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The assault on Indian tribalism : the General allotment law (Dawes Act) of 1887 / Wilcomb E. Wishburn.
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.
Record details
- ISBN: 0898748771
- ISBN: 9780898748772
- Physical Description: viii, 79 pages ; 23 cm
- Publisher: Malabar, Fla. : R.E. Krieger Pub. Co., 1986, ©1975.
Content descriptions
- 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).Pt. 2. Documents of the decision. "The main purpose of this bill is not to help the Indian" -- Senate debate on severalty -- Senator Dawes seeks a solution -- The support of the Indian rights association for land in severalty bill -- The beginnings of compulsory allotment -- Pressures for "prompt" and compulsory allotment -- A protest against forced allotment -- "Shall we persist in a policy that has failed?" -- The general allotment act of 1887 ("the Dawes act).
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