American Indians in American History, 1870-2001: A Companion Reader

by Sterling Evans

Overview

Although coverage of American Indian history has improved remarkably in the past 20 years, the role of American Indians is still downplayed in many mainstream American history courses. In-depth discussions of United States policies toward Native Americans or the reactions of Native Americans do not appear in most textbooks. This book helps to overcome these shortcomings. Designed to accompany post-Reconstruction survey courses, it will help to integrate aspects of American Indian history. Arranged according to time periods used in most textbooks, the book's seventeen essays—many written by leading scholars, several written by American Indian scholars—discuss important policy considerations as well as environmental, religious, cultural, and gender issues.

Providing a good point of departure, these essays can be used in tandem with other materials to stimulate class discussion. While every aspect of American history could not be covered, each section includes an extensive list of suggested additional reading. The volume is unique in that it is the only companion reader designed to accompany college courses covering this time period. It is a book to be used by instructors who are not necessarily Native Americanists but who wish to include the history of American Indians in their survey courses.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780275972639
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	01/30/2002
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	264
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.75(d)

About the Author

STERLING EVANS is Assistant Professor of History at Humboldt State University and is author of The Green Republic: A Conservation History of Costa Rica (1999).

Table of Contents

Preface
Foreword by Donald L. Fixico
The 1870s and 1880s: The Clash of Cultures
Being Native to This Place by Raymond Pierotti (Comanche) and Daniel R. Wildcat (Yuchi)
Wars of the Peace Policy, 1869-1886 by Robert M. Utley
The 1890s and Early 1900s: Assimilation and Its Impacts
The Nez Perces Confront the Dawes Act by Elizabeth James-Stern
Federal Indian Education, 1870-1926 by Margaret Connell Szaz
"The Father Tells Me So!" Wovoka: The Ghost Dance Prophet by L. G. Moses
Progressive Era Bureaucrats and the Unity of 20th-Century Indian Policy by Russel Lawrence Barsh
The 1930s-1945: American Indians During Depression and War
The Indian New Deal as a Mirror of the Future by D'Arcy McNickle (Salish-Kutenai)
Fighting a White Man's War: The Extent and Legacy of American Indian Participation in World War II by Tom Holm (Creek, Cherokee)
1945-1960: Termination, Relocation, and Sterotypes
Building Towards Self-Determination: Plains and Southwestern Indians in the 1940s and 1950s by Peter Iverson
The Labor of Extras: American Indians in Hollywood, 1941-1960 by Liza Black
The 1960s and 1970s: Self-Determination, Activism, and Spiritual Rights
Federal Indian Policy and Self-Determination During the Kennedy and Johnson Years by Thomas Clarkin
A Jourbaney to Freedom: Richard Oakes, American Indian Activism, and the Occupation of Alcatraz by Kent Blansett
The 1980s-2000: Contemporary American Indian Issues
Commonality and Difference: American Indian Women and History by Devon Mihesuah (Choctaw)
Repatriation, Reburial, and Religious Rights by Walter R. Echo-Hawk (Pawnee) and Roger C. Echo-Hawk (Pawnee)
Coyote's Game: Indian Casinos and the Indian Presence in Contemporary America by Christopher L. Miller
The Demand for Natural Resources on Reservations by Donald L. Fixico (Creek, Sac, and Fox, Seminole, Shawnee)
Afterword by Sterling Evans