Cessions of Land by Indian Tribes to the United States: Illustrated by Those in the State of Indiana: First Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1879-80, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1881, Pages 247-262

Cessions of Land by Indian Tribes to the United States, written by Charles C. Royce and published in 1881, examines the legal and historical relationships between Native American tribes and the U.S. government regarding land cessions, particularly in Indiana. The work details treaties negotiated with various tribes, documenting the process and implications of these land transfers. Royce provides a chronological overview of specific treaties, highlighting the complexities of identifying historic land claims amid changing boundaries and names, and revealing the narrative of negotiation and conflict surrounding indigenous land rights.