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"The selections that follow pertain to images of the Indian that emerged at a crucial point in the history of Indian-white relations. After the Civil War, the nation turned its attention to the West as an area of economic opportunity. A transcontinental railroad, various pieces of land legislation, and an army with nothing else to do-these things and more besides, heralded the American intention to fill out the continent. The Indian was an obstacle to that ambition and thus became the army's res
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- Author
- and with an introd. by William W. Savage, Jr. --
- Publisher
- University of Oklahoma Press
- Published
- 1977
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780806114347
- Category
- social science
- Subjects
- Sociology, History, Anthropology
- Updated
- 2026-03-25
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