The Western American Indian: Case Studies in Tribal History

by Richard N. Ellis

Book Overview

This collection of fourteen case studies by leading historians and other experts examines the impact of white settlement, and especially of government policy and actions, on the economic, political, religious, and social lives of the western American Indians from the mid-1850s. Among the matters considered are treaty making, the Indian Wars, Grant's Peace Policy and the peacetime role of the military, reservation life, enforced allotment under the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0803257546
• ISBN13: 9780803257542
• Release Date: June 1972
• Publisher: Bison Books
• Length: 203 Pages
• Weight: 0.64 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.6" x 8.6"