| Description |
xx, 322 p. : ill., map ; 25 cm. |
| Note |
"Paul VanDevelder takes as his focal point the epic federal treaty ratified in 1851 at Horse Creek, formally recognizing perpetual ownership by a dozen Native American tribes of 1.1 million square miles of the American West. The astonishing and shameful story of this broken treaty--one of 371 Indian treaties signed during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries--reveals a pattern of fraudulent government behavior that again and again displaced Native Americans from their lands. VanDevelder describes the path that led to the genocide of the American Indian; those who participated in it, from cowboys and common folk to aristocrats and presidents; and how the history of the immoral treatment of Indians through the twentieth century has profound social, economic, and political implications for America even today."--Amazon.com. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 249-303) and index. |
| Contents |
Redeeming Eden -- Savages and scoundrels -- White men in paradise -- Pioneers of the world -- The great smoke -- Monsters of God. |
| Subject |
Indians of North America -- Government relations.
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Indians of North America -- Land tenure.
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United States -- Territorial expansion -- History.
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| Spine Title |
Savages & scoundrels |
| ISBN |
9780300125634 (alk. paper) |
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0300125631 (alk. paper) |
| Standard No. |
BWX R6772525 |
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CDX 8985879 |
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AU@ 000043581652 |
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UNITY 119280256 |
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UKTOR 0300125631 |
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OXFCL 0300125631 |
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