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Crooked paths to allotment : the fight over federal Indian policy after the Civil war / C. Joseph Genetin-Pilawa.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Genetin-Pilawa, C. Joseph.
- Series:
- First peoples : new directions in indigenous studies
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Indians of North America--Land tenure.
- Indians of North America.
- Indians of North America--Government relations.
- Indian allotments--United States--History.
- Indian allotments.
- Allotment of land--United States--History.
- Allotment of land.
- Self-determination, National--United States--History.
- Self-determination, National.
- United States--Politics and government.
- United States.
- United States--Social policy.
- United States--Race relations.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (247 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, c2012.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- 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, focusing on political moments when viable alternatives to federal assimilation policies arose. In these moments, Native American reformers and their white allies challenged coercive practices and offered visions for policies that might have allowed Indigenous nations to adapt at their own pace and on thei
- Contents:
- Cover; CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; Introduction; One: Confining Indians; Two: Tonawanda Seneca and the Assault on Tribal Sovereignty, 1838-1861; Three: Peace Policy Precursors, 1861-1868; Four: Ely Parker's Moment, 1869-1871; Five: A Contentious Peace Policy, 1871-1875; Six: Thomas Bland's Moment, 1878-1886; Seven: The Allotment Controversy, 1882-1889; Conclusion: John Collier's Moment, 1928-1935; NOTES; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 197-218) and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 979-88-9313-434-6
- 979-88-908854-9-4
- 1-4696-0148-6
- 0-8078-3741-5
- OCLC:
- 814705710
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