The Women's National Indian Association : a history

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Label

The Women's National Indian Association : a history

Title remainder

a history

Statement of responsibility

edited by Valerie Sherer Mathes

Contributor

• Mathes, Valerie Sherer, 1941-

Editor

• Mathes, Valerie Sherer, 1941-

Subject

• Women social reformers -- United States -- History -- 19th century
• Women social reformers
• History
• 1800 - 1899
• Women -- Political activity
• Women political activists
• Women -- Political activity -- United States -- History -- 19th century
• Women's National Indian Association (U.S.)
• Women political activists -- United States -- History -- 19th century
• United States
• Women's National Indian Association (U.S.)
• Indians of North America -- Cultural assimilation
• Indians of North America -- Cultural assimilation

Genre

• History

Language

eng

Summary

The Women's National Indian Association, formed in response to the chronic conflict and corruption that plagued relations between American Indians and the U.S. government, has been all but forgotten since it was disbanded in 1951. Mathes's edited volume, the first book to address the history of the WNIA, comprises essays by eight authors on the work of this important reform group. The WNIA was formed in 1879 in reaction to the prospect of opening Oklahoma Indian Territory to white settlement. A powerful network of upper- and middle-class friends and associates, the group soon expanded its mission beyond prayer and philanthropy as the women participated in political protest and organized successful petition drives that focused on securing civil and political rights for American Indians. In addition to discussing the association's history, the contributors to this book evaluate its legacies, both in the lives of Indian families and in the evolution of federal Indian policy. Their work reveals the complicated regional variations in reform and the complex nature of Anglo women's relationships with indigenous people. --Provided by publisher

Member of

• Women's work for Indians

Cataloging source

DLC

Dewey number

320.0820973

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

LC call number

E98.C89

LC item number

W65 2015

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography

Series statement

Women's work for Indians