The Indian reservation system / Terry O'Neill.
Traces the forced removal of Native Americans from their ancestral lands to reservations and resistance from the early 1800s to the controversies and problems they face at the start of the twenty-first century.
| Uniform Title: | At issue in history.
Opposing viewpoints series (Unnumbered) |
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| Language: | English |
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San Diego :
Greenhaven Press,
2002.
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| Series: | At issue in history.
Opposing viewpoints series (Unnumbered) |
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| Physical Description: | 142 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm. |
| Format: | Book |
Contents:
- Indian removal (1825-1840): Indians must move West / James Monroe ; Indians must be moved to the West / Andrew Jackson ; Indian removal is a disgrace / Ralph Waldo Emerson ; Tragic journey / John G. Burnett
- Reservation and resistance (1825-1880s): Change reservation policy to make the Indians independent / Charles E. Mix ; Reservation system has harmed the Indians / Barboncito
- Breaking up Indian country (1884-1934): Reservation system must be ended / Lyman Abbott ; Allotment benefits the Indians / Luther Standing Bear ; Allotment punishes the Indians / D.W.C. Duncan ; Americans followed the right Indian policy / Theodore Roosevelt
- Seesaw in the twentieth century (1934-1999): Reform in the reservation system / Hamlin Garland ; It is time to return Indian rule to the Indians / Richard M. Nixon ; Reservation conflict continues / Donald L. Fixico.