Custer Died For Your Sins

Why read it

• You will see how the federal policy of termination, ending tribes' special status, kept returning under new disguises
• You will weigh how outsiders such as anthropologists, missionaries and agencies look to the people they study and serve
• You will learn why the author thinks humor is one of the best ways to understand a people

Who it is for

• Student of American Indian history and federal policy
• Citizen who wants to understand tribal sovereignty today
• Reader who prefers a sharp, witty voice over a dry survey

Contents

1. PREFACE
2. 1 INDIANS TODAY, THE REAL AND THE UNREAL
3. 2 LAWS AND TREATIES
4. 3 THE DISASTROUS POLICY OF TERMINATION
5. 4 ANTHROPOLOGISTS AND OTHER FRIENDS
6. 5 MISSIONARIES AND THE RELIGIOUS VACUUM
7. 6 GOVERNMENT AGENCIES
8. 7 INDIAN HUMOR
9. 8 THE RED AND THE BLACK
10. 9 THE PROBLEM OF INDIAN LEADERSHIP
11. 10 INDIANS AND MODERN SOCIETY
12. 11 A REDEFINITION OF INDIAN AFFAIRS

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