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INDEX

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A

Abernathy, Ralph: 180, 254

Academic freedom, question of: 95

Act of March 3, 1819, provisions of: 45

Adolphus, Gustavus: 92

Alabama-Coushattas, termination and: 64

Alger, Horatio: 191

American Broadcasting Corporation, Custer series and: 24

American Civil Liberties Union: 262

American Indian Development, Inc.: 19

American Indian Historical Society: 18

American Indians United: formation of, 250; future of, 261

American Revolution: 33, 40; Indians and, 31

Anderson, Clinton: 70, 137

Anderson, Mad Bear: 114, 124

Anthropologists: 78–79, 81, 91, 94, 207, 212, 225; blacks and, 93; folk theories of, 83–84; “Indianness” and, 265; pan-Indianism and, 246; “real” Indians and, 82; resistance to, 95; workshops and, 82–87

Apaches: 17, 37, 51, 128, 154, 206, 243–45, 262; education for, 84; problems of, 21–22.

Appalachicolas: 245

Arapahos: 17, 22, 150, 203

Archetypes: see Stereotypes

Area offices of government agencies: discretionary funds for, 141; function of, 129–30; location of, 127–30

Area Redevelopment Administration: 26, 131

Arikara: 17, 22

Articles of Confederation: 44

Assiniboines: 22

Association on American Indian Affairs, future of: 261

B

Banyaca, Thomas: 119, 124; religion and, 113–14

Baptists: 108, 111, 112

Bennett, Robert: 135, 182; travels of, 138

Berger, Thomas: 16

BIA: See U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs

Biculturality, problems from: 80

Blackfeet: 11

Black Hawk, betrayal of: 201–202

Black Hills: 165

Black power: 84; Carmichael and, 180; Indians and, 182

Black River Falls, Wise.: 212

Blacks: 266; Civil Rights of, 168–71, 186; jokes about, 162–63; perceptions of, 171–74, 194–95; poverty and, 93; reservations for, 194; urban Indians and, 254, 256–57

Blood: See Indian blood

Board of Inquiry into Hunger and Malnutrition: 88

Book of the Hopi (Frank Waters): 114

Borland, Hal: 16

Boundaries, marking: 34

Boy Scouts, tribalism and: 231

Brown v. the Board of Education: 195

Buffalo, elimination of: 204

Buffalo Bill Cody: 209

“Buy Indian” Act: 259

C

Cabot, John: 30

Capital Conference on Poverty: 160

Capitalization, move toward: 184

Carmichael, Stokley: 180–82

Carter, Judge: 128

Cattle Indians, wealth of: 90

Cauhillas: 18

Chairmanship, tribal: concept of, 206–207; see also Leadership

Chasing Hawk, Alex: 27, 161

Cherokees: 3, 11, 18, 24, 35, 129, 229, 245, 262, 263; Christianity and, 115; Eastern Band, 247; treaties with, 32, 34–35

Cherry Creek, S. Dak.: 212

Cheyenne River Sioux: 27, 206; agency, 156

Cheyennes: 17, 22, 90, 149, 198, 203

Chickasaws: 115

Chippewas: 3, 17, 22, 95, 127, 158, 163, 164, 206, 249, 262; Medicine Lodge religion and, 113; NCAI and, 21; treaties with, 32, 39, 40, 44–45

Choctaws: 35, 50, 111, 115, 128, 129, 247; betrayal of, 42–43; Interior Department and, 43; treaties with, 42

Christianity: 11, 47, 104, 107, 111, 112, 176, 199; Civil Rights and, 75, 107–108; death and, 119–20; dilemma for, 115–17; Indian religion and, 102–103, 105, 112–13, 124; as industry, 124; influence of, 30, 175–76; jokes about, 152;53; revitalization of, 122–23; role of, 119–20; social norms of, 109; See also Churches; Church franchises

