Author: Leonard A. Carlson
Publisher: Praeger
ISBN:
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 248
Book Description
Indians, Bureaucrats, and Land
Author: Leonard A. Carlson
Publisher: Praeger
ISBN:
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 248
Book Description
Publisher: Praeger
ISBN:
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 248
Book Description
The Dawes Act and the Allotment of Indian Lands
Author: D. S. Otis
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
ISBN: 0806146362
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 209
Book Description
The many congressional acts and plans for the administration of Indian affairs in the West often resulted in confusion and misapplication. Only rarely were the ideals of those who sincerely wished to help American Indians realized. This book, first printed as a part of the hearings before the House of Representatives Committee on Indian Affairs in 1934, is a detailed and fully documented account of the Dawes Act of 1887 and its consequences up to 1900. D. S. Otis's investigation of the motives of the reformers who supported the Dawes Act indicates that it failed to fulfill many of the hopes of its sponsors. The reasons for the act's failure were complex but predictable. Many Indians were not culturally prepared for severalty. Provisions in the act for leasing or selling their land enabled many to circumvent the responsibilities of private ownership, which reformers and bureaucrats alike had thought would provide a “civilizing” influence. The Dawes Act and the Allotment of Indian Land is the only full-scale study of the Dawes Act and its impact upon American Indian society and culture. With the addition of an introduction, revised footnotes, and an index by Francis Paul Prucha, S. J., it is essential to any understanding of the present circumstances and problems of American Indians today.
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
ISBN: 0806146362
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 209
Book Description
The many congressional acts and plans for the administration of Indian affairs in the West often resulted in confusion and misapplication. Only rarely were the ideals of those who sincerely wished to help American Indians realized. This book, first printed as a part of the hearings before the House of Representatives Committee on Indian Affairs in 1934, is a detailed and fully documented account of the Dawes Act of 1887 and its consequences up to 1900. D. S. Otis's investigation of the motives of the reformers who supported the Dawes Act indicates that it failed to fulfill many of the hopes of its sponsors. The reasons for the act's failure were complex but predictable. Many Indians were not culturally prepared for severalty. Provisions in the act for leasing or selling their land enabled many to circumvent the responsibilities of private ownership, which reformers and bureaucrats alike had thought would provide a “civilizing” influence. The Dawes Act and the Allotment of Indian Land is the only full-scale study of the Dawes Act and its impact upon American Indian society and culture. With the addition of an introduction, revised footnotes, and an index by Francis Paul Prucha, S. J., it is essential to any understanding of the present circumstances and problems of American Indians today.
Indians, Bureaucrats, and the Land,
Author: Leonard A. Carlson
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780084923501
Category : Indians of North America
Languages : en
Pages : 219
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780084923501
Category : Indians of North America
Languages : en
Pages : 219
Book Description
Indians, Bureaucrats, and Land
Author: Leonard A. Carlson
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Indians of North America
Languages : en
Pages : 43
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Indians of North America
Languages : en
Pages : 43
Book Description
The Indian Heritage of America
Author: Alvin M. Josephy
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 9780395573204
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 468
Book Description
From the prehistoric peoples who inhabited the Americas at the end of the last Ice Age to the American Indian of the 20th century, this book encompasses the whole historical and cultural range of Indian life in Corth, Central, and South America. 32 pages of black-and-white photographs.
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 9780395573204
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 468
Book Description
From the prehistoric peoples who inhabited the Americas at the end of the last Ice Age to the American Indian of the 20th century, this book encompasses the whole historical and cultural range of Indian life in Corth, Central, and South America. 32 pages of black-and-white photographs.
