Great Father The United States Government and the American Indians

Name: Great Father The United States Government and the American Indians
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ISBN: 9780803287129

ISBN-10: 0803287127

ISBN-13: 9780803287129

Edition: 1986 (Abridged)

Authors: Francis Paul Prucha, Francis Prucha

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The Great Fatherwas widely praised when it appeared in two volumes in 1984 and was awarded the Ray Allen Billington Prize by the Organization of American Historians. This abridged one-volume edition follows the structure of the two-volume edition, eliminating only the footnotes and some of the detail. It is a comprehensive history of the relations between the U.S. government and the Indians. Covering the two centuries from the Revolutionary War to 1980, the book traces the development of American Indian policy and the growth of the bureaucracy created to implement that policy.

Book details

List price: $36.95
Copyright year: 1986
Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
Publication date: 4/1/1986
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 426
Size: 6.14" wide x 9.25" long x 0.59" tall
Weight: 1.518
Language: English



Preface To The Abridged Edition


Preface To The Original Edition


Acknowledgments


Prologue: The Colonial Experience



The Revolutionary War and the Years Following



Regulating Trade and Intercourse



Civilization and Education



The Policy of Indian Removal



Emigration of the Tribes



The Aftermath of Removal



American Expansion and Indian Affairs



Developments in the West



The Civil War Years



The Peace Policy



Military Challenge



Indian Reservations



The New Christian Reformers



The Reservations and Reform



Severalty, Law, and Education



The Indian Service



The Indian Territory



The Nation's Wards



Education and Health



The Indians' Land



An Indian New Deal



Rounding Out the New Deal



The Termination Era



A New Day For the Indians



Indian Self-Determination



The Indians: America's Unfinished Business



Commissioners of Indian Affairs



Indian Population


Suggested Readings


Index