Written especially for the general reader and for college students, Native Americans in the Twentieth Century makes available for the first time a concise yet comprehensive survey of Native American history from the 1890s to the present. With clarity and balance the volume conveys the complex web of economic, political, and cultural forces that have characterized relations between Native and non-Native Americans for the past century. For anyone wanting a better understanding of the crucial issues and events that have led to the contemporary "Indian Problem," this is the best place to start.
Written especially for the general reader and for college students, Native Americans in the Twentieth Century makes available for the first time a concise yet comprehensive survey of Native American history from the 1890s to the present. With clarity and balance the volume conveys the complex web of economic, political, and cultural forces that have characterized relations between Native and non-Native Americans for the past century. For anyone wanting a better understanding of the crucial issues and events that have led to the contemporary "Indian Problem," this is the best place to start.
James S. Olson is a member of the history department at San
Houston State University, Huntsville, Texas, and is the author of
numerous books including The Ethnic Dimension in American History
and Slave Life in America.Raymond Wilson is a member of the
history department at Fort Hays State University, Hays, Kansas, and
is the author of Ohiyesa: Charles Eastman, Santee Sioux and the
co-author of Administrative History, Canyon de Chelly National
Monument and of Indian Lives: Essays on Nineteenth and
Twentieth-Century Native American Leaders.
"A very fine book, much better and more comprehensive than anything now in print which seeks to cover this subject and period." -- Vine Deloria, Jr., author of God is Red and Custer Died for Your Sins
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