A HISTORY OF THE INDIANS OF THE UNITED STATES (VOLUME 106) (THE CIVILIZATION OF THE AMERICAN INDIAN SERIES)

Norman, Ok.: University of Oklahoma Press. Very Good. 1989. first edition,11p; Eleventh Printing. paperback. 8.9 X 5.8 X 1.1 inches. VERY GOOD Condition PAPERBACK,CLEAN, SOLID, BRIGHT; red & yellow titles on black paper covers...; Mezzotintany photo portraits; 464 pages; CIVILIZATION OF THE AMERICAN INDIAN " Series #106 .. an in-depth historical survey of the Indians of the United States, including the Eskimos and Aleuts of Alaska, which isolates and analyzes the problems which have beset these people since their first contacts with Europeans. Only in the light of this knowledge, the author points out, can an intelligent Indian policy be formulated....Miss Debo's style is objective, and throughout the book the distinct social environment of the Indians is emphasized-an environment that is foreign to the experience of most white men. Through ignorance of that culture and life style the results of non-Indian policy toward Indians have been centuries of blundering and tragedy. .