Indian self rule : first-hand accounts of Indian-White relations from Roosevelt to Reagan / / edited by Kenneth R. Philp ; with forewords by Floyd A. O'Neil, Alvin M. Josephy, Jr., and E. Richard Hart.

• Author: Institute of the American West.; Philp, Kenneth R.
• TeilnehmendeR: Philp, Kenneth R., 1941-; Institute of the American West.; Conference on Indian Self-Rule (1983 : Sun Valley, Idaho)
• Place / Publishing House: Logan, Utah : : Utah State University Press,, 1995.; ©1995.
• Year of Publication: 1995
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (355 p.)
• Notes: Contains papers which evolved from the Conference on Indian Self-Rule, sponsored by the Institute of the American West and held in Sun Valley, Idaho from Aug. 17-20, 1983.; Originally published: Salt Lake City, Utah : Howe Bros., 1986. With new foreword.

Now back in print, this important collection of first-hand accounts from individuals who had leading roles in Indian-white relations is a necessary reference for anyone interested in the modern Indian experience.Reviewing fifty years of Indian history since the Indian Reorganization Act was passed during FDR's New Deal administration, the contributors include Indian leaders and activists from a wide cross-section of America's varied native communities.

Table of Contents

pt. 1. The Indian New Deal -- pt. 2. Termination -- pt. 3. Toward self-determination -- pt. 4. Indian self-rule in the past and the future.