Ethnohistory, vol. 44, no. 2, Spring, 1997, pp. 263-304
Description
Looks at the interaction between the United States government and aboriginals during the assimilation period, and the ways in which their employment was an important but short-lived component of United States Indian policy.
Land of Sunshine, vol. 7, June-November 1897, pp. 242-247
Description
Teacher at the government boarding school operated on the Pima Indian Reservation, Arizona describes the personalities of individual students and relays anecdotes from the classroom.
Reflects the attitudes and policies of the time.
Responds to criticisms of rules enforced in terms of eligibility for employment and salaries.
Originally published in the New York Evening Post, February 1, 1897.
Reflects attitudes and policies of the time.
Discusses the naming system that was put in place by the United States government to establish aboriginal people for the privileges and advantages of American citizenship.