Farewell, My Nation : American Indians and the United States in the Nineteenth Century.

Intro -- Title Page -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1 The "Indian Question" -- In Need of a Solution -- Breaching the Ohio Country Barrier -- The Shooting Star and the Prophet -- 2 The Initial Solution -- The Relocation Debate -- Tribal Strategies in the South -- The Cherokee-Georgia Conundrum -- Removing the Southern Tribes -- The Indian Territory and Its People -- Undermining Forces -- Dashed Hopes -- 3 The Travails of Mid Century -- Western Troubles and the New Solution -- Making Way for the Railroads -- The Texas Challenge -- Whether or Not to Be a Confederate -- Civil War in the Indian Territory -- Unrest in Minnesota -- Colorado and Sand Creek -- 4 The Plains Wars, Phase I: Realizing Concentration -- Those Who Resisted: An Inescapable Fate? -- Indian Policy and Who Controlled It -- Defending the Powder River Country -- Dualism: Peace and Force Policies -- Commotion in Kansas -- Implementing Concentration -- With the Olive Branch and the Sword -- 5 The Plains Wars, Phase II: Enforcing Concentration -- Again, Indian Affairs and Who Controls Them -- The Grant Peace Policy -- At the Watershed -- The Red River War -- The Peace That Slipped Away -- The Great Sioux War Commences -- The Great Sioux War Concludes -- 6 The Search for a New Order -- Reforms and Jurisdictional Disputes -- Reappraising the Concentration Policy -- The Government's Newest "Solution" -- Ending "Old and Injurious Habits" -- Americanization: White Rationalizations and Tribal Responses -- Dead Dreams -- Bibliographical Essay -- Index -- End User License Agreement.

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