The Great Father: The United States Government and the American Indians (2 Vol, unabridged) volume 1 and 2

'This is Francis Paul Prucha's magnum opus. It is a great work...This study will ...[be] a standard by which other studies of American Indian affairs will be judged. American Indian history needed this book, has long awaited it, and rejoices at its publication' - "American Indian Culture and Research Journal". 'The author's detailed analysis of two centuries of federal policy makes "The Great Father" indispensable reading for anyone interested in understanding the complexities of American Indian policy' - "Journal of American History".'Written in an engaging fashion, encompassing an extraordinary range of material, devoting attention to themes as well as to chronological narration, and presenting a wealth of bibliographical information, it is an essential text for all students and scholars of American Indian history and anthropology' - "Oregon Historical Quarterly". 'A monumental endeavor, rigorously researched and carefully written...It will remain for decades as an indispensable reference tool and a compendium of knowledge pertaining to United States-Indian relations' - "Western Historical Quarterly".' Perhaps the crowning achievement of Prucha's scholarly career' - Vine Deloria Jr., "America". 'For many years to come, "The Great Father" will be the point of departure for all those embarking on research projects in the history of government Indian policy' - William T. Hagan, "New Mexico Historical Review". 'The appearance of this massive history of federal Indian policy is a triumph of historical research and scholarly publication' - Lawrence C. Kelly, "Montana". 'This is the most important history ever published about the formulation of federal Indian policies in the United States' - Herbert T. Hoover, "Minnesota History". 'This truly is the definitive work on the subject' - Ronald Rayman, "Library Journal". "The Great Father" was widely praised when it appeared in two volumes in 1984 and was awarded the Ray Allen Billington Prize by the Organization of American Historians. This abridged one-volume edition follows the structure of the two-volume edition, eliminating only the footnotes and some of the detail. It is a comprehensive history of the relations between the U.S. government and the Indians. Covering the two centuries from the Revolutionary War to 1980, the book traces the development of American Indian policy and the growth of the bureaucracy created to implement that policy. Francis Paul Prucha, S.J., a leading authority on American Indian policy and the author of more than a dozen other books, is an emeritus professor of history at Marquette University. The Colonial Experience (images Of The Indians -- Christianization -- Invasion Of The Indian Lands -- Trade Relations -- British Imperial Policy) -- Formative Years, Peace After The Revolution (the Policy Of The Continental Congress -- Early Treaties And Ordinances -- The Constitution And Indian Policy -- Indian Rights To The Land) -- War And Defense (subjugating The Indians Northwest Of The Ohio River -- Unrest And Retaliation In The South -- Probing The New West -- The War Of 1812 -- American Dominion -- North, West, And South) -- Trade And Intercourse Laws (legislation To Control The Frontier Whites -- Regulating The Trade In Furs -- The Crusade Against Ardent Spirits Crimes In The Indian Country -- Removal Of Intruders On Indian Lands) -- Government Trading Houses : Factories (beginnings Of The Factory System -- Jeffersonian Expansion -- Attack And Support -- The End Of The Factories) -- Civilization And Education (civilization -- Agriculture And Domestic Industry -- Christinization -- The Role Of Thomas L. Mckenney -- The Civilization Fund And Indian Schools -- Jedidiah Morse's Report) -- The Indian Department (superintendents And Agents -- Headquarters Organization -- Assistance From Military Commanders -- Presents And Annuities -- Peace Medals And Delegations) -- Indian Removal. The Policy Of Indian Removal (formulation Of The Policy -- Andrew Jackson And The Removal -- Motivation For Removal -- Controversy And Debate -- The Cherokee Cases) The Emigration Of The Southern Tribes (choctaws -- Creeks -- Chickasaws -- Investigating The Lands In The West -- Seminoles And The Florida War -- Cherokees And The Trail Of Tears) -- Removel Of The Northern Indians (clearing The Old Northwest -- Potawatomi Dispersal -- Sacs And Foxes And The Black Hawk War -- Other Tribes -- New York Indians -- The Role Of The Traders) -- The Emigrant Indians In The West (transplanted Indian Nations -- Military Defense Of The Frontier -- Benevolence And Reform) -- New Structures And Programs (development Of The Indian Department -- Proposals For An Indian State -- Annuities And Liquor Regulation) -- American Expansion And The Reservation System. The Indian Office : Men And Policies (department Of The Interior -- Commissioners Of The 1850s An Expanded Indian Department -- Perennial Problems : Annuities And Liquor -- The Challenge Of Scientific Racism) -- A Pathway To The Pacific (colonization Of The Western Tribes -- Kansas-nebraska And The Indians -- Military Action On The Plains) -- Texas, New Mexico, And Utah (the Indian Situation In Texas -- Reservations For Texas Indians -- Indian Affairs In New Mexico -- Indians, Mormons, And Gentiles) -- California, Oregon, And Washington (a Reservation Policy For California -- Indian Affiars In The Oregon Country -- The Indians Of Washington Territory) -- The Civil War Years. The Southern Indians And The Confederate States (tribes In The Indian