Church, Frank, hearings by: 66–67, 70

Churches, Indian Affairs and: 260–61

Church franchises, competing for: 106

Citizenship Act of 1924, Indians and: 76

Civilian Conservation Corps Camps: 88, 236

Civil Rights: 174, 178, 184, 189, 220, 261; blacks and, 186; Christianity and, 75, 107–108; direction of, 180; and self-respect, 179; humor and, 146, 155, 161–63; importance of, 168–69; Indians and, 7, 8, 83, 168–70, 179–80, 186–87; leadership of, 197–98; legislation for, 226; Robert F. Kennedy and, 192–93

Civil Rights Act of 1968: 238; assumptions of, 173

Civil Rights Bill of 1966: 241

Civil Rights Commission, Indians and: 169

Civil Service, tribal employment as: 141–42

Civil Service Committee, U.S. Senate: 69; hearings of, 56

Clubs, growth of: 231

Coalition of American Indian Citizens: 18

Coalition of Indian Citizens: 183; influence of, 20–21

Coeur d’Alenes: 19, 164, 206

Collier, John: BIA and, 144; IRA and, 55; work of, 48

Columbus, Christopher: 79, 101, 109, 175; jokes about, 147–48

Colvilles: 247; IRA and, 76; termination and, 72–76

Comanches: 17, 37, 203

Commissioner of Indian Affairs, role of: 132–33

Common law: 238–39

Community Development Corporation: 230; provisions of, 227

Community Relations Service: 169

Community Self-Determination Act, provisions of: 227

Congressional Record: 25

Congress of American Indians: 2

Congress of Racial Equality: See CORE

Constitution, U.S.: 7, 172, 178, 237, 246; amendments to, 168

Cook, Charles: 110

CORE: 220, 226–27, 230

Corporations: Indian, 228–30; revivalism and, 229–30; tribalism and, 227–30, 234–35

Costo, Rupert, work of: 18

Council on Indian Affairs: 160

Court of Claims: 65–66

Coushattas: 244

Crazy Horse: 89, 92, 193, 198, 216

Creeks: 115; confederacy, 203, 228

Crees: 22

Crow Dog: 9

Crows: 22, 150; religion of, 103

Cultural independence: 180

Culture, Indian definition of: 185–86; white, 188–89

Curtis, Thomas: 226

Cushman, Dan: 16

Custer, George Armstrong: 127, 198, 203; jokes about, 147–50, 152, 163; television series about, 24–25

Custer bumper sticker: 148

D

Da, Popovi: 166

Dam-building projects on Indian lands: 51

Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR): 65

Dawes Allotment Act: See General Allotment Act

Death: Christianity and, 119–20; Indian religion and, 119–21

Deganawidah: 203

Delawares: 35; treaty with, 32, 33, 36, 39–42, 44–45

Democracy, and Indians: 12

Democratic Party, philosophy of: 191–92

Dependency, concept of: 32–33

Descartes, René: 59

De Smet, Father Pierre Jean: 110

Diamond, Tom: 243–44

Digger Indians: 96

Domesday survey of 1086: 60, 61

Ducheneaux, Frank: 206

Dull, Knife: 89–90, 198

E

Earhart, Amelia: 128

Economic Darwinism: 104, 176, 180

Economic Development Act: 236

Economic Development Administration: 131, 142; Indians and, 138

Economic Opportunity Act: 236

Education: 21–22, 134, 170–71; funds for, 71, 137–38; problems in, 84, 91, 239; reform of, 240–41

