A Century of Dishonor

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Originally published over 100 years ago, A Century of Dishonor is Helen Jackson's eye- opening sketch of the U.S. government's often shameful mishandling of what was called the ?Indian problem'. Using official documents as authentic research materials, Jackson asserts that the government and citizens of the United States were the cause of the ?problems?, and not the Native peoples. Broken treaties, inhuman treatment, restricted to reservations unfit for habitation or traditional lifestyle'all of these actions were taken against Indian tribes by a government that treated them with less consideration and compassion than that of a foreign country Copyright © Libri GmbH. All rights reserved.

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INTRODUCTORY
9
THE DELAWARES
32
THE CHEYENNES
66
THE NEZ PERCES
103
THE SIOUX
136
THE PONCAS
186
THE WINNEBAGOES
218
THE CHEROKEES
257
TESTIMONIES TO INDIAN CHARACTER
374
OUTRAGES COMMITTED ON INDIANS BY WHITES
381
EXTRACTS FROM THE REPORT OF THE COMMISSION SENT TO TREAT WITH THE SIOUX CHIEF SITTING BULL IN CANADA
386
ACCOUNT OF SOME OF THE OLD GRIEVANCES OF THE SIOUX
389
LETTER FROM SARAH WINNEMUCCA AN EDUCATED PAHUTE WOMAN
395
LAWS OF THE DELAWARE NATION OF INDIANS
396
ACCOUNT OF THE CHEROKEE WHO INVENTED THE CHEROKEE ALPHABET
404
PRICES PAID BY WHITE MEN FOR SCALPS
405

MASSACRES OF INDIANS BY WHITES
298
The Gnadenhutten Massacre
317
Massacres of Apaches
324
CONCLUSION
336
THE SAND CREEK MASSACRE
343
THE PONCA CASE
359
EXTRACT FROM TREATY WITH CHEYENNES IN 1865
406
WOODCUTTING BY INDIANS IN DAKOTA
407
AN ACCOUNT OF THE NUMBERS LOCATION AND SOCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL CONDITION OF EACH IMPORTANT TRIBE AND BAND O...
411
REPORT ON THE CONDITION AND NEEDS OF THE MISSION INDIANS OF CALIFORNIA
458
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