Bureau of Indian Affairs [[electronic resource] /] / Donald L. Fixico

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910462132803321
• Autore: Fixico Donald Lee <1951->
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Santa Barbara, Calif., : Greenwood, c2012
• ISBN: 1-280-11944-6; 9786613523532; 0-313-39180-7
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (265 p.)
• Collana: Landmarks of the American mosaic
• Disciplina: 323.1197
• Soggetti: Indians of North America - Government relations - 1869-1934; Indians of North America - Government relations - 1934-; Electronic books.; United States Race relations
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: ""Cover""; ""Bureau of Indian Affairs""; ""Title""; ""Copyright""; ""Dedication""; ""Contents""; ""Series Foreword""; ""Introduction""; ""Chronology""; ""ONE The Office of Indian Affairs, 1824â€?1849""; ""TWO The BIA in the Department of the Interior and Grantâ€?s Peace Policy""; ""THREE The Reform Years and the Indian Problem""; ""FOUR Federal Boarding Schools and Indian Education""; ""FIVE Indian Land Allotment and 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 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""
• Sommario/riassunto: 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