Eichmann, Adolph: 24, 97

Eighty-third Congress, Indian Affairs and: 61–62

Eisenhower, Dwight D.: 191, 255

Emmons, Glenn: 158–59

Employment Act of 1946: 53

English common law and Indian common law: 238–39

Episcopalians: 106, 108

Ericson, Leif: 89

European tribes: 175–76

F

Faith, Navajo definition of: 117

Falling Rocks, joke about: 155

Farb, Mr.: 96–99

Farmer, James: 197

Farming, conversion to: 45–46

FCC regulations, Custer series and: 24

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation: 131

Federal Housing Authority: 131; Indians and, 138

Federal Reserve: 131

Feudalism: 175–77, 236

First Citizens for Humphrey-Muskie, formation of: 246

Fish and game departments: treaty violations by, 40–41; work of, 23

Fishing, importance of: 40

Fishing rights: 23–24, 51; Supreme Court and, 41; violations of, 23

Fish-ins: 23

Five Civilized Tribes: 49, 115; betrayal of, 42–43

Flatheads, termination and: 65

Folklore, European: 5–6

Folk theories, premise of: 83–84

Fort Berthold reservation: 17

Fort Laramie: 148

Fort Sisseton: 140

Fountain of Youth: 5

Fox Indians: 22, 201, 253; treaty with, 36, 38

French and Indian War: 6

“From Greenland’s Icy Mountains”: 108

Frump, Alfred: 82

G

Gagne, Alfred: 18

Gall (Sioux chief): 152–53

Gamble, James, termination and: 72–73

Gardner, John: 159, 160

Garry, Joseph: 206; work of, 19–20

General Allotment Act: 58; church support for, 47; provisions of, 42–43, 46–47

Geronimo: 198, 216

Ghost Dance: 106

Gila River Pima Maricopas: 86

Goldwater, Barry: 155, 184–85, 192

Goodell, Charles: 226

Grant, Ulysses S.: 255

Grantsmanship: 26

Grass roots, poverty and: 211–12

Great Plains: 203

Great Society, programs of: 236–37

Great Spirit: 103, 109, 122, 221

Gregory, Dick: 146, 200

Grignon, Mr., testimony of: 69–70

Gros Ventres: 22

H

Haliwas: 245

Handsome Lake, leadership of: 106

Harder, Mr.: 68

Hare, William H.: 47

Harrington, Michael: 12, 94

Haulapi tribe: 219

Health, subsidies for: 71

Hidatsas: 17, 22

Hippies, tribalism and: 232–34

Hoarded wealth, notion of, among Indians: 87–88

Holy Communion: 113

Homeland, concept of: 178

Hopewell Treaty: 34

Hopis: 113–14, 192, 246; religion of, 113–14

House Concurrent Resolution 108: 63, 66, 75, 76, 180; Harrison and, 62

House Resolution 2828: 67

Houston, Sam: 64

Hovis, James: 24

Humor: black, Civil Rights, 162–63; Indian problem, 158–59; military, 150–51; missionary, 152–54; political, 146–48, 155–61; religious, 152–54; significance of, 166–67; tourist, 164–65; see also Jokes

Hunting, importance of: 40, 203–204, 230; rights, 51

I

Imperialism: 51, 53

Incompetency, declaration of: 33; definition of, 31

Indian Affairs: 13, 18, 43, 135–36; anthropologists and, 78–83; churches and, 260–61; and Civil Rights, 179–80; future of, 267; humor in, 146–47; Indian religion and, 114; investigation of, 60–61; minorities and, 182; redefinition of, 257–58; revivalism and, 247; task forces and, 159; trade and, 46; tribal unity and, 219–20; urban Indians and, 257–58; see also U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs

Indian Arts and Crafts Board: 259

Indian blood: 202; claims of, 3–5

Indian Bureau: 55; church franchises and, 106; work of, 48

Indian centers: future of, 262; opening of, 248–50

Indian Claims Commission: 52–53

Indian common law, call for: 238–39

Indian congregations: establishing, 109–10; mission status for, 110, 112

Indian Council Fire, work of: 19

“Indian experts”: 10

Indian-grandmother complex, nature of: 3–4

Indian Health Service: 126

Indian nationalism, 124, 241; future of, 195–96, 266–67; urban Indi-anism and, 248–52

“Indianness,” fallacy of: 265

“Indian problem”: 189; jokes about, 158–59; solutions to, 14

Indian religion: 114, 120–21; Christianity and, 102–103, 105, 124; death and, 119–21; forbidding, 106–107; return to, 112–13; revival of, 105–106, 115, 124; role of, 119–20

Indian Reorganization Act: 12, 26, 48, 52, 76, 127, 139, 144, 227, 264; Collier and, 55; provisions of, 16–17, 48

Indian Rights Association: 261

Indians: black power and, 180; books about, 16; Civil Rights and, 168–69; democracy and, 12; European folklore and, 5–6; perceptions of, 1–2, 4–13, 171–74, 195–96; “plight” of, 1–2

