Word: tribalisms
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Dates: during 1886-1886
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...authorities in all questions relating the Indians. He has travelled and lived among the Indians and has in many ways made himself felt in Congress and the Interior department. The crisis in the condition of the Indians, the pressure of civilization, the destruction of game, the breaking up of Tribal relations, have pressed our government to some decided action as is seen in the president's message, and will be felt in the coming Congress. The present condition of the Indian Civil Service is also engaging the attention of the Civil Reform Association, and it is in this cause that...
...Armstrong spoke of the necessity of gradually withdrawing the supplies which the Government is now furnishing, and of giving instead an opportunity for the Indian to earn his daily bread on lands which he himself can own apart from the tribal lands. Gen. Armstrong concluded his address with suggestions in regard to the government's policy, and an interesting account of the Hampton Institute and its work...