Table of Contents
List of Illustrations viii
Acknowledgments ix
Prologue: The Experiment xiii
Part 1 Breaking the Ties
1 Policy: Kill the Indians 3
2 Menominees: Ambush 21
3 Klamaths: Disaster 45
4 Western Oregon: Invisible 71
5 Alabama-Coushattas of Texas and Catawbas of South Carolina: Entangled 88
6 Utah Paiute Bands: Helpless 100
7 California: Scattered 111
8 Oklahoma Tribes and Poncas of Nebraska: Afterthoughts 130
Part 2 The Way Back
9 Menominees: Pioneers 143
10 Siletz: Fish 159
11 Oklahoma and Utah: Flood 170
12 Cow Creeks and Grand Rondes: Communities 180
13 Klamaths: Troubles 193
14 Coos and Coquilles: Cooperating 203
15 Alabama-Coushattas and California: Legalities 215
16 Catawbas and Poncas: Last 225
Epilogue: The Results 235
Appendix: Terminated Tribes and Restorations 247
Notes 249
Bibliography 287
Index 295
Illustrations 146
Klamath men's traditional dancers
Grand Ronde cemetery shed
Grand Ronde governance center
Ponca Agency building