Sprache:
Englisch
Seiten:
XVIII, 283 Seiten, 16 ungezählte Blätter Bildtafeln
,
Illustrationen, Karten
Ausgabe:
First edition, fourth printint
Serie:
The _Civilization of the American Indian Series 28
Schlagwort(e):
Nordamerika USA
;
Indianer, Nordamerika
;
Indianer, Südwesten
;
Geschichte
;
Beziehungen Indianer-Weiße
;
Beziehungen Indigenes Volk-Regierung
Kurzfassung:
With the signing of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo in 1848 the United States became responsible for the administration of some 125,000 Indians in addition to those already within the national boundaries. The new tribes included many peoples known only to traders and trappers who had ventured into the trackless stretches of the West. This book considers the hundred-year record of federal relations with these Indians.The first two decades of United States control are seen as a period of large-scale humanitarian purpose, flawed in many cases by racial prejudice, official corruption, or outright cruelty and abuse. New policies, under Ulysses S. Grant, and an awakening of public conscience in the 1870s and 1880s brought a second major period, characterized by the system of reservations.Later chapters of the book deal with twentieth-century changes, particularly with agents, schools, and medical services, all carefully analyzed by the author, who was a member of the Meriam Commission in 1926-27. The record reveals in realistic detail the problems of the government and the tenacity of the tribes in resisting white settlement and retaining their own culture and way of life. (Umschlagtext)
Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis:
Preface to the third printing -- Preface -- The problem and its background -- The Indians of the Southwest -- Relation with the Indians of California, 1848-68 -- Indian affairs in New Mexico and Arizona, 1948-68 -- Federal Indian administration in Utah and Nevada, 1848-68 -- The Indians of southern California, 1868-1903 -- The army and the Apache, 1869-86 -- Peaceful relations in Arizona and New Mexico, 1869-1900 -- Utah and Nevada, 1869-1900 -- Indian administration in the Southwest, 1900-33 -- The agent and his wards -- Education and schools -- Health and medical services -- A new regime and some current problems - Southwestern Indians and the government in 1947 -- Bibliography -- Index
Anmerkung:
Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 261-271
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