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The third edition of this landmark work adds forty new documents, which cover the significant developments in American Indian affairs since 1988. Among the topics dealt with are tribal self-governance, government-to-government relations, religious rights, repatriation of human remains, trust management, health and education, federal recognition of tribes, presidential policies, and Alaska Natives.

Extensive cross-referencing and a detailed index that includes authors, subjects, and titles enhance the book's usefulness. Francis Paul Prucha, S.J., is professor emeritus of history at Marquette University and the author or editor of some two dozen works of American history, including the prize-winning "The Great Father: The United States Government and the American Indians" (1984) and the "Atlas of American Indian Affairs" (1990), both publ...

The Great Father" was widely praised when it appeared in two volumes in 1984 and was awarded the Ray Allen Billington Prize by the Organization of American Historians. This abridged one-volume edition follows the structure of the two-volume edition, eliminating only the footnotes and some of the detail. It is a comprehensive history of the relations between the U.S. government and the Indians. Covering the two centuries from the Revolutionary ...

The basic concept of this book is to show the integral part of the American frontier experience that the Army was as it played important and varied roles in every phase of the frontier development from exploration to settlement.

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[Francis Paul Prucha's] contextual definition and rigorous exemplification of what 'assimilation' meant to Protestant reformers of the late nineteenth century represents a unique and valuable contribution to our cultural history." American Historical Review The years 1865 to 1900 formed one of the most critical periods in Indian-white relations in the United States. Here, renowned historian Francis Paul Prucha discusses in detail the major...