Bureau of Indian Affairs / Donald L. Fixico.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Fixico, Donald Lee, 1951-

Series:

Landmarks of the American mosaic.

Landmarks of the American mosaic

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States. Bureau of Indian Affairs--History.

United States.

Indians of North America--Government relations--1869-1934.

Indians of North America.

Indians of North America--Government relations--1934-.

United States--Race relations.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxix, 229 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

1st ed.

Distribution:

New York : Bloomsbury Publishing (US), 2023.

Place of Publication:

Santa Barbara : Greenwood, c2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Bureau of Indian Affairs tells the fascinating and important story of an agency that currently oversees U.S. policies affecting over 584 recognized tribes, over 326 federally reserved lands, and over 5 million Native American residents. Written by one of our foremost Native American scholars, this insider's view of the BIA looks at the policies and the personalities that shaped its history, and by extension, nearly two centuries of government-tribal relations. Coverage includes the agency's forerunners and founding, the years of relocation and outright war, the movement to encourage Indian

Contents:

Cover

Bureau of Indian Affairs

Title

Copyright

Dedication

Contents

Series Foreword

Introduction

Chronology

1. The Office of Indian Affairs, 1824"1849

2. The BIA in the Department of the Interior and Grant's Peace Policy

3. The Reform Years and the Indian Problem

4. Federal Boarding Schools and Indian Education

5. Indian Land Allotment and U.S. Citizenship

6. John Collier and the Indian New Deal of Tribal Reorganization

7. Dillon S. Myer, Termination and Relocation

8. Indian Self-Determination and Government to Government

Biographies of Key Figures

Primary Documents

Delaware Treaty of 1778 (Treaty of Fort Pitt)

First Indian Trade and Intercourse Act 1790

Indian Removal Act of 1830

Worcester v. Georgia 1832

Act of 1871 Abolishing Indian Treaty Making

Standing Bear v. Crook Decision 1979

Dawes General Allotment Act of 1887

Curtis Act 1898

Winters Doctrine 1908

Meriam Report 1928

Indian Reorganization Act of 1934

Indian Claims Commission Act of 1946

House Concurrent Resolution 108

Kennedy Education Report 1969

Boldt Decision 1974

Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act 1975

Cabazon Court Decision 1988

Indian Gaming Regulatory Act 1988

Kevin Gover Bureau of Indian Affairs Apology 2000

Congressional Resolution of Apology to Native Peoples 2004

Cobell v. Salazar 2009

Glossary

Annotated Bibliography

Appendix

Index.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9798400622335

9798216056935

9786613523532

9781280119446

1280119446

9780313391804

0313391807

OCLC:

782906073