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A final promise : the campaign to assimilate the Indians, 1880-1920
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.
Record details
- ISBN: 0521379873
- ISBN: 9780521379878
- Physical Description: xviii, 350 pages ; 23 cm.
- Publisher: Cambridge ; Cambridge University Press, 1989, c1984.
Content descriptions
- General Note:
- Reprint. Originally published: Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, 1984.Includes index.
- Bibliography, etc. Note:
- Bibliography: p. [293]-329.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lummi Library | E 98 .C89 H69 1984 | 246206 | Stacks | Available | - |