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About Samuel F. Tappan
Samuel Forster Tappan was an American journalist, military officer, abolitionist and a Native American rights activist. Appointed as a member of the Indian Peace Commission in 1867 to reach peace with the Plains Indians, he advocated self-determination for native tribes. He proposed the federal government replace military jurisdiction over tribal matters with a form of civil law on reservations, applied by the tribes themselves.
Everything about Samuel F. Tappan →- Occupation
- journalist
- Citizenship
- United States
- Born
- June 29, 1831
- Died
- January 6, 1913