Thomas Jefferson and the Execution of the United States Indian Policy
Автор:Daniel Lewis Год: 2012 Издание:LAP Lambert Academic Publishing Страниц: 136 ISBN: 9783659230219 This work investigates the American-Indian policy between 1790 and 1810 through the vehicle of the American government, focusing on the “white, sincere, religious-minded men who believed intensely in both American expansion and positive relations with the Indians.” While Indian reaction comprises an important piece of the native-white cultural encounter in the West, this study questions if scholars have the ability to address this problem in more than a very general way. In truth, each tribe was unique and different in their reaction to white legislation and settlement. There was no pan-Indian movement against settlement, and for the same reason, there is no pan-Indian history. However, it is possible to write of the white Americans as more of a single entity. They were closely united both in outlook and in goals. They had a single program which they meant to apply to all the Indians. This work will attempt to assess the piece of this policy regarding the fur trade and the...