The United States recognizes Indian peoples as semi-sovereign nations that have basic rights and own the land they have ceded to the United States, but these legal protections are subverted by the government when it gets in their way. One of the most dramatic examples of the incongruity of U.S. Indian policy occurs in Idaho in 1877. For decades, members of the Nez Perce tribe live quietly and peacefully in Oregon. After the killing of Custer's soldiers at Little Big Horn the U. S. attempts to force the tribe onto a reservation. Historians Richard White and Clifford Trafzer weave the story of the tribe's attempts to escape the order under the leadership of Chief Joseph.

US History Collection

U. S. government's Indian policy, subversion of tribal rights, aftermath of Little Big Horn, reservation order, Nez Perce tribe, chief Joseph, escape attempts, Conquest of the Far West

American History, American Studies, Native-American Studies, Unfinished Nation, The

Trafzer, Ph.D., Clifford (Performer), White, Ph.D., Richard (Performer), INTELECOM Intelligent Telecommunications (Firm)

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