Progressive-Era Bureaucrats and the Unity of Twentieth-Century Indian Policy
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Russel Lawrence Barsh
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 15, no. 1, Winter, 1991, pp. 1-17
Description
Article examines the Indian Policy of the United States government; argues that the policies hold at their core an evolutionary perspective on social development which places the United States government in a paternalist role, guiding Indigenous people through the evolution of their race.