To Show Heart: Native American Self-Determination and Federal Indian Policy, 1960-1975

by George Pierre Castile

Book Overview

Federal policy toward Native Americans has fluctuated wildly in the twentieth century. Washington long envisioned that Indians would be assimilated into American culture--until FDR's New Deal introduced tribal self-government. Then, during the Truman and Eisenhower administrations, its goal became the termination of federal wardship status for Indians. This book considers the changes in attitude that began in 1960 and culminated in the Indian Self-Determination...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0816518386
• ISBN13: 9780816518388
• Release Date: December 1999
• Publisher: University of Arizona Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"