Territory -- Indian Treaties With The Confederacy -- War In The Indian Territory -- Peace Council At Fort Smith -- Reconstruction Treaties) Indian Conflicts : A Series Of Other Wars (sioux Uprising In Minnesota -- War In The Southwest -- Bosque Redondo -- The Great Experiment -- Sand Creek) -- The Indian System And Its Critics (commissioner Dole And The Reservation System -- Protests Against The Indian System -- Proposals For Military Control) -- The Peace Policy. Stirrings Of Reform (doolittle Committee -- Indian Peace Commission -- Civilization For The Indians -- Reform Impulses) -- Structures Of The Peace Policy (the Board Of Indian Commissioners -- Churches And The Agencies -- Failure Of The Structures -- The End Of Treaty Making) -- Military Challenge (indian Wars -- The Army And The Indian -- The Transfer Issue -- The End Of The Military Phase) -- Reservation Policy (consolidation Of Reservations -- Indian Resistance To Removal -- Revision Of Reservation Policy) -- The Indian Service : Policies And Administration) An Array Of Commissioners -- Fraud And The Indian Rings -- Inspectors And Special Agents -- Policies And Programs -- Law And Order) -- The New Christian Reformers (reform Organizations -- Christian Humanitarianism -- Americanization -- Other Voices) -- The Reservations And Reform (dismantling The Great Sioux Reserve -- Mission Indians Of California -- Promotion Of Civilization -- Continuing Liquor Problems -- Opposition To Reservations) -- Severalty, Law And Citizenship (the Drive For A General Allotment Law -- The Dawes Act -- Leasing Of Allotments -- Renaming The Indians -- Law For The Indians -- Citizenship) -- Education For Patriotic Citizenship (promotion Of Indian Schools -- Carlisle Indian Industrial School Thomas Jefferson Morgan And Indian Schools -- Conflict Over The Contract Schools -- Competition From The Wild West Shows) -- The Indian Service : Bureaucratization And Reform (growth Of The Indian Service -- Civil Service Reform -- The Lesson Of Wounded Knee -- Replacing The Political Agents) -- Territorial Expansion (the Drive For Territorial Organization -- Invasion Of The Indian Territory -- Defeat Of The Five Civilized Tribes -- Oklahoma Statehood) -- The Nation's Wards. The Indian Office : The Indians' Guardian (progressives In The Indian Office -- The Decline Of The Christian Reformers -- Administrative Efficiency -- Liquor And Peyote) -- The 1920s : The Guardian On Trial (continuity And Development -- The Bureau Under Siege -- Investigations And Reports) -- Education For Self-support (the Indian School System Public Schools For Indians -- Courses Of Study -- Success And Failure) -- Concern For Indian Health (the Condition Of Indian Health -- Initial Campaigns Against Disease -- A Continuing But Insufficient Fight -- The Critics) -- The Indians' Land (continuing Allotment -- Modifications Of The Dawes Act -- Competency And Fee Patents -- Land Policy In The 1920s -- Forestry And Irrigation -- Appraisal Of The Allotment Policy) -- Indians Of Oklahoma And New York (final Dissolution Of The Five Civilized Tribes -- Removal Of Restrictions -- The Scandal Of The Probate Courts -- Indians Schools In Oklahoma -- The Indians Of New York State) -- The Indian New Deal. Transition : The Hoover Years (new Officials -- Progress And Reform -- Failures -- Attacks And Rebuttals) The New Reform (john Collier, Commissioner -- Conservation And Relief -- New Deal Measures -- John Collier's Reform Proposal -- The Wheeler-howard (indian Reorganization) Act -- Rounding Out The New Deal (extending The Indian Reorganization Act -- Indian Arts And Crafts -- Continuing Educational Reform -- Health Programs -- Economic Development -- The Bureaucracy) -- The End Of The Indian New Deal (john Collier's Travail -- Congressional Attacks -- The Indians And World War Ii -- The Legacy Of The Indian New Deal) -- Termination. The Postwar Years (the Indian Claims Commission -- Postwar Readjustment -- The Approach Of Termination -- Bureau Reorganization) -- Termination In Action (legislative Action -- Termination Laws -- Reversal Of Policy) -- Programs For Indians (education For Cultural Change -- Transfer Of Indian Health Services Economic Development -- Relocation) -- Indian Self-determination. Turnabout In The 1960s (the New Trail -- The War Against Poverty -- New Emphasis On Indian Self-determination -- The State Of Indian Education -- The Civil Rights Act Of 1968) -- Signs Of The New Day (nixon's Indian Policy -- The New Indians And Red Power -- Turnover And Turmoil In The Bia -- Religious Freedom -- Alaska Native Claims -- Menominee Restoration) -- Advances In Indian Rights And Responsibilities (indian Education -- Indian Health -- Indian Child Welfare Act -- Indian Self-determination Act -- American Indian Policy Review Commission) -- Legal And Judicial Maneuvering (land Claims And Conflicts -- Water Rights -- Fishing And Hunting Rights -- Inherent Sovereignty And Tribal Jurisdiction) The American Indians In 1980 (urban Indians And Nonrecognized Tribes -- Federal Programs For Indians -- Building An Economic Base -- Trust Responsibility : The Great Father Redivivus -- America's Unfinished Business) -- Appendixes (appendix A (presidents, Secretaries Of War And Interior, And Commissioners Of Indian Affairs) -- Appendix B (indian Population) -- Appendix C (indian Tribal Entities That Have A Government-to-government Relationship With The United States) -- Appendix D (nomenclature Of The Bureau Of Indian Affairs). Francis Paul Prucha. Unabridged Re-issue Of C1984 Ed. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [1231]-1257) And Index.