ProQuest Indian Claims Insight

ProQuest Indian Claims Insight allows users to research the history of U.S. Indian claims from 1789 to the present. It contains compiled docket histories with all content related to each claim, including court documents, but cited treaties, related congressional publications, and maps. The claims process allows tribes to seek justice in cases where the U.S. government has broken a treaty it made with the tribe. Prior to 1948, tribes presented claims directly to Congress or before the Court of Claims. The collection includes:

• Pre-1948:  Claims presented to Congress and/or brought before the Court of Claims;
• 1948-1978:  Claims presented to the Indian Claims Commission, including briefs, docket books, decisions, expert testimony, oral transcripts;
• Post-1978:  Claims brought before the US Court of Claims (through 1982) and US Court of Federal Claims (through 2006); documents related to post-2006 settlement of claims; legislative histories and congressional publications directly related to Indian claims, including congressional publications indexed by docket numbers; important Supreme Court decisions; and maps.

The collection also allows searching by nation/tribe and state/territory in order to view all related materials.