Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. PREFACE V
3. CONTENTS IX
4. I. Four Unsuccessful Efforts at Reform
5. 1. Concentration 3
6. 2. The Transfer Problem 15
7. 3. Church Nomination of Indian Officials 28
8. 4. The Board of Indian Commissioners 42
9. II. THE RISE OF INTEREST IN INDIAN REFORM
10. 5. The Period of Individual Effort, 1865-1880 57
11. 6. The Turn of the Tide 1880 66
12. 7. Indian Organizations and Sectional Opinion 81
13. III. DESTRUCTION OF THE OLD INDIAN SYSTEM
14. 8. The Treaty System and Tribal Autonomy 95
15. 9. The Annuity System and Congressional Economy 106
16. 10. The Reservation System 121
17. 11. The Problem of Indian Education 132
18. 12. The Last Stand of Supporters of the Old Indian System 155
19. IV. FORMULATION OF THE NEW INDIAN POLICY
20. 13. Precedents for Reform 167
21. 14. The Failure of Early Severalty Plans 177
22. 15. Severalty Debates of the Eighties 188
23. 16. Indian Citizenship 198
24. 17. The Development of Indian Land Policies 217
25. 18. The Decision to Use Force 233
26. 19. The Dawes Act and Indian Reform 248
27. Notes 253
28. Index 303