Record details

• ISBN: 0803244096
• ISBN: 9780803244092
• ISBN: 0803294220 (pbk. : alk. paper)
• ISBN: 9780803294226 (pbk. : alk. paper)
• Physical Description: x, 289 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm.
• Edition: Rev. ed.
• Publisher: Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, c1992.

Content descriptions

General Note:

"A Bison book."

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [271]-282) and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

List of maps and illustrations -- Preface -- Preface to the Bison Book edition -- Prologue: Jicarilla Apache origins and early white contact -- Jicarilla Apache culture in 1846 -- Establishing the relationship of dependency: 1846-55 -- The ration system: 1855-72 -- Removal: 1873-86 -- The Jicarilla Apache economy: 1887-1934 -- The twilight years: reservation life, 1887-1934 -- The search for education: 1887-1940 -- The impact of the Indian Reorganization Act: 1934-49 -- The pursuit of the American dream: the 1950s -- The era of growth: 1960-70 -- Epilogue -- Afterword to the Bison Book edition -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Addendum -- Index.

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Jicarilla Indians > History.
Jicarilla Indians > Government relations.
New Mexico > History.