Indian Subcommittee (Senate): 62, 66–67, 72

Indian Trade and Intercourse Act of June 30, 1834: 46–47

Indian vote: 7

Innis, Roy: 226

Institutionalized rebellion: 98–99

Insular Affairs Committee (House): 132

Insular Affairs Committee (Senate): 132

Interior Committee (House): 61, 66, 87, 132; Indian Affairs and, 55, 59–60; termination and, 73

Interior Committee (Senate): 61, 62, 87, 132; Indian Affairs and, 55; termination and, 62–63, 72, 74

Interstate Commerce Clause: 178

Iowa Indians: 22

IRA: See Indian Reorganization Act

Iroquois: 114, 129, 246; confederacy, 203, 228; league, 230; treaty with, 29

J

Jackson, Andrew: 42

Jackson, Henry: 62; termination and, 72–73

Jackson, James: 206

Jews: 31–32, 179

Jicarilla Apaches: 21–22; education for, 84

Johnson, Lyndon B.: 28, 155, 184–85, 192, 236, 244, 257

Joint Subcommittee: 66; work of, 62, 64–65

Jokes: Columbus, 147–48; Custer, 147–50; missionary, 154; political, 155–61; significance of, 166–67; tourist, 164–65. See also Humor

Joseph (Nez Perce chief): 198, 203, 216

Jourdain, Roger: 95, 206

K

Kachina dolls: 192

Kansas Indians Case, impact of: 39

Kaskaskias, treaty with: 36–37, 40

Kaws: 90

Kennedy, John F.: 29, 99, 191–93, 223, 240, 257

Kennedy, Robert F.: 240; Civil Rights and, 192–93; Indians and, 193

Keokuk Indians: 201

King, Martin Luther: 180, 188, 197, 241; People’s Campaign of, 182

83

Kinzua Dam, land for: 74

Kiowas: 17, 37, 203

Klamaths: 57; plans for, 58; termination and, 63–64

Kootenais: 17

Ku Klux Klan: 93, 246

L

La Farge, Oliver: 209; manipulation by, 207–208

Land: Indian wars for, 51; race relations and, 178; theft of, 30; treating for, 204–205

League of Nations, Pan American Indians: 18

Leave-us-alone agreement, need for: 27

Lee, Mr., testimony of: 66–67, 71

Little Big Horn, battle of: 150

Little Big Man (Thomas Berger): 16

Little Shell (Chippewa chief): 127

Lone Ranger: 200–201

Lone Wolf: 37

Lone Wolf v. Hitchcock, impact of: 96–97, 99–100

Lower Brule Indians: 253

Lumbee Indians: 246

M

Mandans: 17, 22, 99

Manpower Conference, Kansas City, 1967: 159

March on Washington, 1963: 179–80, 219

Mason v. Sams: 24

Massasoit (Wampanoag chief): 201

Medicine Lodge religion: 113

Medicine men, missionaries and: 105, 198

Menominees: 57; Advisory Council, 69; enterprises, 71; plans for, 58; termination and, 65–71; tuberculosis and, 71

Meriam Report of 1928: 55, 139

Mescalero Apaches: 21–22, 243–44; education and, 84

Methodists: 106, 108

Mexicans: 192, 193; and black power, 180; perceptions of, 171

Miami Indians, treaty with: 40–42

Miccosukees: 247

Militants: 241; black, 225

Military, fascination with: 256

Minnesota Wars: 150

Missionaries: 111, 118, 225; acceptance of, 119; Depression, 110–11; exploitation by, 102; jokes about, 152–54; medicine men and, 105, 199; problems with, 101–102; turnover of, 117–18

