American Indian Policy And American Reform

Author : Christine Bolt
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 450 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2023-11-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781000996487

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American Indian Policy and American Reform by Christine Bolt Pdf

First published in 1987, American Indian Policy and American Reform examines key aspects of American Indian policy and reform in the context of American ethnic problems and traditions of reform. The first four chapters provide a chronological survey discussing racial attitudes, economic issues, the role of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, missionary and reformer involvement with government policy, the political interaction of Indians and whites, and other continuing differences between the two races. The second part of the book examines important themes which illuminate the difficulties of the assimilation campaign. In a series of case studies, Prof. Bolt explores Indian-black-white relations in the South and Indian Territory, American anthropologists and American Indians, Indian education from colonial times to the 20th century, Indian women, urban Indians since the Second World War and Indian political protest groups. This book will be of interest to students of American history, ‘minority’ history and race relations.

Author : Francis Paul Prucha
Publisher : University of Oklahoma Press
Page : 683 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2014-04-14
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780806146423

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American Indian Policy in Crisis by Francis Paul Prucha Pdf

In this book a distinguished authority in the field presents an account of United States Indian policy in the years 1865 to 1900, one of the most critical periods in Indian-white relations. Francis Paul Prucha discusses in detail the major developments of those years—Grant's Peace Policy, the reservation system, the agitation for transfer of Indian affairs to military control, the General Allotment Act (the Dawes Act), Indian citizenship, Indian education, Civil Service reform of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, and the dissolution of the Indian nations of the Indian Territory. American Indian Policy in Crisis focuses on the Christian humanitarians and philanthropists who were the ultimate driving force in the "reform" of Indian affairs. The programs of these men and women to individualize and Americanize the Indians and turn them into patriotic American citizens indistinguishable from their white neighbors are examined at length. The story is not a pretty one, for reformers' changes were often disastrous for the Indians, and yet it is a tremendously important work for understanding the Indians’ situation and their place in American society today. Prucha does not treat Indian policy in isolation but relates it to the dominant cultural and intellectual currents of the age. This book furnishes a view of the evangelical Christian influence on American policy and the reforming spirit it engendered, both of which have a significance extending beyond Indian policy alone. Thorough documentation and an excellent bibliography enhance its value.

Author : Vine Deloria
Publisher : University of Oklahoma Press
Page : 278 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 1985
Category : History
ISBN : 0806124245

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American Indian Policy in the Twentieth Century by Vine Deloria Pdf

Offers eleven essays on federal Indian policy.

Author : United States. American Indian Policy Review Commission
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 944 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 1977
Category : Indians of North America
ISBN : UCR:31210011313655

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American Indian Policy Review Commission by United States. American Indian Policy Review Commission Pdf

Author : United States. American Indian policy review commission
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 404 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 1976
Category : Electronic
ISBN : HARVARD:32044032435109

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Final Report to the American Indian Policy Review Commission by United States. American Indian policy review commission Pdf

Author : Brian W. Dippie
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 472 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : History
ISBN : STANFORD:36105044540016

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The Vanishing American by Brian W. Dippie Pdf

Traces the turns of U.S. Indian policy and the effects of white social attitudes on Indian assimilation.

Author : Reginald Horsman
Publisher : [East Lansing] : Michigan State University Press
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 1967
Category : Indians of North America
ISBN : STANFORD:36105033868840

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Expansion and American Indian Policy, 1783-1812 by Reginald Horsman Pdf

Author : Francis Paul Prucha
Publisher : University of Oklahoma Press
Page : 493 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2014-04-14
Category : History
ISBN : 9780806146430

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American Indian Policy in Crisis by Francis Paul Prucha Pdf

In this book a distinguished authority in the field presents an account of United States Indian policy in the years 1865 to 1900, one of the most critical periods in Indian-white relations. Francis Paul Prucha discusses in detail the major developments of those years—Grant's Peace Policy, the reservation system, the agitation for transfer of Indian affairs to military control, the General Allotment Act (the Dawes Act), Indian citizenship, Indian education, Civil Service reform of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, and the dissolution of the Indian nations of the Indian Territory. American Indian Policy in Crisis focuses on the Christian humanitarians and philanthropists who were the ultimate driving force in the "reform" of Indian affairs. The programs of these men and women to individualize and Americanize the Indians and turn them into patriotic American citizens indistinguishable from their white neighbors are examined at length. The story is not a pretty one, for reformers' changes were often disastrous for the Indians, and yet it is a tremendously important work for understanding the Indians’ situation and their place in American society today. Prucha does not treat Indian policy in isolation but relates it to the dominant cultural and intellectual currents of the age. This book furnishes a view of the evangelical Christian influence on American policy and the reforming spirit it engendered, both of which have a significance extending beyond Indian policy alone. Thorough documentation and an excellent bibliography enhance its value.

