Crooked Paths to Allotment : The Fight over Federal Indian Policy after the Civil War /

"Standard narratives of Native American history view the nineteenth century in terms of steadily declining Indigenous sovereignty, from removal of southeastern tribes to the 1887 General Allotment Act. In Crooked Paths to Allotment, C. Joseph Genetin-Pilawa complicates these narratives, focusin...

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Main Author: Genetin-Pilawa, C. Joseph (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2012]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Social policy.
Self-determination, National.
Race relations.
Politics and government.
Indians of North America > Land tenure.
Indians of North America > Government relations.
Indian allotments.
Allotment of land.
HISTORY > Native American.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Freedom & Security > Human Rights.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Freedom & Security > Civil Rights.
Droit des peuples à disposer d'eux-mêmes > États-Unis > Histoire.
Attribution de terrains > États-Unis > Histoire.
Indiens d'Amerique > Lots > États-Unis > Histoire.
Indiens d'Amerique > Terres.
Indian land transfers.
Indians > Land tenure.
Self-determination, National > United States > History.
Allotment of land > United States > History.
Indian allotments > United States > History.
United States.
États-Unis > Relations raciales.
États-Unis > Politique sociale.
États-Unis > Politique et gouvernement.
United States > Race relations.
United States > Social policy.
United States > Politics and government.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Confining Indians
  • Tonawanda Seneca and the assault on tribal sovereignty, 1838-1861
  • Peace policy precursors, 1861-1868
  • Ely Parker's moment, 1869-1871
  • A contentious peace policy, 1871-1875
  • Thomas Bland's moment, 1878-1886
  • The allotment controversy, 1882-1889
  • John Collier's moment, 1928-1935.

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