U.S. Topographical Bureau, Map Showing the Lands Assigned to Emigrant Indians West of Arkansas and Missouri (1836)

This map, created in 1836, shows the approximate boundaries of lands assigned to Native American tribes forced to relocate west of the Mississippi River, with different colors representing the various tribes. This forced relocation was a result of the 1830 Indian Removal Act, which authorized President Andrew Jackson to grant lands west of the Mississippi in exchange for Native American lands within existing state borders. The map also shows forced cession of land by tribes indigenous to the American West, such as the Sioux. In the lower right margins, it shows the number of Native Americans who “emigrated,” the number of “resident” Native Americans already living in these regions, and number of Native American tribes remaining east of the Mississippi. The map also shows the total acreage of lands granted by the federal government according to each tribe.