American Indians in American history, 1870-2001 : a companion reader / edited by Sterling Evans ; foreword by Donald L. Fixico.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Evans, Sterling, 1959-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Indians of North America--History--19th century.

Indians of North America.

History.

Indians of North America--History--20th century.

Indians of North America--Government relations.

Physical Description:

xv, 249 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 2002.

Contents:

Part I. The 1870s and 1880s: The Clash of Cultures 1

1. Being Native to This Place / Raymond Pierotti, Daniel R. Wildcat 3

2. Wars of the Peace Policy, 1869-1886 / Robert M. Utley 17

Part II. The 1890s and Early 1900s: Assimilation and Its Implications 35

3. Becoming a Community: The Nez Perces Confront the Dawes Act / Elizabeth James-Stern 37

4. Federal Indian Education / Margaret Connell Szasz 44

5. "The Father Tells Me So!" Wovoka: The Ghost Dance Prophet / L.G. Moses 51

6. Progressive-Era Bureaucrats and the Unity of Twentieth-Century Indian Policy / Russel Lawrence Barsh 64

Part III. The 1930s-1945: American Indians during Depression and War 81

7. The Indian New Deal as a Mirror of the Future / D'Arcy McNickle 83

8. Fighting a White Man's War: The Extent and Legacy of American Indian Participation in World War II / Tom Holm 93

Part IV. 1945-1960: Termination, Relocation, and Stereotypes 109

9. Building Toward Self-Determination: Plains and Southwestern Indians in the 1940s and 1950s / Peter Iverson 111

10. The Labor of Extras: American Indians in Hollywood, 1941-1960 / Liza Black 120

Part V. The 1960s and 1970s: Self-Determination, Activism, and Spiritual Rights 129

11. Federal Indian Policy and Self-Determination during the Kennedy and Johnson Years / Thomas Clarkin 131

12. A Journey to Freedom: Richard Oakes, American Indian Activism, and the Occupation of Alcatraz / Kent Blansett 138

13. The Peyote Religion and the Native American Church / Daniel C. Swan 146

Part VI. The 1980s-2000: Contemporary American Indian Issues 165

14. Commonality of Difference: American Indian Women and History / Devon A. Mihesuah 167

15. Repatriation, Reburial, and Religious Rights / Walter R. Echo-Hawk, Roger C. Echo-Hawk 177

16. Coyote's Game: Indian Casinos and the Indian Presence in Contemporary America / Christopher L. Miller 194

17. The Demand for Natural Resources on Reservations / Donald L. Fixico 207.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [219]-223) and index.

ISBN:

0275972631

0275972771

OCLC:

48038390