Mission programs, money for: 115–18

Mohawks: 3

Mohicans: 12

Montauks: 251

Morality, determining: 104

Mundt, Karl: Indian Affairs and, 55; Indian Claims Commission Bill and, 52

N

NAACP: 220

Narragansetts: 251

Nash, Philleo: 137, 159; resignation of, 181

Natchez Indians: 12; confederacy, 203

National Aborigine Conference: 18, 114

National Congress of American Indians: See NCAI

National Council of Churches: 148

National Indian Youth Council: See NIYC

National Parks: 259

Native American Church: 119; membership of, 113; Pine Ridge reservation and, 113

Navajo: 40, 116, 117, 123, 128; education and, 137

NCAI: 20–21, 245; BIA and, 181; capitalization and, 184; conventions of, 21, 213, 243, 248; criticism of, 212; Custer TV series and, 24–25; future of, 261; leadership of, 216–17; membership of, 19–20; Omnibus Bill and, 222; organization of, 17–18; Point Four Development Program of, 180–81, 208; Poor People’s March and, 184; proposed legislation of, 181; termination and, 75, 136; tribal unity and, 219–20

Negotiations, methods of: 204–205

Nevada Indians: 137

New Deal: 236; Indians and, 48, 55, 56

New Frontier: 14, 191

The Nez Perce Indians and the Opening of the Northwest (Alvin Josephy): 49

Nez Perces: 198, 203

Nixon, Richard M.: 28, 191, 240

NIYC: 166; influence of, 20–21; organization of, 17–18

Northwest Affiliated Tribes: 17

Northwest Ordinance, contents of: 44–45

O

Office of Economic Opportunity (OEO): 26, 139; Indians and, 138

Oglala Sioux: 92, 112, 127, 198, 199; anthropologists and, 91; history of, 89–90

Ojibways: 263

Old Testament: 6, 103, 178, 235

Olympic Games, rebellion at: 173

Omahas: 253

Omnibus Bill: 97; Interior and, 181; NCAI and, 222

One Great Hour of Sharing: 122

Onondagas: 230

Operation Bootstrap: 208

Orientals, perceptions of: 171

Original Cherokee Community Organization: 18

Osages: 57, 58, 90, 203

The Other America (Michael Harrington): 12

Otoes: 22

Ottawas, treaty with: 36, 39, 40

Our Feathered Friends (Alfred Frump): 82

P

Paiutes: 17, 25, 97, 203, 259; termination and, 62–63

Pamunkeys: 245

Pan-Indianism, anthropologists and: 246

Paternalism: 13, 131; task force reports and, 14–15

Pawnees: 22

Payson Band: 245

Penobscots, war against: 6

Peoplehood, exploration of: 180

Philip, King (Wampanoag): 201

Pickering Treaty of 1794: 29, 38, 74; breaking of, 192; provisions of, 29

Pilgrims: 172, 177, 201; Indians and, 2

Pine Ridge Reservation: 90, 92, 198; Native American Church and, 113

Plains Indians: 99, 202; Christianity and, 107; conditions for, 86

Plessy v. Ferguson: 195

Pocahontas: 27, 202

Point Four Development Program: NCAI and, 180–81, 208

Political patterns, Indian: 205–207

Politics, jokes about: 147–48, 155–61

Poncas: 22

Poor People’s Campaign: 218–19, 226; criticism of, 186–87; Interior and, 183; Martin Luther King and, 182–83

Poor People’s March: 18, 50, 254, 256; criticism of, 186–87; NCAI and, 184

Potawatomis: 17, 22; termination and, 64; treaty with, 32, 36, 39, 40

Power, Indian concepts of: 205

Powhattan: 4, 12

Presbyterians: 108, 112

Public Health Service: Indians and, 138; jokes about, 156

Pueblos: 21, 128, 244; revolt of, 243

Pure research: 99–100; versus applied research, 80–81

Pyramid Lake Paiutes: 86, 97, 259

R

Race relations: Indians and, 168–70, 186; land and, 178; understanding, 174–75

“Real” Indians: 1–2, 86; anthropologists and, 82; search for, 212–13

Rebellion, institutionalized: 98–99

Red Cloud: 89, 92, 148, 198, 199

Red Lake Chippewas: 22, 95, 206

Reformation, Protestant: 11, 104, 110, 116, 176, 192

Relocation program, jokes about: 157

Republican Party, philosophy of: 190–91

Reservations: church franchises on, 106; future of, 27; improvements for, 139; termination pressure on, 252–53; urban Indians and, 254–56

