TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Introduction 9
I. Two Points of View 17
II. The U. S. Indian Office in 1913 25
III. The Indians Today and Hon. E. E. Ayer’s Report 31
IV. The Ojibwa of Minnesota 45
V. The Legal Complications at White Earth—The Department of Justice 57
VI. The White Earth Scandal 66
VII. Some Indian Testimony and Affidavits. Sickness 77
VIII. The Roll. Stories. Responsibility for White Earth 89
IX. The Sioux and the Messiah Craze 99
X. The Dance 111
XI. The Agency; The Government; Louis Shangraux and the Troops 118
XII. The Death of Sitting Bull and a Tragedy at Wounded Knee 123
XIII. The Five Civilized Tribes 133
XIV. Captain Grayson’s Views; Miss Barnard’s Work; The Minors’ Estates 148
XV. What Is Left of Indian Property in Oklahoma 157
XVI. The Leasing System; Chocktaw and Chickasaw; Final Recommendations 164
XVII. Red Cloud. The Greatest Indian of Modern Times 173
XVIII. Red Cloud’s Later Years 181
XIX. Sitting Bull—The Irreconcilable 190
XX. Education 200
XXI. Why Some Indians Object to Sending Children to School, and Further Comments on Education 211
XXII. The Apache, Papago and Pueblo. The Desert Indian 219
XXIII. The Career of Geronimo 233
XXIV. The Navaho 241
XXV. Indians of the Northwest 253
XXVI. Health of the Indians 1880 to 1912 265
XXVII. The Indian’s Religion; His Character; Philanthropic Organizations 279
XXVIII. Irrigation Projects 291
XXIX. The Buffalo 299
4XXX. The Plains Indians Fifty Years ago and Today 311
XXXI. The Indians of California 325
XXXII. A Statistical Table. Prepared by Men and Women in the Field 341
XXXIII. Farming and Stock-raising. Indian Fairs 359
XXXIV. Four Important Books 367
XXXV. Official Views of Indian Conditions 378
XXXVI. Recommendations and Suggestions from Field Workers 387
XXXVII. The Communistic Life. Indian Men and Women of Prominence. Morality 399
XXXVIII. Two Stories. Unwise Purchases 407
XXXIX. General Comments and Suggestions 417
XL. Conclusions 423
Index 435
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