TOM HOLM. The Great Confusion in Indian Affairs: Native Americans and Whites in the Progressive Era. Austin: University of Texas Press. 2005. Pp. xx, 244. Cloth $50.00, paper $21.95

2006 ◽  
Vol 111 (3) ◽  
pp. 846-847
Author(s):  
D. W. Adams
Keyword(s):  
Native Americans ◽  
Progressive Era ◽  
University Of Texas ◽  
Indian Affairs

Paternalism to Partnership: The Administration of Indian Affairs, 1786–2021

2022 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Dejong
Keyword(s):  
Political Philosophy ◽  
Native Americans ◽  
Social Philosophy ◽  
Indian Policy ◽  
The Political ◽  
Biographical Sketch ◽  
Early American ◽  
Indian Affairs ◽  
Secretary Of War

Paternalism to Partnership provides a biographical sketch of each head of Indian affairs between 1786 and 2021 in context with each commissioner’s political philosophy. These administrators have been responsible for enforcing an Indian policy as directed by the president and/or the Congress but also influenced by their own political and social philosophy. From 1786-1848, authority was delegated to a superintendent of Indian affairs, a superintendent of the Indian trading houses, a superintendent of the Office of Indian Trade, a chief clerk, and a commissioner of Indian affairs, all of whom reported to the secretary of War. Since 1849, the commissioner of Indian affairs, and after 1977, the assistant secretary for Indian affairs have reported to the secretary of the Interior.   Today, the BIA is administered by the assistant secretary for Indian affairs—all of whom have been Native Americans. Previous studies focused on the commissioners, completely overlooking the superintendents that preceded them and the colonial and early American antecedents. David DeJong’s documentary edition is the first to provide an understanding of the political philosophy of each head of the Indian bureau through the emphasis of policy.

Agricultural Extension and the Campaign to Assimilate the Native Americans of Wisconsin, 1914–1932

2010 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 473-502 ◽  
Author(s):  
Angela Firkus
Keyword(s):  
Native Americans ◽  
Progressive Era ◽  
Social Economic ◽  
Agricultural Research ◽  
Agricultural Extension ◽  
Intensive Agriculture ◽  
Extension Programs ◽  
Government Services ◽  
Agricultural Extension Service ◽  
Kinship Ties

Congress founded the Agricultural Extension Service (AES) in the Smith-Lever Act of 1914 to disseminate agricultural research to individual farmers. In some states the AES also worked to encourage Native Americans to adopt sedentary intensive agriculture and all aspects of assimilation connected with that occupation. J. F. Wojta, AES administrator in Wisconsin from 1914 to 1940, took a deep interest in Indian farmers and used the power and resources of his office to instruct Native Americans. Ho-Chunks, Menominees, Ojibwes, and Oneidas in Wisconsin adopted or rejected these social, economic, and political assimilation efforts during the Progressive Era according to their own circumstances and goals. The experience of Wisconsin tribes with the state's agricultural extension programs illustrates different ways that Native peoples tried to benefit from modern government services while maintaining their own culture and kinship ties.

Comparison of Alzheimer's Disease in Native Americans and Whites

2003 ◽  
Vol 15 (4) ◽  
pp. 367-375 ◽  
Author(s):  
Myron F. Weiner ◽  
Roger N. Rosenberg ◽  
Doris Svetlik ◽  
Linda S. Hynan ◽  
Kyle B. Womack ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Alzheimer’S Disease ◽  
Alzheimer's Disease ◽  
Native American ◽  
Native Americans ◽  
Age At Onset ◽  
Course Of Illness ◽  
University Of Texas ◽  
Disease Clinic ◽  
Prevalence Of Depression ◽  
The University

