Includes bibliographical references (pages 293-329) and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
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Intro; Contents; Preface to the Bison Books Edition; Preface; 1 The Appeal of Assimilation; 2 The Campaign Begins; 3 The Transformation of the Indian Question; 4 Frozen in Time and Space; 5 The Emergence of a Colonial Land Policy; 6 Schools for a Dependent People; 7 Redefining Indian Citizenship; 8 The Irony of Assimilation; Appendix 1: Senate Roll Call Votes; Appendix 2: Congressional Appropriations; Appendix 3: Indiansâ#x80;#x99; Personal Rights and Liberties; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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"This is an important book. In the latter nineteenth century, diverse and influential elements in white America combined forces to settle the 'Indian question' through assimilation. ... The results were the essentially treaty-breaking Dawes Act of 1887, related legislation, and dubious court decisions. Schoolteachers and missionaries were dispatched to the reservations en masse. Eventual 'citizenship' without functional rights was given Native Americans; the Indians lost two-thirds of reservation land as it had existed before the assimilationist campaign. ... With insight and skill that go well beyond craft, Hoxie has admirably defined issues and motives, placed economic/political/social interaction into cogent perspective, brought numerous Anglo and Indian individuals and organizations to life, and set forth important lessons."--Choice.
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Title
Final promise.
International Standard Book Number
0803273274
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Indians of North America-- Cultural assimilation.
Indians of North America-- Government relations-- 1869-1934.
Indians of North America-- Cultural assimilation.
Indians of North America-- Government relations.
POLITICAL SCIENCE-- Political Freedom & Security-- Civil Rights.
POLITICAL SCIENCE-- Political Freedom & Security-- Human Rights.