Indian Country

2. Snake Name of last Indian rebellion
4. Snake What northern tribes call the Keystone XL pipeline
6. Indian hostile western senator & chairman of Senate Indian Affairs committee
9. Federal policy of killing off Indian tribes
11. Initials of act governing welfare of Indian children
13. Name of first tribe U.S. negotiated a treaty
16. Rule S. Ct. fabricated rule that destroyed traditional Indian law
19. Most notorious anti-Indian S. Ct. justice
21. Initials of recent act conferring greater judicial authority upon tribal courts
22. Name of tribe whose members were allotted land but is considered non-federally recognized
24. Perce Name of last tribe with whom U.S. negotiated a treaty
25. The "number" of the so-called civilized tribes

1. Name of tribe almost entirely eradicated by small pox.
3. Name of infamous BIA Comm'r who launched anti-Indian policies in 1950
5. The Indian commissioner under FDR
7. State name of placed designated at the "Indian Territory"
8. Name of western reservation that was supposed to become an "Indian Territory"
10. Product of Dawes Act of 1887
11. Initials of act governing Indian gaming
12. U.S. policy of moving tribes great distances from homelands
14. Name of president who called BIA commissionership a "shitty little job"
15. First Indian tribe to file a claim in the former U.S. Ct. of Claims
17. The largest tribe in the U.S.
18. President who announced modern Indian self-determination policy
20. Name of senator who tried to cheat apaches out of land for personal benefit
23. Name of tribe that put heads on stakes to discourage intruders
26. Initials of Act curing "the wreckage of 100 years"