Mixed-Bloods and Tribal Dissolution: Charles Curtis and the Quest for Indian Identity [Hardcover]

William E. Unrau (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: July 1, 1989

Charles Curtis, a mixed-blood member of the Kansa-Kaws, was one of the most important figures in the debate over federal Indian policy during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. As the Indian expert in Congress, he had significant power in forumulating and carrying out the assimilationist program that had been instituted, particularly by the Dawes Act, in the 1880s. This book shows that without the cooperation of the mixed-bloods, dispossession of Indian lands by the U.S. government would have been much more difficult to accomplish. The relationship between the metis and the loss of Indian lands, never before fully explored, is revealed.

Editorial Reviews

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"A significant contribution to the field of American Indian studies. Most important is its evaluation of the mixed-blood's role in both Indian and white societies."--W. David Baird, author of A Creek Warrior for the Confederacy

"This is a strong biography that sheds new light on the general mixed-blood experience."--Terry P. Wilson, author of The Underground Reservation: Osage Oil

About the Author

William E. Unrau is Endowment Association Distinguished Research Professor at Wichita State University. He is author of White Man's Wicked Water: The Alcohol Trade and Prohibition in Indian Country, 1802-1892, The Kansa Indians: A History of the Wind People, 1673-1873, and (with Craig Miner) The End of Indian Kansas: A Study of Cultural Revolution, 1854-1874.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 256 pages
• Publisher: University Press Of Kansas (July 1, 1989)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0700603956
• ISBN-13: 978-0700603954
• Product Dimensions: 9.6 x 6.3 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,877,041 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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