Alternate Title(s)

Landmarks of the American mosaic

ISBN

9780313391798; 0313391793

Statement of Responsibility

Donald L. Fixico.

Publication Information

Santa Barbara Calif. : Greenwood

Physical Description

xxix, 229 p. : ill., ports. 25 cm.

Notes

Includes chronology.

Contents

One: The Office of Indian Affairs, 1824-1849 -- Two: The BIA in the Department of the Interior and Grant's peace policy -- Three: The reform years and the Indian problem -- Four: Federal boarding schools and Indian education -- Five: Indian land allotment and the U.S. citizenship -- Six: John Collier and the Indian new deal of tribal reorganization -- Seven: Dillon S. Myer, termination and relocation -- Eight: 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 -- Kennedy Education Report 1969 -- Boldt Decision -- 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.