Objective: This study compared medical history and findings on initial clinical examination in Native Americans diagnosed with possible or probable Alzheimer's disease (AD) at Native American satellite clinics of the University of Texas (UT) Southwestern Medical Center's Alzheimer's Disease Center with those of Whites diagnosed with probable AD at the UT Southwestern Medical Center's Alzheimer's Disease Clinic. Methods: The information reviewed was contained in the database of the UT Southwestern Alzheimer's Disease Center. Results: In relation to Whites, Native Americans had slightly but significantly greater age at onset of symptoms (71.7 vs. 69.6 years, t = −2.08, p = .04) and equivalent cognitive scores at evaluation (Mini-Mental State Exam score = 17.4 vs. 18.5, t = 0.98, p = .33), despite significantly lower educational level (11.4 vs. 13.4 years, t = 5.63, p < .001). Native Americans were more frequently depressed on examination (22.8% vs. 9.5%, χ2 = 12, p = .001) and reported diabetes, hypertension, and heart disease significantly more often than did Whites (p < .01 for all), but their survival time after AD diagnosis was similar to that of Whites despite these comorbidities. Conclusions: With the exception of a greater prevalence of depression and cardiovascular risk factors in Native Americans than in Whites, Native Americans had a course of illness similar to that of Whites.

“You Are a True Progressive”: Red Dead Redemption 2 and the Depiction and Reception of Progressive Era Politics

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-20
Author(s):  
Hilary Jane Locke ◽  
Thomas Ashley Mackay
Keyword(s):  
Native Americans ◽  
Progressive Era ◽  
Video Game ◽  
White Male ◽  
Political Climate ◽  
Traditionally White ◽  
Progressive Politics ◽  
Political Messages ◽  
Open World ◽  
Considerable Controversy

Abstract Since its release in October 2018, Red Dead Redemption 2 has generated considerable controversy. Redemption 2, Rockstar Games’ highly popular video game set in a sprawling open world that resembles America’s southern and western states at the turn of the twentieth century, has attracted criticism from players who have disliked the perceived political messages the game presents. With numerous interactions with people of color, Native Americans, and feminist (suffragette) characters, the game prompts players to engage with the ongoing effects of colonialism, sexism, and racism, as well as the rising problems of an industrial and financial capitalist society. As such, the game’s depiction of Gilded Age and Progressive Era politics has resulted in a large amount of online criticism from a group of traditionally white, male, right-wing players. This article argues that Redemption 2 utilizes the Progressive Era as a vehicle to capture and speak to the current political climate, and that it is the game’s dual relationship with the past and the present that has aroused animosity from part of the game’s audience. Ultimately, it demonstrates how contemporary mainstream progressive politics can be interpreted within and projected upon the politics of the Progressive Era.

scholarly journals Examination of the Rare Labial Talon Cusp on Human Anterior Teeth

2018 ◽  
Vol 16 (3) ◽  
pp. 81-83 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. Lee ◽  
S. E. Burnett ◽  
C. G. Turner II
Keyword(s):  
Native American ◽  
Native Americans ◽  
State University ◽  
Arizona State University ◽  
Systematic Analysis ◽  
University Of Texas ◽  
Dental Patients ◽  
Anterior Teeth ◽  
Recorded Instance ◽  
Dental Casts

The labial talon cusp, a triangular ridge of enamel near the midline of anterior teeth, has been observed in archaeological remains and modern dental patients. The purpose of our report is to describe new cases in order to provide better estimates of its frequency, symmetry, teeth involved, and geographic occurrence. This research was initiated after a labial talon cusp was found in a Caddo cranium curated in the Texas Archaeological Research Lab at the University of Texas at Austin. Subsequently, we identified additional examples resulting in the total of eight new cases presented here. Five cases were identified in the Native American Pima dental casts from the A. A. Dahlberg collection at Arizona State University. Two of the Pima cases were found in a systematic analysis of 1,835 dental casts for a population frequency of 0.11%. Additional cases were identified in Ainu and Anasazi skeletal material. Including these new finds, 15 cases of labial talon cusp are now known including Native Americans, African Americans, Japanese, Australians, and Europeans. Six cases are maxillary and nine are mandibular. Known maxillary cases are unilateral, while 55.6% of the mandibular cases are bilateral. All anterior teeth appear to be affected, but there is no recorded instance of an affected mandibular canine.

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