Author : Eric D. Lemont
Publisher : University of Texas Press
Page : 361 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2009-08-17
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780292778078

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American Indian Constitutional Reform and the Rebuilding of Native Nations by Eric D. Lemont Pdf

Since 1975, when the U.S. government adopted a policy of self-determination for American Indian nations, a large number of the 562 federally recognized nations have seized the opportunity to govern themselves and determine their own economic, political, and cultural futures. As a first and crucial step in this process, many nations are revising constitutions originally developed by the U.S. government to create governmental structures more attuned to native people's unique cultural and political values. These new constitutions and the governing institutions they create are fostering greater governmental stability and accountability, increasing citizen support of government, and providing a firmer foundation for economic and political development. This book brings together for the first time the writings of tribal reform leaders, academics, and legal practitioners to offer a comprehensive overview of American Indian nations' constitutional reform processes and the rebuilding of native nations. The book is organized in three sections. The first part investigates the historical, cultural, economic, and political motivations behind American Indian nations' recent reform efforts. The second part examines the most significant areas of reform, including criteria for tribal membership/citizenship and the reform of governmental institutions. The book concludes with a discussion of how American Indian nations are navigating the process of reform, including overcoming the politics of reform, maximizing citizen participation, and developing short-term and long-term programs of civic education.

Author : Tom Holm
Publisher : University of Texas Press
Page : 265 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2009-08-17
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780292779570

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The Great Confusion in Indian Affairs by Tom Holm Pdf

The United States government thought it could make Indians "vanish." After the Indian Wars ended in the 1880s, the government gave allotments of land to individual Native Americans in order to turn them into farmers and sent their children to boarding schools for indoctrination into the English language, Christianity, and the ways of white people. Federal officials believed that these policies would assimilate Native Americans into white society within a generation or two. But even after decades of governmental efforts to obliterate Indian culture, Native Americans refused to vanish into the mainstream, and tribal identities remained intact. This revisionist history reveals how Native Americans' sense of identity and "peoplehood" helped them resist and eventually defeat the U.S. government's attempts to assimilate them into white society during the Progressive Era (1890s-1920s). Tom Holm discusses how Native Americans, though effectively colonial subjects without political power, nonetheless maintained their group identity through their native languages, religious practices, works of art, and sense of homeland and sacred history. He also describes how Euro-Americans became increasingly fascinated by and supportive of Native American culture, spirituality, and environmental consciousness. In the face of such Native resiliency and non-Native advocacy, the government's assimilation policy became irrelevant and inevitably collapsed. The great confusion in Indian affairs during the Progressive Era, Holm concludes, ultimately paved the way for Native American tribes to be recognized as nations with certain sovereign rights.

Author : Laura Waterman Wittstock
Publisher : Borealis Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : History
ISBN : 087351887X

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We are Still Here by Laura Waterman Wittstock Pdf

A powerful, insider's history of the first decade of the American Indian Movement.

Author : George Pierre Castile,Robert L. Bee
Publisher : University of Arizona Press
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 1992-08
Category : History
ISBN : 0816513252

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State and Reservation by George Pierre Castile,Robert L. Bee Pdf

Ten original essays focus on the rise, change, and persistence of the Native American reservation system. Contributors drawn from history, anthropology, sociology, and political science offer divergent points of view buttressed by historical and ethnographic case studies. Together, these articles suggest that the time has comeÑor is long overdueÑto rethink the basic assumptions underlying Federal Indian policy. CONTENTS Introduction, George Pierre Castile & Robert L. Bee Part IÑHistorical Foundations of the Reservation System An Elusive Institution: The Meanings of Indian Reservations in Gold Rush California, John M. Findlay Crow Leadership Amidst Reservation Oppression, Frederick E. Hoxie Part IIÑThe Nonreservation Experience Utah Indians and the Homestead Laws, Martha C. Knack The Enduring Reservations of Oklahoma, John H. Moore Without Reservation: Federal Indian Policy and the Landless Tribes of Washington, Frank W. Porter, III Part IIIÑPower and Symbols Riding the Paper Tiger, Robert L. Bee Indian Sign: Hegemony and Symbolism in Federal Indian Policy, George P. Castile Part IVÑThe Resource Base Primitive Accumulation, Reservations, and the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, Lawrence Weiss & David C.Maas Shortcomings of the Indian Self-Determination Policy, George S. Esber, Jr. Getting to Yes in the New West: The Negotiation of Policy, Thomas R. McGuire

Author : Francis Paul Prucha
Publisher : Norman : University of Oklahoma Press
Page : 456 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 1976
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0806112794

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American Indian Policy in Crisis by Francis Paul Prucha Pdf

Author : Theodore W. Taylor
Publisher : Lomond Publications, Incorporated
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 1986
Category : History
ISBN : STANFORD:36105001970347

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American Indian Policy by Theodore W. Taylor Pdf

Abstract: This book is intended to provide a comprehensive overview and description of programs and participants related to American Indians and to serve as a reference source to identify specific roles of federal, state, and local governments, and of major interest groups. This publication provides an information base for understanding the process of formulating Indian policy and should be useful to all concerned with Indian policies: Indians, children in schools, writers, academicians, attorneys, business leaders, those who serve Indian communities, legislators, judges and government program administrators.

Author : Francis Paul Prucha
Publisher : Cambridge, Mass : Harvard University Press
Page : 382 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 1973
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015000377641

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Americanizing the American Indians by Francis Paul Prucha Pdf

... Forty seven selections from the extensive literature of the reformer's campaign are compiled in this volume... Included are: Carl Schurz, Henry L. Dawes, Amelia S. Quinton, Herbert Welsh, Lyman Abbor, Richard Henry Pratt, James B. Thayer, and Thomas J. Morgan." Dust jacket.