American Indian Policy in Crisis: Christian Reformers and the Indian, 1865-1900

This book is an account of the United States Indian Policy in the years of 1865-1900. It describes Grant's Peace Policy, reservation system, transfer of Indian affairs to military control, General Allotment Act, Indian citizenship, Indian eduction, Civil Service reform of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, and the dissolution of the Indian nations of the Indian Territory. The book focuses on the Christian humanitarians and philanthropists who were considered the ultimate driving force in the 'reform' of the Indian affairs.