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Native American Justice
Laurence Armand French
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Description for Native American Justice
Paperback. Num Pages: 244 pages. BIC Classification: WZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 228 x 15. Weight in Grams: 350.
Tracing the history of U.S. Indian policy from the eighteenth century to the present, this book explores how the Euro-American ethos of Manifest Destiny fueled a devastating campaign of ethnic cleansing against Native Americans. After decimating the Indian population through organized massacres, the U.S. government forcibly removed the survivors from their homelands to live on reservations. Physical genocide gave way to attempts at cultural eradication through policies designed to Christianize and civilize the Indians. These policies included the traumatic separation of children from their families for indoctrination and abuse in remote boarding schools. Treaties and policies are linked to the ... Read more
Tracing the history of U.S. Indian policy from the eighteenth century to the present, this book explores how the Euro-American ethos of Manifest Destiny fueled a devastating campaign of ethnic cleansing against Native Americans. After decimating the Indian population through organized massacres, the U.S. government forcibly removed the survivors from their homelands to live on reservations. Physical genocide gave way to attempts at cultural eradication through policies designed to Christianize and civilize the Indians. These policies included the traumatic separation of children from their families for indoctrination and abuse in remote boarding schools. Treaties and policies are linked to the ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
244
Condition
New
Number of Pages
244
Place of Publication
Lanham, MD, United States
ISBN
9780830415755
SKU
V9780830415755
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99-15
About Laurence Armand French
Laurence Armand French is a Psychology Professor and Chair of the Department of Social Sciences at Western New Mexico University. A student of Native American issues for more than thirty years, he is the author of more than 200 scholarly publications, including eleven books.
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