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Posted by: Betty Lupinacci
Let’s start out by saying that it’s Opening Day and no one can be expected to be anything but fun and frivolous on a day like today. So if we go a bit out of left field (pun intended) with this post, please excuse …
Posted in: Law Library
Posted by: Betty Lupinacci
The Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) was created by then Secretary of War John C. Calhoun on this day, March 11, in 1824. After Congress abolished government-run trading houses in 1822 (3 Stat. 679, chap 54 (1822)), Calhoun appointed Thomas L. McKenney as the first commissioner of Indian affairs in 1824, to fill the void …
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