 Amending Indian Appropriation Act of 1892 |
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This excerpted report from the Committee of Public Lands asserted that dispossessed treaty lands and former military reservations should be closer in price per acre to lands distributed under the Homestead Act.
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| Estimate of Property Loss Sustained by the Chinese in their respective camps at Rock Springs |
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In the wake of the 1885 Rock Springs Massacre, a U.S.- Chinese commission made up of politicians, ambassadors, and diplomats arrived in Wyoming Territory to collect testimony and tally the loss of property among Chinese laborers. The property lists accounted for individual property ownership, as well as property held in common by the Chinese miners.
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| Federal Indian Boarding School Initiative Investigative Report |
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This report initiated data collection and information gathering on abuses in the Native American boarding school system.
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| Interim Report on Employment of Homosexuals and Other Sex Perverts in Government |
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Following World War II, there was a surge in growth of gay culture in cities. Young people were moving to cities in droves, and they used the anonymity they found in cities to practice their sexuality. The backlash against the increasingly prevalent gay culture was known as the Lavender Scare. Tied to the Red Scare, many homosexual people were fired from their roles working for the federal government. The Interim Report on Employment of Homosexuals and Other Sex Perverts in Government summarized the people they deemed unsuited to work for the government due to their sexuality. As a result, thousands of gay employees were fired or forced to resign from government roles, and other gay individuals never applied for fear of being outed.
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| Memorial of Chinese laborers resident at Rock Springs, Wyoming Territory |
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Over five hundred Chinese survivors of the 1885 racial violence in Rock Springs petitioned Huang Sih Chuen, the Chinese consul at New York, providing testimony of the white-led massacre and detailing the circumstances through which they lost property. Survivors demanded bodily protection and property compensation, while invoking recent treaty stipulations between the U.S. and China
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| Meriam Report: General Summary of Findings and Recommendations |
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The Meriam Report highlighted the failures of allotment while advocating for reform.
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| Reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act Fact Sheet |
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This statement from the White House outlines critical elements in the reauthorized Violence Against Women Act signed by President Joe Biden as part of the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2022.
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| Report of the Woman's Rights Convention Held at Seneca Falls |
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Generally credited as the first call for equal rights for women, this document is the result of the Seneca Falls Convention of 1848. It calls for suffrage rights for women, as well as equal rights in all aspects of society. The convention was organized by Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott, both women were from abolitionist families, highlighting a sharp divide between women’s rights advocates before and after the Civil War.
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| Under the Rule of Thumb: Battered Women and the Administration of Justice |
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This groundbreaking report reflected increased federal response to issues surrounding violence against women.
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| Violence Against American Indian and Alaska Native Women and Men |
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This report studied the intersectional effects of violence on Indigenous communities.
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