TABLE OF CONTENTS

Chapter Page
Introduction[9]
I.Two Points of View[17]
II.The U. S. Indian Office in 1913[25]
III.The Indians Today and Hon. E. E. Ayer’s Report[31]
IV.The Ojibwa of Minnesota[45]
V.The Legal Complications at White Earth—The Department of Justice[57]
VI.The White Earth Scandal[66]
VII.Some Indian Testimony and Affidavits. Sickness[77]
VIII.The Roll. Stories. Responsibility for White Earth[89]
IX.The Sioux and the Messiah Craze[99]
X.The Dance[111]
XI.The Agency; The Government; Louis Shangraux and the Troops[118]
XII.The Death of Sitting Bull and a Tragedy at Wounded Knee[123]
XIII.The Five Civilized Tribes[133]
XIV.Captain Grayson’s Views; Miss Barnard’s Work; The Minors’ Estates[148]
XV.What Is Left of Indian Property in Oklahoma[157]
XVI.The Leasing System; Chocktaw and Chickasaw; Final Recommendations[164]
XVII.Red Cloud. The Greatest Indian of Modern Times[173]
XVIII.Red Cloud’s Later Years[181]
XIX.Sitting Bull—The Irreconcilable[190]
XX.Education[200]
XXI.Why Some Indians Object to Sending Children to School, and Further Comments on Education[211]
XXII.The Apache, Papago and Pueblo. The Desert Indian[219]
XXIII.The Career of Geronimo[233]
XXIV.The Navaho[241]
XXV.Indians of the Northwest[253]
XXVI.Health of the Indians 1880 to 1912[265]
XXVII.The Indian’s Religion; His Character; Philanthropic Organizations[279]
XXVIII.Irrigation Projects[291]
XXIX.The Buffalo[299]
XXX.The Plains Indians Fifty Years ago and Today[311]
XXXI.The Indians of California[325]
XXXII.A Statistical Table. Prepared by Men and Women in the Field[341]
XXXIII.Farming and Stock-raising. Indian Fairs[359]
XXXIV.Four Important Books[367]
XXXV.Official Views of Indian Conditions[378]
XXXVI.Recommendations and Suggestions from Field Workers[387]
XXXVII.The Communistic Life. Indian Men and Women of Prominence. Morality[399]
XXXVIII.Two Stories. Unwise Purchases[407]
XXXIX.General Comments and Suggestions[417]
XL.Conclusions[423]
Index[435]