Responsibility for Indians: 143–45

Resurrection City: 183, 241

Revivalism: 239, 244–47

Rogers, Will: 201; popularity of, 200

Roman Catholics: 106, 108, 119, 121, 122

Roman Empire: 112, 175

Roosevelt, Franklin D.: 55, 237, 244

Rosebud Sioux: 26, 112, 127; reservation, 158

Rustin, Bayard: 197

S

Sac Indians: 22, 201, 253; treaty with, 36, 38

Salish Indians: 17

San Carlos Apaches: 21–22, 206; education and, 84

Scholarships, Indian: 134; see also Education

Schools, construction of: 137–38; see also Education

Self-helpism, fallacy of: 209–11

Selma March: 180

Seminoles: 115, 129, 247; termination and, 65

Senecas: 76; flooding of reservation of, 29; nation of, 74; support for, 75; termination and, 74; treaty with, 29, 39, 41–42

“Separate but Equal” concept: 195

Service, Elman R.: 96

Seven Major Crimes Act: 9

Seymour v. Superintendent: 24

Shawnees, treaty with: 39–42

Shinnecocks, Christianity and: 112

Shoshones: 25, 115, 202, 203

Sioux: 3, 17, 22–23, 87, 89, 92, 112, 113, 127, 149, 150, 158, 163, 165, 199, 202, 203, 206, 229, 249, 253, 262; Christianity and, 107; conditions for, 86; NCAI and, 20; treaty with, 32, 148; war against, 51, 198

Sioux City Indian Center: 253

Sitting Bull: 99, 198; leadership of, 106

Sitting Crow, Louie: 165

Smallpox, blankets infected with: 54

Smith, John: 202

SNCC: 182, 220

Social relations, Indian: 185–86

Social responsibility and poverty: 211

Social Security: 131

Social services: 94, 125, 138–40, 189; dependency on, 136

Sociologists: 212; “Indianness” and, 265

Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC): 226, 241

Spotted Tail: 9

Squanto: 201

Squire v. Capoeman: 24

Standing Rock: agency, 156; reservation, 152

Stay Away Joe (Dan Cushman): 16

Stereotypes, Indian: 200–202

Stewardship, definition of: 122

Sun Dance: 107, 112–13, 201

Supreme Court: 42; black rights and, 173, 195; Indian rights and, 24–25, 34, 37, 39, 41, 50

Survivors of American Indians, Inc., work of: 18

T

Takes Gun, Frank: 119

Task force reports: 13–14; Interior, 221; paternalism and, 14–15

Task forces: 159; criticism of, 27; Interior, 192

Tax exemption: 38, 58–59, 143

Teamwork, concept of: 214

Tecumseh: 203; leadership of, 106

Termination: 54–55, 62–64, 135–36, 180; pressure of, 252–53; significance of, 74–77; subsidies and, 71

Texas Rangers: 64

Thanksgiving: 172

Thorpe, Jim: 199–201

Tiguas: 128, 246; history of, 243–45

Tonto, stereotype of: 200–201

Tower of Babel Improvement Association: 213

Treaties: definition of, 34–35; violation of, 28–29, 40–41, 50; September 17, 1778, 33–34; with the Wiandot, Delaware, Ottawa, etc., January 9, 1789, 36–37; 1791, 34–35; August 3, 1795, with the Wyandots, Delawares, Shawanoes, etc., 40; August 13, 1802, 36–37; United Sac and Fox Tribe, November 3, 1804, 38; with the Wyandots, Delawares, Shawanese, etc., July 22, 1814, 41–42; September 29, 1817, with the Wyandot, Seneca, Delaware, etc., 39; with the Weas, October 2, 1818, 36–37; January 20, 1825, 42; August 5, 1826, 44–45; Dancing Rabbit Creek, 42; with the Sioux, 1868, 148

Tribal leadership: betrayal by, 202–203; dependence on, 216; focus of, 197–98; lack of, 223–24; national scene and, 207–208; NCAI and, 216–17; search for, 213–16; self-helpism and, 209–11; tactics of, 221; tribal unity and, 218

