This expanded edition adds 38 new documents, dated 1972 to 1988 and covering a period of great activity and rapid movement toward Indian self-determination. Among the topics dealt with are fishing rights, economic development, the American Indian Policy Review Commission, education, health and welfare, self-determination, legal jurisdiction, water rights, and archaeological resources, as well as major claims cases such as those of the Sioux and the Maine Indian groups.
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"Prucha, the acknowledged grand master of the history of federal Indian policy, here again displays the expert touch which marks all his work."—Michigan Historical Review
(Michigan Historical Review )"Francis Paul Prucha . . . has made a real contribution to American Indian historiography by providing this selection of ''essential documents which marked significant formulations of policy in the conduct of Indian affairs by the United States government.'' The 161 selections from George Washington''s letter to James Duane in 1783 through the Menominee Restoration Act of 1973 include treaties, legislative enactments, judicial decisions, executive statements, and extracts from official commissions and committees which ''illustrate the history of the relations between the United States government and the American Indian from the founding of the nation to the present time.’ Each entry is prefaced with an introductory paragraph explaining the document and is included in a very detailed index. A valuable selective bibliography concludes the volume."—American Indian Quarterly
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About the Author
Francis Paul Prucha, S.J., is an emeritus professor of history at Marquette University. His many publications include The Great Father: The United States Government and the American Indians (1984), winner of the Ray Allen Billington Award, and Handbook for Research in American History both published by the University of Nebraska Press.
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long needed and necessary for indian history,
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This review is from: Documents of United States Indian Policy (Second Edition) (Paperback)
This book has been a Godsend to me for researching specific Native American legislation. The book saved me weeks of time by zeroing in on specific congressional legislation germaine to Native Americans. The book is clear and concise enough to give any researcher the actual law or document related to N.A. History
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