The New Trail of Tears
Author: Naomi Schaefer Riley
Publisher: Encounter Books
ISBN: 1641772271
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 189
Book Description
If you want to know why American Indians have the highest rates of poverty of any racial group, why suicide is the leading cause of death among Indian men, why native women are two and a half times more likely to be raped than the national average and why gang violence affects American Indian youth more than any other group, do not look to history. There is no doubt that white settlers devastated Indian communities in the 19th, and early 20th centuries. But it is our policies today—denying Indians ownership of their land, refusing them access to the free market and failing to provide the police and legal protections due to them as American citizens—that have turned reservations into small third-world countries in the middle of the richest and freest nation on earth. The tragedy of our Indian policies demands reexamination immediately—not only because they make the lives of millions of American citizens harder and more dangerous—but also because they represent a microcosm of everything that has gone wrong with modern liberalism. They are the result of decades of politicians and bureaucrats showering a victimized people with money and cultural sensitivity instead of what they truly need—the education, the legal protections and the autonomy to improve their own situation. If we are really ready to have a conversation about American Indians, it is time to stop bickering about the names of football teams and institute real reforms that will bring to an end this ongoing national shame.
Publisher: Encounter Books
ISBN: 1641772271
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 189
Book Description
If you want to know why American Indians have the highest rates of poverty of any racial group, why suicide is the leading cause of death among Indian men, why native women are two and a half times more likely to be raped than the national average and why gang violence affects American Indian youth more than any other group, do not look to history. There is no doubt that white settlers devastated Indian communities in the 19th, and early 20th centuries. But it is our policies today—denying Indians ownership of their land, refusing them access to the free market and failing to provide the police and legal protections due to them as American citizens—that have turned reservations into small third-world countries in the middle of the richest and freest nation on earth. The tragedy of our Indian policies demands reexamination immediately—not only because they make the lives of millions of American citizens harder and more dangerous—but also because they represent a microcosm of everything that has gone wrong with modern liberalism. They are the result of decades of politicians and bureaucrats showering a victimized people with money and cultural sensitivity instead of what they truly need—the education, the legal protections and the autonomy to improve their own situation. If we are really ready to have a conversation about American Indians, it is time to stop bickering about the names of football teams and institute real reforms that will bring to an end this ongoing national shame.
Indians and the American West in the Twentieth Century
Author: Donald L. Parman
Publisher: Indiana University Press
ISBN: 9780253208927
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 260
Book Description
History of the relationship between the US Government--and Indians of the US.
Publisher: Indiana University Press
ISBN: 9780253208927
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 260
Book Description
History of the relationship between the US Government--and Indians of the US.
The Plains Indians of the Twentieth Century
Author: Peter Iverson
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
ISBN: 9780806119595
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 292
Book Description
Essays consider water rights, wartime participation, religious heritage, open reservations, economic issues, tribal leadership, and the Indian rights movement
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
ISBN: 9780806119595
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 292
Book Description
Essays consider water rights, wartime participation, religious heritage, open reservations, economic issues, tribal leadership, and the Indian rights movement
The Rise and Fall of Indian Country, 1825-1855
Author: William E. Unrau
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
This first book-length study of "Indian country" explains why the federal government failed to protect the congressionally-designated refuge (west of Missouri and Arkansas) for displaced Native Americans. Argues that the federal policy was flawed from the start and that the supposed refuge endured only until the needs of westward expansion made those promises inconvenient.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
This first book-length study of "Indian country" explains why the federal government failed to protect the congressionally-designated refuge (west of Missouri and Arkansas) for displaced Native Americans. Argues that the federal policy was flawed from the start and that the supposed refuge endured only until the needs of westward expansion made those promises inconvenient.
How the Indians Lost Their Land
Author: Stuart BANNER
Publisher: Harvard University Press
ISBN: 0674020537
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 353
Book Description
Between the early 17th century and the early 20th, nearly all U.S. land was transferred from American Indians to whites. Banner argues that neither simple coercion nor simple consent reflects the complicated legal history of land transfers--time, place, and the balance of power between Indians and settlers decided the outcome of land struggles.
Publisher: Harvard University Press
ISBN: 0674020537
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 353
Book Description
Between the early 17th century and the early 20th, nearly all U.S. land was transferred from American Indians to whites. Banner argues that neither simple coercion nor simple consent reflects the complicated legal history of land transfers--time, place, and the balance of power between Indians and settlers decided the outcome of land struggles.