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Direct linkPalmer, Mark H. – American Indian Culture and Research Journal, 2011
The fragmentation of large nineteenth-century reservations resulted in the creation of American Indian allotment geographies in the United States. Federal Indian policy, namely the General Allotment Act of 1887, allowed the US government to break up large reservations, allot land to individual Indians, and sell the surplus to non-Indian settlers.…
Descriptors: American Indians, Tribes, United States History, American Indian History
Peer reviewedBlend, Benay – American Indian Quarterly, 1983
Describes the activities of the Indian Rights Association between 1923 and 1936, with particular attention to the adverse effect of the allotment policy (division of tribal lands into individually owned plots) on the Five Civilized Tribes. (MH)
Descriptors: Acculturation, American Indian History, American Indians, Cultural Interrelationships
Peer reviewedCarey, Thomas J.; Zimmermann, Pamela – Social Education, 1992
Discusses the present ideal of land ownership compared to the views of Jeffersonian democracy. Traces the concept of the American dream and Jeffersonian ideals through Steinbeck's "Grapes of Wrath." Offers suggestions for teaching about the Great Depression and the novel by demonstrating the conflict of Jeffersonian ideals and the…
Descriptors: Farmers, History Instruction, Intellectual History, Interdisciplinary Approach
Download full textCoward, John M. – 1989
News and editorial coverage of the Ponca controversy of 1879 was investigated in an effort to discover why and how this particular Indian story became a national crusade. The Ponca campaign helped promote reform-minded legislation which conferred new rights on the Indians and promised to speed their assimilation into mainstream society. The Dawes…
Descriptors: American Indians, Journalism History, Land Acquisition, Media Research
