Mixed-Bloods and Tribal Dissolution: Charles Curtis and the Quest for Indian Identity by Unrau, William E

University Press of Kansas. VG+. 1989. Hardcover. Hardback in Very Good+ condition with Very Good+ dust jacket. 6.34 X 0.95 X 9.58 inches. 256 pages. Wear and wrinkling to dust jacket with a few small tears. Quick shipping, excellent customer service. All books carefully packaged in boxes and ship with tracking information. .

University Press of Kansas, 1989. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. DJ with edge wear showing rub marks, generalized scuff marks especially on back, closed tears and creases at both ends of spine. The book itself is in excellent condition.

Hard Cover. New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; The Mixed-Bloods and Tribal Dissolution: Charles Curtis and the Quest for Indian Identity.

New. This book shows that without the cooperation of the"mixed-bloods," or part-Indians, dispossession of Indian lands by the U.S. government in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries would have been much more difficult to accomplish. The relationship between the Metis and the loss of Indian lands, never before fully explored, is revealed in Unrau's study of Charles Curtis, a mixed-blood member of the Kansa-Kaws. Curtis is best remembered as Herbert Hoover's vice-president, but he also served in Congress for more than 30 years. A successful lawyer and Republican politician, Curtis had spent his early years on a reservation but grew up comfortably and fully integrated into the white world. By virtue of his celebrated status, he became the most important figure in the debate over federal Indian policy during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. As the Indian expert in Congress, Curtis had significant power in formulating and carrying out the… Read More

Univ Pr of Kansas, 1989. Hardcover. New. 9.50x6.50x0.75 inches.

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

University Press of Kansas, 1989-06-27. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!