In The Northwest Ordinance Of 1787 Analysis

In the Northwest Ordinance of 1787 is a policy that was created by the United States Congress because the country was expanding westward and the constitution didn’t provide guidance on claiming and settling on new Northwest Territories. The United Constitution advocated for the newly found promise land to white settlers but nonconizance of the Northwest Territory (north and west of the Ohio River) expansion, which also had little consideration towards the Indians homelands. It was the Northwest Ordinance of 1787 that references “a clear policy with activities in dealing with Indians and Indian matters that is to reflect high moral standards in accordance in this Indian policy”. (Pg. 31) In the United Constitution there were two clauses that

outlines seven controlling assumptions. Discuss three of the assumptions and give an example of each.

In "A Better Day for Indians," Vine Deloria, Jr. outlines seven controlling assumptions that Congress has implied its power towards Indians. Congress uses and choses it’s power when it pleases them. This is the first foremost formative role that congress frequents and it goes unnoticed because congress acts in good faith that allows the federal government to render any immoral acts towards Indians. I will describe 3 of the seven with example of each. The first assumption that Deloria Jr describes as “is the privilege of the federal establishment to avoid difficult decisions”, which rely in executive and judicial branches to enforce breached treaties. Consequently, the two branches lay the authority that the constitution entrusts over Indian Affairs. For example, the federal courts will hear many treaty violations by the federal executive and deter the responsibility to the court, which do not have authority to take on Indian

This theory of implied powers of congress has been the attitude with no regards to homelands of the Indians based on the doctrine of discovery. Congress can exploit all natural resources and develop settlements on Indian lands at their discretion. Such as, utilizing natural resources (lead, gold, oil, water, etc.) for profit, construction of dams in order to accumulate more land and irrigation for white settlers. This has exploited land and destroyed the livelihood of the Indians; the resources of lands of which Indians relied upon to live. Every controlling assumption of congress has revolved around attaining land from the Indians with bureaucratic inclinations of misinterpretations of law. This bureaucratic course of action abnegates the executive, judicial, and congress branches; avoids the trust relationship of Indian