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AUTHOR, “THE STONE AGE IN NORTH AMERICA,” CURATOR OF THE DEPARTMENT OF AMERICAN ARCHAEOLOGY, PHILLIPS ACADEMY, ANDOVER, MASS.; MEMBER OF THE UNITED STATES BOARD OF INDIAN COMMISSIONERS; FELLOW, AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE, ETC.
THE PRESENT CONDITION OF THE AMERICAN INDIAN; HIS POLITICAL HISTORY AND OTHER TOPICS
III. THE INDIANS TODAY AND HON. E. E. AYER’S REPORT 31
V. THE LEGAL COMPLICATIONS AT WHITE EARTH—THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 57
VII. SOME INDIAN TESTIMONY AND AFFIDAVITS. SICKNESS 77
VIII. THE ROLL. STORIES. RESPONSIBILITY FOR WHITE EARTH 89
XI. THE AGENCY; THE GOVERNMENT; LOUIS SHANGRAUX AND THE TROOPS 118
XII. THE DEATH OF SITTING BULL AND A TRAGEDY AT WOUNDED KNEE 123
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
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
XXVI. HEALTH OF THE INDIANS 1880 TO 1912 265
XXVII. THE INDIAN’S RELIGION; HIS CHARACTER; PHILANTHROPIC ORGANIZATIONS 279
XXX. THE PLAINS INDIANS FIFTY YEARS AGO AND TODAY 311
XXXII. A STATISTICAL TABLE. PREPARED BY MEN AND WOMEN IN THE FIELD 341
XXXIII. FARMING AND STOCK-RAISING. INDIAN FAIRS 359
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
Frontispiece. Red Cloud (Makh-piya-luta). War Chief of all the Sioux
Arthur C. Parker. Iroquois. State Archaeologist of New York 19
Indian Home, Onondaga Reservation, New York 21
Government Sawmill, Ft. Belknap Reservation, Montana 34
U. S. Indian School, Chilocco, Oklahoma 37
Lewis Tewanima, a Full-blood Hopi Indian 38
Buildings, Pine Point, White Earth, Minnesota 48