A Century of DishonorOriginally 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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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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