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12 produkter
'If You Knew the Conditions'
A Chronicle of the Indian Medical Service and American Indian Health Care, 1908-1955
Inbunden, 2008
1388 kr
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After their sequestering on reservations across the West, American Indians suffered from appalling rates of disease and morbidity. While the United States Indian Service (Bureau of Indian Affairs) provided some services prior to 1908, it was not until then that the Indian Medical Service was …
'If You Knew the Conditions'
A Chronicle of the Indian Medical Service and American Indian Health Care, 1908-1955
Häftad, 2010
632 kr
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After their sequestering on reservations across the West, American Indians suffered from appalling rates of disease and morbidity. While the United States Indian Service (Bureau of Indian Affairs) provided some services prior to 1908, it was not until then that the Indian Medical Service was …
Plagues, Politics, and Policy
A Chronicle of the Indian Health Service, 1955-2008
Inbunden, 2010
1461 kr
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Plagues, Politics, and Policy is an overview of the major health challenges confronting American Indians and Alaska Natives over the past fifty years and is a case study of the federal government's attempt to provide medical services to a categorical group of people in the United States. While it …
Damming the Gila
The Gila River Indian Community and the San Carlos Irrigation Project, 1900-1942
Inbunden, 2024
758 kr
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Unraveling a complex web of tension, distrust, and political maneuvering, Damming the Gila continues the story of the Gila River Indian Community’s struggle for the restoration of its water rights.This volume continues to chronicle the history of water rights and activities on the Gila River Indian …
Damming the Gila
The Gila River Indian Community and the San Carlos Irrigation Project, 1900–1942
Häftad, 2026
714 kr
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Unraveling a complex web of tension, distrust, and political maneuvering, Damming the Gila continues the story of the Gila River Indian Community’s struggle for the restoration of its water rights. This volume continues to chronicle the history of water rights and activities on the Gila River …
Paternalism to Partnership
The Administration of Indian Affairs, 1786–2021
Inbunden, 2022
849 kr
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Paternalism to Partnership examines the administration of Indian affairs from 1786, when the first federal administrator was appointed, through 2021. David H. DeJong examines each administrator through a biographical sketch and excerpts of policy statements defining the administrator’s political …
Forced to Abandon Our Fields
The 1914 Clay Southworth Gila River Pima Interviews
Häftad, 2011
281 kr
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During the nineteenth century, upstream diversions from the Gila River decreased the arable land on the Gila River Indian Reservation to only a few thousand acres. As a result the Pima Indians, primarily an agricultural people, fell into poverty. Many Pima farmers and leaders lamented this …
American Indian Treaties
A Guide to Ratified and Unratified Colonial, U.S., State, Foreign, and Intertribal Treaties and Agreements, 1607–1911
Häftad, 2015
512 kr
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When it comes to American Indian treaties, the American polity too often forgets the realities of history. Prevailing perceptions are often not only inaccurate but also premised on outright falsehoods. Treaty-making was profoundly influenced by tribal conceptions of diplomacy. Colonial and early …
Commissioners of Indian Affairs
The United States Indian Service and the Making of Federal Indian Policy, 1824 to 2017
Häftad, 2020
512 kr
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Although federal Indian policies are largely determined by Congress and the executive branch, it is the commissioner and assistant secretary of Indian Affairs who must implement them. Over the past two centuries, the overarching goals of federal Indian policy have been the social and political …
Stealing the Gila
The Pima Agricultural Economy and Water Deprivation, 1848-1921
Häftad, 2016
296 kr
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By 1850 the Pima Indians of central Arizona had developed a strong and sustainable agricultural economy based on irrigation. As David H. DeJong demonstrates, the Pima were an economic force in the mid-nineteenth century middle Gila River valley, producing food and fiber crops for western military …
Diverting the Gila
The Pima Indians and the Florence-Casa Grande Project, 1916-1928
Häftad, 2023
397 kr
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In the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, Americans assumed the land and water resources of the West were endless. Water was as vital to newcomers to Arizona’s Florence and Casa Grande valleys as it had always been to the Pima Indians, who had been successfully growing crops along the …
Commissioners of Indian Affairs
The United States Indian Service and the Making of Federal Indian Policy, 1824 to 2017
Inbunden, 2020
873 kr
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Although federal Indian policies are largely determined by Congress and the executive branch, it is the commissioner and assistant secretary of Indian Affairs who must implement them. Over the past two centuries, the overarching goals of federal Indian policy have been the social and political …
