The Western American Indian

by Ellis, Richard N.

• ISBN13: 9780803257542
• ISBN10: 0803257546
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1972-06-01
• Publisher: Univ of Nebraska Pr

Summary

This collection of fourteen case studies by leading historians and other experts examines the impact of white settlement, and especially of government policy and actions, on the economic, political, religious, and social lives of the western American Indians from the mid-1850s. Among the matters considered are treaty making, the Indian Wars, Grant's Peace Policy and the peacetime role of the military, reservation life, enforced allotment under the Dawes Act, the Indian Reorganization act, and the work of the Indian Claims Commission. The case-history approach makes it possible to be circumstantial and concrete in dealing with the major issues affecting the tribes of the Great Plains, the Southwest, and the Northwest.

Author Biography

Richard N. Ellis is an associate professor of history at the University of New Mexico and directed the American Indian Historical Research Project. He is the author of General Pope and U.S. Indian Policy (1970).

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	p. vii
Introduction	p. ix
Treaty Making	p. 1
The Walla Walla Council of 1855 Alvin M. Josephy, Jr	p. 2
"A Lasting Peace"--Fort Laramie, 1866	p. 23
Plains Warfare	p. 36
The Battle of the Washita, 1868	p. 37
President Grant's Peace Policy	p. 48
Grant's Indian Peace Policy on the Yakima Reservation 1870-82 Robert L. Whitner	p. 50
The Peacetime Role of the Military	p. 61
General Pope and the Old "Hand-To-Mouth Way"	p. 63
"A Better Way": General George Crook and the Ponca Indians	p. 76
Pacification of the Southwest	p. 88
The End of Apache Resistance	p. 90
Reservation Life	p. 96
Red Cloud Vs. Mcgillycuddy	p. 97
The Dawes Act	p. 117
The Congressional Decision to Use Force	p. 119
Federal Indian Policy and the Southern Cheyennes and Araphoes, 1887-1907	p. 133
The Indian New Deal	p. 144
The Genesis and Philosophy of the Indian Reorganization Act	p. 146
The Role of the Bureau of Indian Affairs Since 1933	p. 152
The Santee Sioux, 1934-65 Roy W. Meyer	p. 165
The Indian Claims Commission	p. 173
Indian Tribal Claims Before the Court of Claims	p. 175
Termination	p. 188
Termination in Retrospect: the Menominee Experience	p. 189
Recommended Readings	p. 197
List of Contributors	p. 203
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