American Indian Policy in Crisis Christian Reformers and the Indian, 1865-1900 |
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| Author:
| Prucha, Francis Paul |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8061-4625-6 |
| Publication Date: | Dec 1976 |
| Publisher: | University of Oklahoma Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $24.95 |
Book Description:
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In this book a distinguished authority in the field presents an account of United States Indian policy in the years 1865 to 1900, one of the most critical periods in Indian-white relations. Francis Paul Prucha discusses in detail the major developments of those years--Grant's Peace Policy, the reservation system, the agitation for transfer of Indian affairs to military control, the General Allotment Act (the Dawes Act), Indian citizenship, Indian education, Civil Service reform of...
More DescriptionIn this book a distinguished authority in the field presents an account of United States Indian policy in the years 1865 to 1900, one of the most critical periods in Indian-white relations. Francis Paul Prucha discusses in detail the major developments of those years--Grant's Peace Policy, the reservation system, the agitation for transfer of Indian affairs to military control, the General Allotment Act (the Dawes Act), Indian citizenship, Indian education, Civil Service reform of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, and the dissolution of the Indian nations of the Indian Territory.