senior geographer at the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian in Washington, D.C. "You can look at [Carapella's] map, and you can sort of get it immediately," Herman says.

As blue “Indian homelands” disappear, small red areas appear, indicating the establishment of reservations. (Above is a GIF of the map's time ... purposes in crafting treaties and executive ...

Some tribes who have signed treaties are now “unrecognized” tribes. In 2014, the National Museum of the American Indian featured one of the unratified California Treaties in their exhibits.

They based this on United States policy; in former treaties, Indian nations had been declared sovereign so they would be legally capable of ceding their lands. Now the Cherokee hoped to use this ...

Implementing the treaties also means protecting the healthy environment that Indian cultures depend on, said Terry Williams, fisheries and natural-resources commissioner for the Tulalip Tribes.