Bureau of Indian Affairs

Fixico, Donald Lee 1951- (Author).

Summary: In 1824, with no Congressional authorization, War Secretary John C. Calhoun established the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA). In the 185 years since the last 40 years with Native Americans at its head the BIA has endured as witness to and shaper of U.S.-Indian relations, often caught between enforcing government policy and serving the Native American population.

Record details

ISBN: 0313391793
ISBN: 9780313391798 (hardcopy : alk. paper)
ISBN: 0313391793 (hardcopy : alk. paper)
ISBN: 9780313391804 (ebook)
ISBN: 0313391807 (ebook)
Physical Description: print
xxix, 229 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Publisher: Santa Barbara, Calif. : Greenwood, c2012.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

The Office of Indian Affairs, 1824-1849 -- The BIA in the Department of the Interior and Grant's Peace Policy -- The reform years and the Indian problem -- Federal boarding schools and Indian education -- Indian land allotment and U.S. Citizenship -- John Collier and the Indian new deal of tribal reorganization -- Dillon S. Myer, termination and relocation -- Indian self-determination and government to government.