Tribalism: 240; American, 230–34, 237–38; corporate, 227–30, 234–35; hippies, 232–34; impact of, 245–47, 263–67

Tribal Land Rights Association, Custer TV series and: 24–25

Tribal names, translation of: 103

Tribal unity: 213–16, 219–20; leadership and, 218; nature of, 222–23; NCAI and, 219–20

Trusteeship, definition of: 31

Tuberculosis, Menominee and: 71

Tunicas: 245

Turtle Mountain Chippewas, relocation of: 65

Twin Cities Chippewa Council: 249

U

U.S. Army: 54, 106; Cavalry, 22; jokes about, 150–51; treaty role of, 37

U.S. Articles of Confederation: 44

U.S. Bill of Rights: 238

U.S. Bureau of Indians Affairs: 13, 18, 56, 76, 84, 126, 130–31, 133, 135–36, 143–45, 205, 244, 252; area offices of, 127–30; Civil Rights and, 169; demonstrations against, 250; future of, 143–45, 262–63; Indian Bureau and, 48; jokes about, 147–48, 156–59; makeup of, 126–27; NCAI and, 181; paternalism and, 14–15; political view of, 131–32; reorganization of, 125–26, 140–45; termination and, 66, 74, 136

U.S. Bureau of Reclamation: 258

U.S. Commerce Department: 142

U.S. Corps of Army Engineers: 41

U.S. Department of Agriculture: 142

U.S. Department of Defense: 126

U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare: 71, 126, 142, 159, 160

U.S. Department of the Interior: 13, 37, 43, 46, 58, 98, 126, 132, 143, 145, 159, 160, 232, 257, 258; assessment of, 259–60; jokes about, 156; Omnibus Bill and, 97, 181; paternalism and, 14–15; Poor People’s Campaign and, 183; task force reports of, 221

U.S. Department of Labor: 15; Indians and, 138

U.S. Forest Service: 65

Udall, Stewart: 96, 97, 138, 139, 159, 181, 182, 222; assessment of 259

Uncle Tomahawks: 181, 207

United Fund: 234–35

United Scholarship Service: 133–34

Urban Indianism, Indian nationalism and: 248–52

Urban Indians: 248–52; blacks and, 254, 256–57; future of, 261–62; Indian Affairs and, 257–58; termination and, 252–53

Utes: 22; war against, 51

V

Vice President’s Council on Indian Opportunity, formation of: 250, 258

Vietnam: 28, 29, 50, 52, 77, 104, 155, 255

VISTA: 231

W

Walker, Tillie: 134

Wampanoags: 201, 245, 251

War Chief complex: 215–17, 229

War of 1812: 41, 42

War on Poverty: 70, 72, 160–61, 211, 235, 236

Warrior, Clyde: 164, 166; capitalization and, 184

Warriorism: 92

Washakie (Shoshone chief), betrayal by: 202

Water rights: 30

Watkins, Arthur: plans of, 65; termination and, 62–63, 66–69

Waupochick, Antoine: 69; testimony of, 68

Welfare system: white economics and, 189–90

Western Washington Inter-tribal Coordinating Council: 17

When Legends Die (Hal Borland): 16

White culture, destructiveness of: 188–89

White Man’s Burden: 110, 199

White Mountain Apaches: 21–22, 26; education and, 84

Whitman, Marcus: 110; work of, 114–15

Wind River reservation: 121

Winnebagos: 253; Medicine Lodge religion and, 113

Worcester v. Georgia: 34

Workshops: content of, 84–87; tragedy of, 82–83

Wounded Knee, S. Dak.: 212

WPA projects: 236

Wyandots, treaty with: 36, 39–42

Y

Yakimas: 24, 115; fishing rights and, 23; war against, 51, 203

Yankton Sioux: 253

Yavapai Apaches: 245

Yellow Peril: 189

YMCA, tribalism and: 231

Young, Whitney: 197

Z

Zimmerman, William: 63, 69, 72, 76; plans of, 57–59; testimony of, 56–57