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 ...

The complex relationship between the government and American Indians is the subject of the new, long-term exhibit “Nation to Nation: Treaties Between the United States and American Indian ...

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 ...