ECU Libraries Catalog

Federal fathers & mothers : a social history of the United States Indian Service, 1869-1933 / Cathleen D. Cahill.

Author/creator Cahill, Cathleen D.
Other author/creatorWilliam P. Clements Center for Southwest Studies.
Format Electronic and Book
Publication InfoChapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press,
Descriptionxv, 368 p. : ill., map ; 25 cm.
Supplemental Content Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete
Subject(s)
Variant title Federal fathers and mothers
Series First peoples : new directions in indigenous studies
Contents Pt. 1. From Civil War to civil service -- There is an honest way even of breaking up a treaty : the origins of Indian assimilation policy -- Only the home can found a state : building a better agency -- pt. 2. The women and men of the Indian Service -- Members of an "Amazonian corps" : white women in the Indian Service -- Seeking the incalculable benefit of a faithful, patient man and wife : married employees in the Indian Service -- An Indian teacher among Indians : American Indian labor in the Indian Service -- Sociability in the Indian Service -- The Hoopa Valley Reservation -- pt. 3. The progressive state and the Indian Service -- A nineteenth-century agency in a twentieth-century age -- An old and faithful employee : the Federal Employee Retirement Act and the Indian Service.
General note"Published in association with the William P. Clements Center for Southwest Studies, Southern Methodist University."
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
Access restrictionAvailable only to authorized users.
Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2010050773
ISBN9780807834725 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN0807834726 (cloth : alk. paper)

Available Items

Library Location Call Number Status Item Actions
Electronic Resources Access Content Online ✔ Available