. "Native-Americans-Law-History." Native-Americans-Law-History. Web. 15 Dec. 2010. <                <http://law.jrank.org/pages/18859/Native-Americans-Law-History.html>. BackgroundPeopleCaseOutcomeTitle Slide

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