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The assault on Indian tribalism : the General allotment law (Dawes Act) of 1887  Cover Image Book Book

The assault on Indian tribalism : the General allotment law (Dawes Act) of 1887

Summary: Reviews one of the most significant efforts by white Americans to reshape the lives of American Indians in ways conformable to white perceptions. --From publisher description.

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  • ISBN: 0898748771
  • ISBN: 9780898748772
  • Physical Description: print
    viii, 79 pages ; 23 cm
  • Publisher: Malabar, Fla. : R.E. Krieger Pub. Co., 1986, ©1975.

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General Note:
Reprint. Originally published: Philadelphia : Lippincott, 1975. Originally published in series: The America's alternatives series.
Bibliography, etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 77-79).
Formatted Contents Note: Pt. 1. The assault on Indian Tribalism. The impulse for reform: alternatives in plan and policy -- (Indian policy: the alternatives -- The Indian rights sympathizers organize -- The Indians' position on severalty -- The role of the "experts" -- The role of the humanitarians) -- The decision for compulsory allotment of land -- ("The reservation must go" -- Indian "benefits" and white interests -- The "inevitable" breakup of the reservations -- Allotment and citizenship "adopting the habits of civilized life" -- Towards a coercive stance) -- Impacts of the decision -- (Indian losses, white gains -- Belated and half-hearted regret).
Subject: Indians of North America Land tenure
Indians of North America Government relations
Indians of North America Government relations
Indians of North America Land tenure

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  • 1 of 1 copy available at Northwest Indian College.

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