Reservations, Removal, and Reform: The Mission Indian Agents of Southern California, 1878-1903

by Phil Brigandi and Valerie Sherer Mathes

Book Overview

Inseparable from the history of the Indians of Southern California is the role of the Indian agent--a government functionary whose chief duty was, according to the Office of Indian Affairs, to "induce his Indian to labor in civilized pursuits." Offering a portrait of the Mission Indian agents of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, Reservations, Removal, and Reform reveals how individual agents interpreted this charge, and...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0806159995
• ISBN13: 9780806159997
• Release Date: June 2018
• Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.3" x 9.2"