Francis Paul Prucha

American Indian Policy and American Reform: Case Studies of the Campaign to Assimilate the American Indians

PART ONE: THE CONTEXT Introduction: The colonial legacy White power grows, reformer hopes fluctuate - the 1770s to the 1850s: Assimilationist pressures mount - the 1860s to 1920 The uncertain road to self-determination - the 1920s to the 1960s. PART TWO: THE CASE STUDIES Slavery, red and black Red, black and white - reconstruction and beyond American Indians and American anthropologists Indian education - goals and illusions Indian education in the 20th century Indian women in fancy and fact Urban Indians since the Second World War Indian political protest groups.