The impact on Indian affairs of World War II, it can be argued, was more profound and lasting than that of any other event or policy - including Roosevelt's Indian New Deal and efforts to terminate federal responsibility for tribes under Eisenhower. Focusing on the period 1941 to 1947, Alison R. Bernstein explains why termination and tribal self-determination were logical results of the Indians' World War II experiences. The Second World War was the first in which all Indians were citizens and therefore eligible for the ...
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The impact on Indian affairs of World War II, it can be argued, was more profound and lasting than that of any other event or policy - including Roosevelt's Indian New Deal and efforts to terminate federal responsibility for tribes under Eisenhower. Focusing on the period 1941 to 1947, Alison R. Bernstein explains why termination and tribal self-determination were logical results of the Indians' World War II experiences. The Second World War was the first in which all Indians were citizens and therefore eligible for the draft. Furthermore, participation in the military, and in war industries (an unprecedented opportunity for Indians to compete where their skills commanded respect) ensured a steady job, status and a taste of the white world. As a result, 65,000 Indians left the reservations, and by 1944 the average male Indian was earning $2500 - two and a half times his income in 1940. Indian Commissioner John Collier's efforts to restore tribal communities were severely tested by this exodus. Indian lands also were affected by wartime demands. Reservations served as sites for gunnery ranges, military training bases, and relocation centres for Japanese-American citizens. After World War II, Indians and whites faced new dilemmas. For example, having observed the Indians' performance off the reservation, whites assumed that they were not only able but also willing to assimilate into the larger society. Few Indians made the same assumption. Instead they aspired to live successfully in both worlds, and some achieved new militancy in the pan-Indian movement represented by the National Congress of American Indians, founded in 1944.
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Fine Condition in Fine jacket. Dust Jacket is in fine condition without tears or chips or other damage. Previous owner's name ink-stamped. Dust Jack in mylar guard. Quantity Available: 1. Category: American Indians; World War II. ISBN: 0806123303. ISBN/EAN: 9780806123301. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 24214.
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Near Fine in Fine jacket. 8vo. xiv, 247pp, index, bibliography, notes, few bw ills. Or red cloth in jacket. A few tiny spots of foxing to page edges. WWII was the first war in which all Indians were considered citizens and therefore eligible for the draft. As a result of this and other war efforts 65000 Indians left the reservations. Indian lands were also affected by wartime demands. Focusing on the period 1941-47 the author explains why termination and tribal self-determination were logical resuults of the Indians' World War II experiences.
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Very good, very good. 23 cm, 247, illus., pencil erasure on front endpaper. A scholarly look at American Indians in World War II, the draft, actions ofthe government, and the Bureau of Indian Affairs.
