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Encouraging selfishness on the reservation: An excerpt from Cahill’s Federal Fathers & Mothers

The commissioner of Indian affairs urged that “[the Indian] must be imbued with the exalting egotism of American civilization so that he will say ‘I’ instead of ‘We’ and ‘This is mine’ instead of ‘This is ours.'” Continue Reading Encouraging selfishness on the reservation: An excerpt from Cahill’s Federal Fathers & Mothers

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Cathleen Cahill on “Not Your Great-Great-Grandmother’s BIA”

Cathleen Cahill writes about changes at the Bureau of Indian Affairs Continue Reading Cathleen Cahill on “Not Your Great-Great-Grandmother’s BIA”

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