Synopses & Reviews
The History of the Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes of the Fort Peck Indian Reservation, 1600-2012 is an authoritative scholarly exploration of the struggles and triumphs of the Native Americans who were relegated by the federal government to a small portion of northeast Montana in the late 1880s. Written by five scholars of Native American studies, most of whom are native themselves, the narrative tracks the tribes from pre-contact with whites through the brutal early reservation period, two world wars, the turbulent 1960s, and into the twenty-first century. Drawn mostly from primary sources, including federal archives and private materials, The History of the Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes of the Fort Peck Indian Reservation, 1600-2012, is a benchmark in the publication of tribal histories with a native point of view.
Review
This book details the survival of the groups of peoples that became the Fort Peck Tribes. It is a remarkable story that speaks to a resilience of human spirit and a tenacious desire to retain an ancient, honorable identity. —James Shanley, from the Acknowledgments
Synopsis
The History of the Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes of the Fort Peck Indian Reservation, 1600-2012 explores the struggles and triumphs of the Native Americans who were relegated by the federal government to a small portion of northeast Montana in the late 1880s.
Synopsis
The History of the Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes of the Fort Peck Indian Reservation, 1600-2012 is an authoritative scholarly exploration of the struggles and triumphs of the Native Americans who were relegated by the federal government to a small portion of northeast Montana in the late 1880s. Written by five scholars of Native American studies, most of whom are native themselves, the narrative tracks the tribes from pre-contact with whites through the brutal early reservation period, two world wars, the turbulent 1960s, and into the twenty-first century. Drawn mostly from primary sources, including federal archives and private materials, The History of the Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes of the Fort Peck Indian Reservation, 1600-2012, is a benchmark in the publication of tribal histories with a native point of view.
Table of Contents
(1) Acknowledgments (2) Prologue (3) Fort Peck Assiniboines to 1800 (4) Fort Peck Sioux to 1800 (5) Convergence: Fort Peck Assiniboines and Sioux Arrive in the Fort Peck Region, 1800-1871 (6) The Sioux Transform the Milk River Agency, 1871-1877 (7) The Starving Years, 1878-1888 (8) Stability on the New Fort Peck Reservation, 1889-1905 (9) The Turtle Mountain Chippewa Indians at Fort Peck (10) The First Allotments, Changes in Land Tenure, and the Lohmiller Administration, 1905-1917 (11) The Mossman Administration, 1917-1921 (12) The Roaring Twenties, the Great Depression, and the Indian New Deal, 1921-1935 (13) Self-Determination within the New Deal, the Winds of War, and the Rise of Post-New Deal, 1935-1948 (14) The Shift in Indian Policy under Truman Leading to the Republican Ascendancy and the Oil Boom, 1948-1952 (15) Indian Policy under the Eisenhower Administration and the Crisis Leading to the New Fort Peck Constitution, 1952-1960 (16) A New Tribal Structure, Economic, and Social Development: Preparing for the Twenty-first Century, 1960-2000 (17) The New Millennium, 2000-2010 (18) Epilogue (19) Appendices (20) The Authors (21) Index