Includes bibliographical references (pages 463-474) and index.
Contents:
The Administration of Indian Affairs -- John Harris, Superintendent of the Indian Trading Houses -- William Irvine, Superintendent of the Indian Trading Houses -- George W. Ingels, Superintendent of the Indian Trading Houses -- William Davy, Superintendent of the Indian Trading Houses -- John Shee, Superintendent of Indian Trade -- John M. Mason, Superintendent of Indian Trade -- Thomas McKenney, Superintendent of Indian Trade/Chief Clerk -- William Clark, Superintendent of Indian Affairs -- Samuel S. Hamilton, Chief Clerk -- Elbert Herring, Chief Clerk, Commissioner of Indian Affairs -- Cary Allen Harris, Commissioner of Indian Affairs -- Thomas Hartley Crawford, Commissioner of Indian Affairs -- William Medill, Commissioner of Indian Affairs -- Orlando Brown, Commissioner of Indian Affairs -- Luke Lea, Commissioner of Indian Affairs -- George W. Manypenny, Commissioner of Indian Affairs -- James W. Denver, Commissioner of Indian Affairs -- Charles E. Mix, Commissioner of Indian Affairs -- Alfred B. Greenwood, Commissioner of Indian Affairs -- William P. Dole, Commissioner of Indian Affairs -- Dennis N. Cooley, Commissioner of Indian Affairs -- Lewis V. Bogy, Commissioner of Indian Affairs -- Nathaniel G. Taylor, Commissioner of Indian Affairs -- Ely S. Parker, Commissioner of Indian Affairs -- Francis A. Walker, Commissioner of Indian Affairs -- Edward P. Smith, Commissioner of Indian Affairs -- John Quincy Smith, Commissioner of Indian Affairs -- Ezra Hayt, Commissioner of Indian Affairs -- Roland E. Trowbridge, Commissioner of Indian Affairs -- Hiram Price, Commissioner of Indian Affairs -- John Dewitt Clinton Atkins, Commissioner of Indian Affairs -- John H. Oberly, Commissioner of Indian Affairs -- Thomas Jefferson Morgan, Commissioner of Indian Affairs -- Daniel M. Browning, Commissioner of Indian Affairs -- William A. Jones, Commissioner of Indian Affairs -- Francis E. Leupp, Commissioner of Indian Affairs -- Robert G. Valentine, Commissioner of Indian Affairs -- Cato Sells, Commissioner of Indian Affairs -- Charles Henry Burke, Commissioner of Indian Affairs -- Charles James Rhoads, Commissioner of Indian Affairs -- John Collier, Commissioner of Indian Affairs -- William A. Brophy, Commissioner of Indian Affairs -- John R. Nichols, Commissioner of Indian Affairs -- Dillion S. Myer, Commissioner of Indian Affairs -- Glenn L. Emmons, Commissioner of Indian Affairs -- Philleo Nash, Commissioner of Indian Affairs -- Robert F. Bennett, Commissioner of Indian Affairs -- Louis Rook Bruce, Commissioner of Indian Affairs -- Marvin L. Franklin, Assistant to the Secretary -- Morris Thompson, Commissioner of Indian Affairs -- Ben Reifel, Commissioner of Indian Affairs -- Forrest J. Gerard, Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs -- William E. Hallett, Commissioner of Indian Affairs -- Thomas W. Fredericks, Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs -- Kenneth L. Smith, Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs -- Ross O. Swimmer, Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs -- Eddie F. Brown, Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs -- Ada E. Deer, Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs -- Kevin Gover, Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs -- Neil A. McCaleb, Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs -- David W. Anderson, Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs -- Carl J. Artman, Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs -- Larry J. Echo Hawk, Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs -- Kevin K. Washburn, Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs -- Tara MacLean Sweeney, Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs -- Conclusion.
Summary:
"Paternalism to Partnership provides a biographical sketch of each head of Indian affairs between 1786 and 2021, while also considering each commissioner's political philosophy"-- Provided by publisher. "Paternalism to Partnership examines the administration of Indian affairs from 1786, when the first federal administrator was appointed, through 2021. David H. DeJong examines each administrator through a biographical sketch and excerpts of policy statements defining the administrator's political philosophy, drawn from official reports or the administrator's own writings. The Indian Office, as an executive agency under the Secretary of War (1789 to 1849) and secretary of the interior (1849 to present), was directed by the president of the United States. The superintendents, chief clerks, commissioners, and assistant secretaries for Indian affairs administered policy as prescribed by Congress and the president. Each was also given a level of discretion in administering this policy. For most of the federal-Indian relationship, administrators were limited in influencing policy. This paternalism continued well into the twentieth century. Beginning in the 1960s Congress and the president ameliorated their views on the federal-Indian relationship and moved away from paternalism. Since 1966 every administrator of the Bureau of Indian Affairs has been Native American, and each has exercised increasing authority in shaping policy. This has given rise to a federal-Indian partnership that has witnessed tribal nations again exercising their inherent rights of self-government. In this documentary history David H. DeJong follows the progression of federal Indian policy over more than two hundred years, providing firsthand accounts of how the federal-Indian relationship has changed over the centuries"-- Provided by publisher.
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