Editing Muscogee (section)

===Indian Appropriations Act of 1871===

In 1871, Congress added a rider to the Indian Appropriations Act to end the United States' recognizing additional Indian tribes or nations, and prohibiting additional treaties.

{{blockquote|That hereafter no Indian nation or tribe within the territory of the United States shall be acknowledged or recognized as an independent nation, tribe, or power with whom the United States may contract by treaty: Provided, further, that nothing herein contained shall be construed to invalidate or impair the obligation of any treaty heretofore lawfully made and ratified with any such Indian nation or tribe.|Indian Appropriations Act of 1871<ref name=App_act>
{{cite web
|url        = http://law.onecle.com/constitution/article-2/21-indian-treaties.html
|title      = Indian Treaties
|access-date = March 31, 2009
|author     = Onecle
|date       = November 8, 2005
}}
</ref>
}}