The Great Father: The United States Government and the American Indians : Volumes 1&2 in 1 Book

Francis P. Prucha

U of Nebraska Press, 1995 - History - 1302 pages

"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.

Contents

• THE COLONIAL EXPERIENCE: 5
• FORMATIVE YEARS: 29
• Trade and Intercourse Laws: 89
• Government Trading Houses Factories: 115
• United States Factory System 17951822: 123
• Civilization and Education: 135
• The Indian Department: 159
• PART TWO INDIAN REMOVAL: 179
• Andrew Jackson and Removal Motivation for Removal: 183
• The Emigration of the Southern Tribes: 214
• Land Cessions of the Five Civilized Tribes: 220
• Removal of the Northern Indians: 243
• Potawatomi Land Cessions: 250
• Indian Land Cessions in the North: 260
• The Emigrant Indians in the West: 270
• New Structures and Programs: 293
• AMERICAN EXPANSION: 315
• A Pathway to the Pacific: 339
• Texas New Mexico and Utah: 354
• California Oregon and Washington: 381
• PART FOUR THE CIVIL WAR YEARS: 411
• The Indian Territory 18661888: 435
• A Series of Other Wars: 437
• The Indian System and Its Critics: 462
• Structures of the Peace Policy: 501
• Military Challenge: 534
• The Plains and Mountains 18651880: 547
• Reservation Policy: 562
• Illustration and Map Credits: 607
• AMERICANIZING THE AMERICAN INDIANS: 609
• The Reservations and Reform: 631
• Severalty Law and Citizenship: 659
• Education for Patriotic Citizenship: 687
• Bureaucratization and Reform: 716
• THE NATIONS WARDS: 759
• The Guardian on Trial: 790
• Education for SelfSupport: 814
• Concern for Indian Health: 841
• The Indians Land: 864
• 35 Indians of Oklahoma and New York: 897
• THE INDIAN NEW DEAL: 917
• The New Reform: 940
• Rounding Out the New Deal: 969
• The End of the Indian New Deal: 993
• TERMINATION: 1013
• Programs for Indians: 1060
• INDIAN SELFDETERMINATION: 1085
• Signs of the New Day: 1111
• The Regional Corporations: 1134
• Advances in Indian Rights: 1139
• Indian Lands and Communities: 1168
• Legal and Judicial Maneuvering: 1171
• 47 The American Indians in 1980: 1191
• Appendix A: 1211
• Appendix B: 1217
• Appendix D: 1227
• Illustration and Map Credits: 1259

About the author

Francis Paul Prucha is Professor of History in Marquette University, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He is the author of many books and articles on Indian policy and American frontier history and has edited D.S. Otis' The Dawes Act and the Allotment of Indian Lands, also published by the University of Oklahoma Press.

Bibliographic information

• Title: The Great Father: The United States Government and the American Indians : Volumes 1&2 in 1 Book
• Author: Francis P. Prucha
• Edition: illustrated, unabridged, reprint
• Publisher: U of Nebraska Press, 1995
• ISBN: 0803287348, 9780803287341
• Length: 1302 pages
• Subjects: History / Native American