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Talking Back To Civilization

Indian Voices from the Progressive EraFirst Edition ©2001 Frederick E. Hoxie

As progressive reformers took on America’s ills at the start of the twentieth century, a new generation of Native American reformers took on America, "talking back" to the civilization that had overrun but not crushed their own. This volume offers a collection of 21 primary sources, including journa...
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Cover: Talking Back To Civilization, 1st Edition by Frederick E. Hoxie

As progressive reformers took on America’s ills at the start of the twentieth century, a new generation of Native American reformers took on America, "talking back" to the civilization that had overrun but not crushed their own. This volume offers a collection of 21 primary sources, including journal articles, testimony, and political cartoons by Native Americans of the Progressive Era, who worked in a variety of fields to defend their communities and culture. Their voices are organized into 7 topical chapters on subjects such as native religion, education, and Indian service in World War I. Spanning the period from the 1893 Columbian Expedition to the 1920s congressional land hearings, this rich array of voices fills an important gap in the chronology of Native American studies. An engaging introduction focusing on the intellectual leaders of the protest efforts includes background on the Progressive Era, while headnotes for each document, striking illustrations, a chronology of major events, and a bibliography support the firsthand accounts.

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Table of Contents

  Foreword
  Preface
  List of Illustrations
    
  INTRODUCTION: American Indian Activism in the Progressive Era
    Indian America, 1900
    The "Antithesis of Civilization"
    The Progressive Era
    Indian Writers Respond
    Indian Anthropologists
    Defending Tribal Religions
    Political Protests and Legal Challenges
    Talking Back Brings Results
    The Structure of This Book
    
  1. SPEAKING OUT AT THE WORLDS COLUMBIAN EXPOSITION, 1893
    
    Simon Pokagon, The Red Mans Greeting, 1893
    
  2. CRITICS OF INDIAN EDUCATION
    
    
    Francis La Flesche on Boarding School, 1900
    
    Laura Kellogg Attacks the Governments System of Indian Education, 1913
    
    Henry Roe Cloud Presents an Alternative Vision of Indian Education, 1914.
    
    Arthur C. Parker Argues for College Education for Indians, 1913
    
  3. DISCUSSING CHRISTIANITY AND RELIGION
    
    
    
    Zitkala Sa (Gertrude Bonnin) Defends Paganism, 1902
    
    Charles Eastman Compares the Morality of Indians and Modern Christians, 1916.
    
    Francis La Flesche and Fred Lookout Defend Peyote before Congress, 1918.
    
  4. AMERICAN INDIANS ON AMERICAS INDIAN POLICY
    
    
    
    Carlos Montezuma Advocates the Abolition of the Indian Office, 1914.
    
    Arthur Parker Indicts the Government for Its Actions, 1915.
    
    The Society of American Indians Supports Tribal Claims, 1913.
    
  5. POPULAR IMAGES OF INDIANS: CARTOONS AND COMMENTARY, 1913–1916
    
    
    Cartoons from the Quarterly Journal, 1913-1916
           
    Chauncey Yellow Robe on the Wild West Shows, 1914.
    
    Arthur Parker on the Alleged Racial Inferiority of Indians, 1914.
    
  6. WORLD WAR I
    
    
    Carlos Montezuma on the Draft, 1917
    Chauncey Yellow Robe on the War Effort, 1918.
    
    Zitkala Sa on the Paris Peace Conference, 1919.
    
    Charles Eastman Sees the End of War as the Moment to End the "Petty Autocracy" of the Indian Office, 1919.
    
    Robert Yellowtail Calls for Self-Determination, 1919.
    
  7. AFTER THE WAR. RESERVATION INDIANS SPEAK OUT
    
    
    
    Ojibwe Leaders Protest Government Proposals to Abolish Their Reservation, 1920.
    
    Sioux Leaders Protest the Leasing of Tribal Lands, 1920.
    
    Winnebago Leaders Ask for Justice, 1922.
    
    
  AFTERWORD: THE PUEBLOS PROTEST THE BURSUM BILL, 1922
    
    
    An Appeal for Fair Play and the Preservation of Pueblo Life, November 5, 1922.

APPENDIXES

Questions for Consideration

Chronology of Important Events for Native Americans in the Progressive Era (1890-1928)

Selected Bibliography

Index

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Frederick E. Hoxie

Frederick E. Hoxie is Swanlund Professor of History at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. Educated at Amherst College and Brandeis University, Hoxie has taught at Antioch College and Northwestern University  and has been Director of the DArcy McNickle Center for American Indian History and Vice President for Research and Education at the Newberry Library. He is the author of A Final Promise: The Campaign to Assimilate the Indians, 1880–1920 (1984); The Crow (1989); and Parading through History: The Making of the Crow Nation in America (1995). He has edited seven books, including The Encyclopedia of North American Indians (1996). Hoxie has consulted for Indian tribes and government agencies; he is the former president of the American Society for Ethnohistory and served as a founding trustee of the Smithsonian Institutions National Museum of the American Indian.