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=== Early US agencies and legislation: Intercourse Acts === | === Early US agencies and legislation: Intercourse Acts === | ||
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Agencies related to Native Americans originated in 1775, when the [[Second Continental Congress]] created a trio of Indian-related agencies. [[Benjamin Franklin]] and [[Patrick Henry]] were appointed among the early commissioners to negotiate treaties with Native Americans to obtain their [[Neutral country|neutrality]] during the | Agencies related to Native Americans originated in 1775, when the [[Second Continental Congress]] created a trio of Indian-related agencies. [[Benjamin Franklin]] and [[Patrick Henry]] were appointed among the early commissioners to negotiate treaties with Native Americans to obtain their [[Neutral country|neutrality]] during the American Revolutionary War.<ref name=ARN>{{cite web|last=Henson|first=C.L.|title=From War to Self-Determination: a history of the Bureau of Indian Affairs |url=http://www.americansc.org.uk/Online/indians.htm|website=American Resources on the Net |access-date= May 6, 2016}}</ref> | ||
=== Office of Indian Trade (1806–1822) === | === Office of Indian Trade (1806–1822) === | ||