Description
Summary: | May 25, 1870, letter from Andrews to E. B. Washburne, U.S. minister to France, regarding the direction of U.S. Indian affairs. Citing particular failures in Indian policy (a smallpox epidemic among the Gros Ventres and the depressed condition of the Indians of northern Minnesota), Andrews proposes that the Indians be converted into productive taxpaying citizens by employing first-rate businessmen to superintend their transition.
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Item Description: | Indigenous Histories and Cultures in North America was originally published in 2013, as American Indian Histories and Cultures. The title was changed in 2024. AM reference: VAULT box Ayer MS 22. Indigenous Peoples metadata has been supplied by exonym as these are the terms most commonly used in the documents. Updates are being made to metadata to reference preferred names wherever possible. For more information on our approach to language and metadata in the resource visit the Language Statement. |
Physical Description: | 1 online resource. |
Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Description based on publisher-supplied metadata (viewed January 24, 2024). |
Location of Originals/Duplicates Note: | Edward E. Ayer Collection, Newberry Library |