The Oneida Indians in the Age of Allotment, 1860-1920: Volume 253

by L. Gordon McLester and Hauptman

Book Overview

The Oneida Indians, already weakened by their participation in the Civil War, faced the possibility of losing their reservation-their community's greatest crisis since its resettlement in Wisconsin after the War of 1812. The Oneida Indians in the Age of Allotment, 1860-1920 is the first comprehensive study of how the Oneida Indians of Wisconsin were affected by the Dawes General Allotment Act of 1887, the Burke Act of 1906, and the Federal Competency...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0806137525
• ISBN13: 9780806137520
• Release Date: August 2006
• Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
• Length: 354 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 7.1" x 9.4"